According to Comicbook, during a DC press event, CEO James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy) revealed details about how Lanterns and Superman will coexist in the DCU while maintaining distinct creative identities. In the press event Gunn went into detail about how the Lantern series will have a different tone and between it and the tone of Superman DC will showcase its most significant tool.

“It’s so cool because it is connected to Superman. Because we’ve got Guy Gardner in that and then we’ve got these Green Lanterns over here. And it’s just such a different tone from what Superman is,” Gunn explained. The filmmaker emphasized that this contrast exemplifies DC Studios’ broader mission to create interconnected yet tonally distinct properties. “It’s exactly what I want to bring to the DCU is being able to have these very different films and television series that are still part of an overall connected world, but have completely different feels to them,”

Lanterns, which is created by Chris Mundy (Ozark, True Detective), Damon Lindelof (Watchmen, Lost) and Tom King (Heroes in Crisis, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow), is a new addition to the DC Studios family as it adapts the story of Green Lantern in a new form and follows an intergalactic space force that patrols and protects the universe using their green power rings to manifest different items through their willpower. The series follows and focuses on the story of John Stewart, a recruit to the Lantern Corp, and his mentor, Lantern legend Hal Jordan, as they are thrown into a dark mystery on Earth and are investigating a murder in the American heartland.

Cast of the series includes Kyle Chandler (Manchester by the Sea, King Kong) as Hal Jordan, Aaron Pierce (Rebel Ridge, Brother) as John Stewart, Garret Dillahunt (12 Years a Slave, Raising Hope) as William Macon, Kelly Macdonald (Brave, Never Let Me Go) as Sheriff Kerry, Poorna Jagannathan (Ramy, The Night Of) as Zoe and Blacklist Alum Ulrich Thomsen (The Celebration, Stockholm Bloodbath) as Sinestro.

Lanterns is scheduled to premiere on Max in early 2026.