Emmy winner Kyle Chandler is set to star in Lanterns, HBO‘s high-profile series based on the Green Lantern DC comic. As Deadline reported exclusively last month, the Emmy winner had been in negotiations to play Hal Jordan,

HBO and DC Studios announced that Aaron Pierre and Kyle Chandler will lead the "Lanterns" TV show. It's the first major "Green Lantern" project since Ryan Reynolds' 2011 film.

Josh Brolin had reportedly been in talks to play Hal Jordan in the HBO series Lanterns, based on DC Comics' Green Lantern.

Actor Aaron Pierre was recently cast as John Stewart in the DC Uiverse’s Lanterns series. And now, Pierre, who recently shot to widespread popularity with Netflix’s Rebel Ridge, has addressed his casting as an iconic DC character.

With the leads cast in DC Studios' sci-fi series on HBO, the narrative stage will be set for a new shared cinematic world. What role might the rest of the DCU slate play?

Aaron Pierre has officially joined the cast of Lanterns. The actor recently gained plaudits for his powerful role in Netflix thriller Rebel Ridge. He’s set to star as John Stewart in the series, according to Variety Kyle Chandler plays Hal Jordan,

Pierre will star opposite Kyle Chandler's Hal Jordan, an older Green Lantern who will mentor John Stewart in a True Detective-esque take on the iconic DC Comics series.