![]() Not only hasn’t any Green Lantern received a solo movie since 2011, but the Green Lanterns have also been absent from the DCEU except for a brief scene in Justice League’s "History Lesson" sequence. A critical and commercial failure, Green Lantern (2011) couldn’t launch a new DC franchise and put the character’s live-action future in check for years. The DCU’s Lanterns show will be the first live-action Green Lantern project since the Ryan Reynolds-led Green Lantern. The Lanterns show could also set up the existence of other human Green Lanterns, such as Jessica and Simon. Enemies like Darkseid or the Anti-Monitor are sometimes Green Lantern villains before facing the Justice League, something that could happen in the new DCU. As space rangers who have to protect not only Earth but also the entire universe, the Green Lanterns could be one of the pillars of the DCU’s cosmic stories. Related: Why DC Universe Chapter 1 Is Called Gods & MonstersĮven if Lanterns does not necessarily lead into a Green Lantern Corps movie, the Green Lanterns role is an essential part of DC Comics and will most likely play a huge role in the new DC Universe. Fortunately, according to Gunn and Safran, John and Hal will also be part of the “movie side” of the franchise – with the Lanterns actors reprising their roles in the movies. The TV format works great for a Hal Jordan and John Stewart True Detective-like story, especially if it is just the beginning of the Green Lanterns’ role in the new DC Universe, yet almost two decades without the Green Lanterns on the big screen is too much. Though it’s difficult to say whether things like Oa and the Guardians will appear in the DCU’s Lanterns, the Green Lantern Corps as a whole should be saved for the big screen. That is why a Green Lantern mystery story set on Earth works better as a TV show than a cosmic, epic-scale one. Adapting elements like Oa and the Green Lantern Corps, not to mention the cosmic Green Lantern villains, is something challenging even for big-budget movies, as seen in the 2011 Green Lantern film. For example, Daenerys Targaryen’s dragons or Jon Snow’s Ghost couldn't always be on the screen. While the Green Lanterns lore does call for a space opera, a Green Lantern TV show would struggle with adapting the scope of such Green Lanterns stories given the budget limitations.Įven Game of Thrones, which was HBO’s flagship title for years, had limitations when it came to visual effects and what the show could deliver in terms of visual spectacle. According to Gunn and Safran during DC Studios’ DC Universe slate reveal, Berlanti’s Green Lantern show was closer to a “space opera,” whereas their vision for a Green Lantern show was a True Detective-like mystery set on Earth. Following writer Seth Grahame-Smith’s departure from HBO Max’s Green Lantern show, THR reported that the series was being redeveloped into a John Stewart story and that Irvine and Wittrock were no longer attached to the project. ![]()
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