The Green Lantern series may have been dormant since 2011 thanks to the Ryan Reynolds movie, but DC Studios is finally pushing forward with their Lanterns series starring Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre.
It looks like development is steadily moving forward, and The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that Kelly Macdonald (Boardwalk Empire) has officially joined the cast of the series. Macdonald has apparently been cast in the role of Sheriff Kerry, who is described as “no-nonsense woman deeply devoted to her family and close-knit town. Her resilience, shaped by a complex past that’s hardened her resolve, anchors her when the community’s secrets begin to surface.”
It’s kind of fitting that the series would also include a sheriff character on Earth, seeing that the Lanterns themselves function as intergalactic sheriffs. We don’t know exactly what her role in the story is going to be, but some think that she could have some kind of romance with the older Lantern Hal Jordan.
I think it’s also worth noting that Macdonald had played opposite Josh Brolin in No Country for Old Men. Brolin was the original choice to play Hal Jordan before Chandler was cast.
Though the Lanterns mostly deal with intergalactic conflicts, it’s said that this series is going to have a grounded story that will take place mostly on Earth, and that it’s going to be around the same vein as True Detective. We don’t know exactly how that happens, but I think there’s going to be alien shenanigans afoot, and it will be up to the Lanterns to get to the bottom of it.
With The Penguin having such great reception being compared to The Sopranos, I’m admittedly skeptical about a Lanterns series that’s going to be close to True Detective—especially with Gunn’s DC expected to be more ‘lighthearted’ than the DCEU.
Then again, these Elseworld stories are still pushing forward, and I prefer my comic universes to have more variety between each project.
No release date has been set for Lanterns, but maybe a 2026 release is realistic.
