‘Lanterns’ Casts Aaron Pierre as John Stewart

Aaron Pierre is formally becoming a member of the Inexperienced Lantern sequence at HBO, Selection has discovered.

Pierre will star as John Stewart within the sequence, which is titled “Lanterns.” It was beforehand reported that Kyle Chandler was in talks for the position of Hal Jordan. In line with sources, numerous actors have been thought-about for the position of Stewart, together with Stephan James and Damson Idris.

The present is produced by HBO in affiliation with Warner Bros. Tv and DC Studios and relies on DC’s “Inexperienced Lantern” comics.

The present was picked up for eight episodes at HBO in June. Initially supposed as a Max unique, the present shifted to HBO as a part of a brand new content material delineation plan.

Per the official logline, the sequence follows “new recruit John Stewart and Lantern legend Hal Jordan, two intergalactic cops drawn right into a darkish, earth-based thriller as they examine a homicide within the American heartland.”

Pierre most lately starred within the hit Netflix movie “Insurgent Ridge.” The movie debuted on Netflix on Sept. 6 and has been on the streamer’s prime 10 English language movie chart ever since, together with three weeks at primary. His different TV credit embrace taking part in Malcolm X within the Nat Geo sequence “Genius: MLK/X” and starring in Barry Jenkins’ restricted sequence “The Underground Railroad.” He additionally beforehand appeared within the DC sequence “Krypton” within the position of Dev-Em. Pierre has additionally been in movies similar to “Foe,” “Brother,” and “Outdated.” He’s additionally set to play Mufasa in Jenkins’ upcoming “Lion King” prequel movie for Disney.

Pierre is repped by WME, Nameless Content material, Hamilton Hodell, Sloane Supply, and Narrative.

“Lanterns” is co-written by Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof, and Tom King. All three function govt producers together with James Hawes, with Hawes additionally directing the primary two episodes.