HBO’s Lanterns adds Aaron Pierre to its cast as John Stewart

While HBO has yet to officially fastener successful a Hal Jordan for its upcoming Lanterns series based connected DC’s comics, the web has recovered its John Stewart.

Today, HBO announced that Rebel Ridge and Old star Aaron Pierre volition play Lanterns’ John Stewart, a caller enlistee to the Green Lantern Corps. who partners up with seasoned Lantern Hal Jordan to lick a “dark, earth-based” execution enigma that requires their expertise. As Deadline notes, Kyle Chandler has reportedly been successful talks to articulation the bid arsenic Jordan, and Pierre narrowly edged retired Homecoming’s Stephan James for the Stewart role.

Lanterns, which doesn’t yet person a coagulated merchandise date, is 1 of the much precocious illustration live-action projects acceptable to footwear disconnected Warner Bros. and DC Studio’s caller beingness of interconnected comic publication adaptations consisting of films similar James Gunn’s Superman and series similar Creature Commandos. It volition astir apt beryllium a portion earlier we cognize much astir what Lanterns showrunner Chris Mundy is cooking up for the boys successful green. But arsenic agelong arsenic it’s been since we got a bully John Stewart communicative connected the tiny surface — Justice League Unlimited finished airing successful 2006 — it could beryllium precise worthy the wait.