Nicole Ari Parker Joins DC’s ‘Lanterns’ Series at HBO (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comMarc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events “And Just Like That” star Nicole Ari Parker has landed a recurring role in the HBO’s DC Studios drama series “Lanterns” as John Stewart’s mother Bernadette.
The series follows Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler) and John Stewart (Aaron Pierre), two members of the Green Lantern Corps, an intergalactic team charged with defending a specific realm of the cosmos from evil through the use of rings that bestow an array of superhuman powers.
The official character description for Bernadette reads, “Formidable and tenacious, Bernadette refuses to give up, no matter how insurmountable the odds.
At her core, she’s a fiercely protective mother who has worked her entire life to ensure that she and her family will not be passed over.” HBO officially picked up “Lanterns,” the first live-action series created expressly for DC Studios under co-chairmen/co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran, in June.
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