Every Actor Cast In The DCU"s Green Lantern Show (So Far)

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The upcoming Green Lantern show, titled Lanterns, has already begun assembling a strong cast, raising anticipation for the DCU installment. Everything that is known about Lanterns has come from the mouth of James Gunn himself as the filmmaker continues building the foundations of what will hopefully be DC"s cinematic resurgence. Lanterns falls under the many movies and shows in the DCU"s Chapter One, titled "Gods and Monsters," and will be the first proper integration of the titular Green Lanterns into the universe after a brief tease in 2025"s Superman.
When the show releases, the DCU will have three Green Lanterns. As alluded to, the first will be Nathan Fillion"s Guy Gardner, making his DCU debut in Superman. The other two heroes will be first introduced in Lanterns, with Gunn recently announcing the actors set to play the famous DC Green Lanterns of John Stewart and Hal Jordan. Alongside these two actors, several others have been cast in Lanterns, making the show even more anticipated after Gunn initially described it as an Earth-based detective series that is integral to the overarching story of the DCU.
Kyle Chandler Friday Night Lights (2006-2011), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) Close One of the two leads in DC"s Lanterns will be Kyle Chandler. Chandler was announced to be playing Hal Jordan in the series in October 2024, one of the most popular iterations of the Green Lantern Corps from DC Comics. Chandler will be the co-lead of Lanterns as Jordan, and will likely be depicted as the more experienced member of the Corps, in contrast to the younger, fresher Jon Stewart. In the comics, Jordan is one of the primary members of the Justice League, begging the question of how big his role in the DCU will be beyond Lanterns.
Kyle Chandler is a prolific character actor in modern Hollywood, having appeared in several projects from a variety of franchises in the 2000s and 2010s. Chandler"s earlier roles came in the realm of TV, with the actor making a name for himself on shows like Homefront, Early Edition, and What About Joan? Undoubtedly, Chandler"s breakout role was Friday Night Lights, leading him onto bigger Hollywood roles in movies such as Super 8, Argo, The Wolf of Wall Street, Game Night, and First Man, as well as the Netflix TV show Bloodline.
Aaron Pierre Krypton (2018-2019), Old (2021), Rebel Ridge (2024) Close Alongside Chandler as Hal Jordan will be Aaron Pierre as Jon Stewart. Stewart is arguably the other most recognizable DC Comics Green Lantern after Jordan, with the character earning a fan-favorite status over the years. In Lanterns, Stewart will likely be depicted as the more, well, green of the two leads who has only recently joined the Green Lantern Corps. This will give the buddy-cop dynamic to the show that Gunn and his team are aiming for, with it first being described as a True Detective-style series, all while setting up future DCU stories.