Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek’s network of contributorsOne of the concerns fans might understandably have about the upcoming HBO series “Lanterns” is the contrast of two intergalactic cops with magic space rings solving a mystery in the American heartland. “Lanterns” director James Hawes doesn’t think you should worry. He says the way the show handles superheroes “bewitched” him. Academy Award Winner Viola Davis Wants to Join the MCUSpeaking with Collider, Hawes said, “Listen, it all starts from the script. When you turn those pages, can you get the smell of it? You always find a scene or two that you think, ‘I can’t wait to be stood beside the camera and the cast, directing this scene on the day.’ If that happens on turning the pages, you know this is something you have to take seriously, and that absolutely happened with ‘Lanterns.’ To some extent, it’s a swerve. Superheroes are not somewhere I’ve really played before, but [in ‘Lanterns’] it’s created in such a way—and I can’t tell you much—that it bewitched me.”
Aaron Pierre as John Stewart/Green Lantern (L) and Kyle Chandler as Hal Jordan/Green Lantern (R) in “Lanterns.”
Aaron Pierre as John Stewart/Green Lantern (L) and Kyle Chandler as Hal Jordan/Green Lantern (R) in “Lanterns.”
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We’ll have to wait to see exactly what it is about “Lanterns” that “bewitched” Hawes, but the more grounded tone of the series – it’s been described as having a feel more like “True Detective” – begs the question of whether or not fans are going to miss out on the usual bells and whistles of a superhero show. Will we ever see Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler) and John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) in their Green Lantern Corp outfits, or will they always be in their civvies? Will their powers even work the same in “Lanterns” as they do in the comics? How do you keep a TV series “grounded” with heroes whose rings let them fly and create glowing green constructs of whatever their imagination comes up with?Hawes’s words don’t answer the questions, but hint. “It doesn’t lack its sci-fi magic, but it’s done in a world where you accept that these things just are,” Hawes said. “They don’t need that extra sprinkle of sci-fi fairy dust. It works within a physical world that we’ve come to know.””Lanterns” is currently in production and the show is expected to stream on Max in early 2026. It stars Aaron Pierre, Kyle Chandler, Kelly Macdonald, Ulrich Thomsen, Poorna Jagannathan, Stewart Augustus, Nicole Ari Parker, J. Alphonse Nicholson, and Jasmine Cephas Jones.More Comics:’Vought Rising’ – Everything We Know So Far About ‘The Boys’ Prequel5 Biggest Disappointing Absences From Marvel’s ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Announcement
