by Alex Billington
May 19, 2026
Source: YouTube
“It’s only one question: are you afraid?” Ready for more? DC + HBO have revealed a second teaser trailer for their new Green Lanterns spin-off series called simply Lanterns – set for a streaming debut coming up this August. Will this actually turn out any good? Take a closer look. Lanterns follows new recruit John Stewart & Lantern legend Hal Jordan, two intergalactic cops drawn into a dark, Earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland. Featuring Kyle Chandler playing Hal Jordan, the fan fave Green Lantern, along with Aaron Pierre as John Stewart, the newcomer in the Lantern Corps. The cast includes Kelly Macdonald, Nathan Fillion as Guy Gardner (from Superman), Garret Dillahunt, Poorna Jagannathan, Ulrich Thomsen, Nicole Ari Parker, Jason Ritter, Sherman Augustus, and Paul Ben-Victor as villain Antaan. Green Lanterns are intergalactic peacekeepers with rings that give them powers. The series ends up in Nebraska, leading them to darker mysteries & reckonings. This new teaser features more actual Green Lantern footage and some other planets and more VFX, but it still looks a bit muted & unexciting overall. I just hope this concept works. We’ll find out in a just few months from now.
Here’s the second teaser (+ poster) for DC & HBO Max’s series Lanterns, direct from DC’s YouTube:
You can rewatch the first look teaser trailer for DC’s Lanterns series right here for a bit more footage.
“The ring says you’re ready.” The DC streaming series follows new recruit John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) and Lantern legend Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler), two intergalactic cops drawn into a dark, Earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland. This leads them to darker mysteries and reckonings. Lanterns is a modern DC superhero series created & written by three TV creators: Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof, Tom King. Showrun by Chris Mundy (“Criminal Minds”, “Low Winter Sun”, “Bloodline”, “Ozark”, “True Detective”). Based on various DC Comics characters; Green Lantern was originally created by Martin Nodell & Bill Finger (Alan Scott in 1940) / John Broome & Gil Kane (Hal Jordan in 1959). With episodes directed by James Hawes, Geeta Vasant Patel, Alik Sakharov, Stephen Williams. Made by DC Studios, HBO, and Warner Bros Television. Executive produced by James Gunn, Peter Safran, Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof, Tom King, James Hawes, Ron Schmidt. DC debuts the Lanterns series streaming on HBO Max starting August 16th, 2026 later this summer. Stay tuned for more. Any better? Want to watch this?
