‘Lanterns’: Aaron Pierre & Stephan James In Running For John Stewart Role In HBO’s DC Series
deadline.comAaron Pierre (The Underground Railroad) and Stephan James (Homecoming) have emerged as top choices to star alongside Kyle Chandler in Lanterns, HBO‘s high-profile series based on the Green Lantern DC comic, Deadline has learned.
The duo are in conversations to play John Stewart opposite Chandler’s Hal Jordan through sources caution that no offers have made.
A rep for HBO declined comment. The rumor mill went into overdrive this week as the lengthy search for an actor to play John Stewart entered its final stages, with Pierre, James’ names, as well as Snowfall‘s Damson Idris, all in the mix at some point.
Of them, Pierre has DC pedigree — he played Dev-Em in Syfy’s Superman universe series Krypton. The series from Ozark’s Chris Mundy, Watchmen‘s Damon Lindelof and comic book writer Tom King follows new recruit John Stewart and Lantern legend Jordan, two intergalactic cops drawn into a dark, Earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland.
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