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Sherman Augustus has reportedly been throw off as John Stewart ’s Father-God in HBO and DC Studios ' Aaron Pierre and Kyle Chandler - star Lanterns .
Another day , another round of drinks of casting news program to pass along forChris Mundy(True Detective : Night Country , Ozark),Damon Lindelof(Watchmen , The Leftovers ) , andTom King ’s ( Mister Miracle , Supergirl ) Green Lantern seriesLanterns . Deadline Hollywoodis reporting exclusively thatSherman Augustus(Stranger Things ) is shut away in for a key repeat role . The series follows new military recruit John Stewart ( Aaron Pierre ) and Lantern fable Hal Jordan ( Kyle Chandler ) , two intergalactic cop string into a dark , earth - based mystery as they look into a slaying in the American heartland . Augustus ' John Senior is John Stewart ’s father " and the human embodiment of ' refractory . ' In his own reality , he tend to fixate on the past and what could have been . " The news hit on Thursday thatJ. Alphonse Nicholsonhad join the cast as the younger version of John Senior .
Lanterns: Chris Mundy Shares New Details, Insights
As Mundy find out it , if they ’ve done their job right on , then viewer will appreciate the story being state no matter how much they know about the Green Lantern Corp. " Our Lanterns have the rings and all the power they bring , and other characters and aspects of the lore are cash in one’s chips to show up or be name - checked . But it ’s a serial that research who these Guy are when they ’re on the job and when they ’re out of uniform , " said Mundy . " It ’s contrive to be approachable for people who do n’t love the mythology , but hopefully really satisfy for hoi polloi that lie with it backwards and send on . " To that end , do n’t expect to be see to it other folks from DC Studios co - CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran ’s New DCU show up . " We ’re not part of a larger storytelling plan right now . time of year one is designed to be its own , complete time of year of television that , hopefully , will become many seasons of television , " explained Mundy .
In terms of the show ’s leads and the iconic comic book character they ’re portraying , Mundy divvy up what they were await for in terms of their Hal Jordan and John Stewart . For Hal Jordan , Mundy shared that they were looking for someone similar to Chuck Yeager fromThe Right Stuff . " Kyle has that tone in coon . He ’s been so preposterously good in so many thing . He ’s also very funny , in a dry wit way , which is important for the persona . He ’s perfect for the part , and he ’s going to make us all see really proficient , essentially , " Mundy said . As for John , it was about someone who could hit the right balance between being a military man and an artist . " Aaron is a serious theater actor , yet he also looks like he was build in a lab to be an action genius . Those two qualities talk to me . He ’s an extremely thoughtful performing artist with a huge range and the ability to be many things at once , which you require for John Stewart , " he impart .
Now that we know that the first hebdomad of production onLanternshas come and go , Mundy has some bright words to share in terms of an update . " The script are done , and James [ Hawes ] is kill it in damage of directing for this first week . We ’re getting the reach that we were hoping to get . And Kyle and Aaron are just great together . Their chemistry on screen is wild and they set a great look for excellence and camaraderie on set . We know we have to deliver majuscule story for this interview , and what I ’ve fancy so far bodes well , " he unwrap .
Along with Pierre and Chandler , 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 ) , andJ. Alphonse Nicholson(P - Valley ) . Helming the serial publication are directorsJames Hawes , Stephen Williams , Geeta Vasant Patel , andAlik Sakharov . Based on the DC ComicGreen Lantern , the series is executive director produced by Mundy , Lindelof , Gunn , Safran , King , Hawes , andRon Schmidt .
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