'Lanterns' Will Follow Two Mysteries Across Two Timelines

'Lanterns' Will Follow Two Mysteries Across Two Timelines

The showrunner for the DC Studios series reveals more story details about the superhero tale starring Aaron Pierre and Kyle Chandler.

Lanterns will be the first story on the DCU timeline thanks to a flashback storyline in 2016

Lanterns will have a dual timeline

Lanterns' Surprising DCU Timeline Revealed by Showrunner

Photo Credit: HBO Lanterns may be hiding a much bigger DCU surprise than fans expected. Showrunner Chris Mundy recently teased a surprising timeline approach for Lanterns, hinting that the upcoming series could unfold in a way that changes how viewers experience its mystery from the very beginning. Chris Mundy reveals that Lanterns will take place in two time periods According to Entertainment Weekly, Lanterns showrunner Chris Mundy confirmed th…

Lanterns showrunner teases multiple timelines and whether other Green Lanterns will appear

The upcoming Lanterns series follows Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler) and John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) in a True Detective-style mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland. We’ve known the show would span different timelines for some time, but Lanterns showrunner Chris Mundy shared more details about how that will work during an interview with Entertainment Weekly. Lanterns Timelines The story opens in 2016, after a shooting takes p…

DC's LANTERNS Will Unravel Two Interconnected Mysteries Across Different Timelines

DC Studios’ Lanterns is shaping up to be something very different from the usual superhero series, and the more details that come out, the more interesting it sounds. The HBO project starring Aaron Pierre and Kyle Chandler is leaning hard into a grounded mystery vibe, and now we’ve learned the story will unfold across two separate timelines with two connected mysteries driving the narrative.After the strange and temporary disappearance of the sh…

Lanterns May Be Reviving a Controversial Origin Story

Like any superhero concept that’s existed for more than 80 years, Green Lantern has undergone some significant changes. Most notably, the Green Lantern introduced in 1940 had a magical ring vulnerable to wood, while today’s Green Lanterns are sci-fi superhero space cops with power rings. Furthermore, some beats in the Green Lantern story have aged poorly, and get retconned or ignored over time. One would expect Chris Mundy, creator of the HBO se…