Josh Brolin had reportedly been in talks to play Hal Jordan within the HBO sequence Lanterns, primarily based on DC Comics‘ Inexperienced Lantern.
In a latest interview, the Dune star acknowledged that issues “didn’t work out” and commented on experiences that Kyle Chandler is in talks to play the superhero function.
“You realize what? Inexperienced Lantern didn’t work out, however that’s okay,” Brolin stated in an interview with ComicBook. “It’s figuring out. Who’s it going to be, Kyle Chandler? I like him as an actor, I feel he’s great, truly. And, you realize, we’ll see what’s down the road, man.”
Deadline reported that Chandler was in talks to play Hal Jordan, the identical character Ryan Reynolds performed within the 2011 movie Inexperienced Lantern.
Lanterns is a sequence from Ozark’s Chris Mundy, Watchmen‘s Damon Lindelof, and comedian guide author Tom King. It follows new recruit John Stewart and Lantern legend Jordan, two intergalactic cops drawn right into a darkish, Earth-based thriller as they examine a homicide within the American heartland.
HBO is producing the eight-episode Lanterns in affiliation with Warner Bros Tv and DC Studios. Mundy will function showrunner, and Lindelof and King are co-writing and government producing.
“John Stewart and Hal Jordan are two of DC’s most compelling characters, and Lanterns brings them to life in an authentic detective story that could be a foundational a part of the unified DCU we’re launching subsequent summer season with Superman,” DC Studios co-chairmen and co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran stated on the time of the sequence announcement.
