HBO’s upcoming DC Studios drama The Lantern got a new trailer for the Green Lantern-inspired mystery at San Diego Comic-Con. The eight-episode series will premiere on HBO on August 16th.
The show stars Kyle Chandler as Hal Jordan, a veteran Green Lantern, and Aaron Pierre as Jon Stewart, Jordan’s apprentice learning the ropes. The heroes have a magic ring that allows them to create any imaginable object out of green light. They patrol the galaxy as part of the Green Lantern Corps and protect peace. In “The Lantern,” two space detectives are called to rural Nebraska to investigate a mysterious murder that may have links to dangerous extraterrestrial life.
The cast includes Kelly MacDonald, Laura Linney, Paula Patton, Garret Dillahunt, Poorna Jagannathan, Nicole Ari Parker, Jason Ritter, Sherman Augustus, Paul Ben-Victor, and Ulrich Thomsen as the classic Green Lantern villain Sinestro. Nathan Fillion, who played Green Lantern member Guy Gardner in last year’s “Superman” and its sequel “Man of Tomorrow,” will return to “The Lantern.”
A new trailer gives a first look at Sinestro, who has a complicated past with Jordan. In the comics, Sinestro was a former Green Lantern and Jordan’s mentor, but the red-skinned alien quickly became one of Jordan’s greatest villains. He later becomes the Yellow Lanterns, a hostile cosmic group that uses fear to power their magical rings. It also features a cameo from Guy Gardner and reveals a murder mystery surrounding the Manhunters, an alien race that can shape-shift to resemble anyone.
“The Lantern” was created by Tom King, Damon Lindelof and showrunner Chris Mundy. They also serve as executive producers alongside DC Studios co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran. “Lanterns” joins “Creature Commandos” and “Peacemaker” as companion shows in the rebooted DC Universe. Next up for the DCU is Clayface, a body horror film due out this fall starring Tom Rhys Harries as the classic Batman villain.
Watch the trailer below.
