Replace, 5/25 @ 1:15 PM ET: James Gunn has confirmed Chris Mundy and Damon Lindelof are concerned with Lanterns. The 2 males, together with DC Comics scribe Tom King—who was beforehand cooking up a New Gods movie with Ava DuVernay—got here up with the present’s preliminary pilot script and bible. (King, mentioned Gunn, has been concerned with the present “practically since its inception.”)
“The DCU collection is placing collectively a crack staff of writers,” mentioned Gunn. “A hearty welcome to Chris and Damon as they be a part of the DC Studios household.” He additional confirmed the collection will likely be centered on human Lanterns Hal Jordan and John Stewart, and featured artwork from Gabriel Hardman and Corinna Bechko’s Inexperienced Lantern: Earth One. Given how a lot Gunn likes to tease, that artwork could be an indicator of the route the present’s taking.
Unique story: Warner Bros. has had a Green Lantern TV series within the works for practically 5 years now, with slices of new information for its unique iteration popping out a few times a yr. Our new data for 2024 signifies issues are apparently far sufficient alongside that the present’s writing employees might be public data, and it could be our first step in the direction of a much bigger reveal within the close to future.
Directories for the WGA reveal the writers available for the collection. For a lot of within the present, the most important identify on the docket will likely be Damon Lindelof, finest identified for…effectively, fairly a number of issues, like Misplaced, The Leftovers, and extra not too long ago Mrs. Davis. He’s obtained earlier DC expertise with HBO’s Watchmen miniseries, on which he was additionally an govt producer and showrunner. It’s possible he’ll be an EP for this—a place he’s had for nearly each present he’s had direct involvement in since Misplaced again in 2004—however what’s much less clear is whether or not or not he’ll showrun. That obligation was beforehand held by Seth Grahame-Smith, however he departed the collection totally in late 2022, only a day after James Gunn was appointed DC’s new TV and movie head.
Fellow writers on the present embrace Chris Mundy, a showrunner, EP and recurring author for Netflix’s Ozark, and Counterpart author Justin Britt-Gibson. Nexus Point News noticed Breanah Gibson (govt story editor on The Penguin) and The Morning Present author Vanessa Kelly as further members of the writing staff. Nonetheless, at time of writing, it’s additionally unclear who else is writing the present.
Curiously, every writers’ web page lists Lanterns as a 2024-2025 present. It might be a goal yr that will get up to date as soon as WB locks down a extra agency date sooner or later, or perhaps it’s anticipated to have a launch late within the yr that bleeds into 2025. We’ll discover out extra on Lanterns and its complete deal within the coming weeks, particularly with Comedian-Con not too distant.
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