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James Gunn shared what he ’s seen of Chris Mundy , Damon Lindelof , and Tom King ’s Aaron Pierre and Kyle Chandler - star HBO series Lanterns .

Earlier this week , we describe on directorJames Haweswrapping directing his episodes ofChris Mundy(True Detective : Night Country , Ozark),Damon Lindelof(Watchmen , The Leftovers ) , andTom King ’s ( Mister Miracle , Supergirl)Aaron PierreandKyle Chandler - starringLanterns . We also tint upon how the buzz surrounding HBO and DC Studios ' Green Lantern series was beginning to get a lot louder , with Hawes , Jason Ritter(Billy Macon ) , and Warner Bros. Discovery headDavid Zaslaveach having some promising extolment and support to divvy up . Earlier today , DC Studios Co - CEOJames Gunnalso pertain on the series during a streamlet of societal media updates on several projects . When asked if he has screen early cuts of any episodes yet , Gunn shared that it ’s been " picture and dailies " so far . As for what he thinks of what he ’s view so far , Gunn offered a three - word combo we were hoping to hear : " It ’s so coolheaded . "

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Here ’s a look at Gunn ’s answer from in the first place today , follow by what Hawes shared previously about HBO’sLanterns :

Lanterns: Hawes on “True Detective” Talk, Aaron Pierre & DC Studios

utter withThe Hollywood Reporterin support of his characteristic film , The Amateur , Hawes addressed theTrue Detectivecomparisons , what Pierre bring to the series , and how it ’s been ( so far ) work with DC Studios :

Hawes on How " lantern " compare In Tone to " True Detective " : " Talking tone , it looks and find root . You encounter two hombre , but there is wit and clowning to it that you would not carry in ' reliable Detective . ' It is , in many way , a pal copper structure with locomotion in the history time , to and fro , that is really advanced . Chris Mundy has done the most awing job with the team there , and so I reckon [ the ' True Detective ' comparison ] is valid . People will still go , ' What were you talking about ? ' to some extent , but I would also convey in ' No Country for Old Men , ' ' Fargo , ' and thing that have that Americana heart to them . There ’s a wry humor , and so there definitely is more wit and humor than there is in ' truthful Detective . ' "

Hawes on Aaron Pierre take a " Magnificent Presence " : " I aboveboard cerebrate he did it altogether individually in the room . With some chemistry castings and the like , it just feel like he would inhabit the role . He has such a brilliant presence . He find so emphatic , so nerveless , so unostentatious . Again , I want this worldly concern to be root , and while there ’s only so far you could go with steady down graphic symbol in a show about Green Lantern , they are . This is a world where we accept that the Green Lanterns exist and aliens survive . So the rest of it is played straight and in the universe as we know it . "

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Hawes on Working with DC Studios : " Well , I can only severalize you from my experience , which is that it has been breathe in and supportive and truly thrilling . I will know more in a few month ' time , but right now , [ Lanterns ] just felt like a material explosion of creative energy .

Along with Pierre , Chandler , and Fillion , the DC Studios series starsGarret Dillahunt(Fear The Walking Dead),Kelly Macdonald(Boardwalk Empire , In the Line of Duty),Poorna Jagannathan(Never Have I Ever , Deli Boys),Ulrich Thomsen(Counterpart , The Blacklist),Nicole Ari Parker(And Just Like That),Jason Ritter(Matlock),J. Alphonse Nicholson(P - Valley),Sherman Augustus(Stranger Things),Jasmine Cephas Jones(Blindspotting),Chris Coy(Bass Reeves ) , andPaul Ben - Victor(Nobody Wants This ) . In increase , Nathan Fillionwill be reprising hisSupermanrole as Green Lantern Guy Gardner for the serial publication . Helming the series are directorsJames Hawes , Stephen Williams , Geeta Vasant Patel , andAlik Sakharov . Based on the DC ComicsGreen Lantern , the series is executive director bring about by Mundy , Lindelof , Gunn , Safran , King , Hawes , andRon Schmidt .

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