Lanterns Star Aaron Pierre Has Already Seen the Right Green Lantern Adaptation

Aaron Pierre volition soon beryllium seen as a live-action mentation of DC leader John Stewart successful HBO’s upcoming bid Lanterns. He precocious admitted he’s ne'er watched the astir celebrated (or infamous, rather) live-action instrumentality connected the Green Lantern comics—the 2011 Ryan Reynolds film—but alternatively had a much, much amended page-to-screen instauration to the character: the ’00s Justice League cartoons.

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly up of his adjacent big-screen project—he voices the rubric quality successful upcoming Lion King prequel Mufasa—Pierre straight-up said “I haven’t seen that” erstwhile asked astir the 2011 feature, a captious miss that recovered aboriginal intent acknowledgment to Reynolds’ good-natured usage of it arsenic Deadpool-adjacent gag fodder. However, helium told EW helium does program to ticker it portion doing his Lanterns prep work.

However, he’s already thoroughly schooled successful different depiction of the Green Lantern world. “Justice League Unlimited mightiness person been 1 of my archetypal introductions to John Stewart,” helium explained. Cartoon Network bid Justice League ran from 2001-2004 and featured legendary dependable histrion Kevin Conroy reprising his iconic Batman: The Animated Series mentation of Batman—as good arsenic Phil LaMarr, different voice-acting fable (Futurama, Samurai Jack), arsenic John Stewart. Conroy and LaMarr besides starred successful the Justice League follow-up bid Justice League Unlimited, which ran from 2004-2006… close astir erstwhile Pierre was 10 to 12 years old. Perfect timing.

Pierre’s Stewart volition enactment with seasoned Green Lantern Corps subordinate Hal Jordan connected Lanterns—that’s the mentation of the quality Reynolds played, with Kyle Chandler playing him connected the HBO series. Though Lanterns casting for some characters grabbed a batch of headlines (remember erstwhile Josh Brolin turned down the Jordan role?), Pierre told EW helium wasn’t truly alert of the media frenzy.

“I was conscionable locked into giving the precise champion mentation that I could of this beauteous quality successful the rigorous audition process,” helium explained. “I’m a steadfast believer that what’s meant for you won’t miss you. So, I gave my champion and past acceptable it free. Now I’ve been talented the accidental to bring this beauteous quality to beingness and, hopefully, I service John Stewart. Hopefully, I service the Green Lantern Corps. We’re conscionable truly excited for the radical to spot what we enactment unneurotic here.”

Lanterns does not yet person a merchandise date, but look for it either aboriginal adjacent twelvemonth oregon sometime successful 2026.

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