“Only one can wear the ring,” warns new marketing for HBO Max's 'Lanterns'

HBO Max shared two new official looks (a poster and a banner) from his long-awaited series with DC Studios, Lanternsbased on the comic Green Lantern.

Lanterns o Lanterns In our region, it is carried out by Aaron Pierre and Kyle Chandler as John Stewart and Hal Jordan, respectively.

The plot follows new recruit John Stewart (Pierre) and Lantern legend Jordan (Chandler), two intergalactic cops tasked with defending a specific realm of the cosmos from evil. by using rings which grant a variety of superhuman powers. John and Hal are drawn into a dark Earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the heartland of America.

And as the latest marketing warns us, “Only one can wear the ring.”

A previous teaser trailer showed us the two police officers—one veteran and one rookie—arguing about the true use of the ring. One detective wonders if he's at the end of the road and the other is pressured to prove he deserves the ring.

Take a look at the poster and banner at the end of the note.

The cast also includes Nicole Ari Parker as Bernadette, John Stewart's mother, Ulrich Thomsen like the villain Sinister, Poorna Jagannathan like Zoe, Kelly Macdonald as Sheriff Kerry, and Garry Dillahunt like the modern cowboy William Macon.

The series of Chris Mundy (Ozark), Damon Lindelof (Watchmen) y Tom King, consists of 8 episodes.

Mundy is the showrunner, Lindelof and King are co-writers and executive producers, and James Hawes is the director of the first two episodes and executive producer.

HBO produces in association with Warner Bros. Television and DC Studios. Based on the iconic DC title, Green Lantern.

The character John Stewart debuted in Green Lantern vol 2 #87, and was created by Dennis O'Neil and Neal Adams, as the latter's idea to replace Green Lantern. The original design was based on the iconic actor Sidney Poitier. He was DC's first black superhero. Hal Jordan, for his part, is a former test pilot and experienced Green Lantern.

Jordan was first played by Ryan Reynolds in the film Green Lantern 2011. Nathan Fillion played a different Green Lantern member, Guy Gardner, in the film Superman by James Gunn.

The series Lanterns premieres on HBO Max in August.

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