News Lanterns Lanterns Trailer Confirms DCU Series’ Grim Detective Vibes Kyle Chandler’s Hal Jordan is old and tired, and Aaron Pierre’s John Stewart isn’t enthused By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on March 4, 2026 Credit: John P. Johnson/HBO Comment 0 Share New Share Credit: John P. Johnson/HBO James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Universe continues its expansion into television. The franchise has already released Peacemaker season two and the animated series Creature Commandos, but it’s fair to say that Lanterns, which is slated to come out this summer, is the most anticipated thing from the DCU to come to HBO Max. Today, we got a trailer that confirms the show will be “very much in the vein of True Detective,” as Safran described the series back in June 2024. In it, we see grizzled Lantern Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler) teaching up-and-coming Lantern John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) how to work with the ring. The two find themselves in a small western town that just doesn’t seem quite right, and the two Lanterns are on the case, hard-boiled detective-style. Here’s the official logline: The series follows new recruit John Stewart and Lantern legend Hal Jordan, two intergalactic cops drawn into a dark, earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland. The trailer also raises some questions. We know from previous reporting that Guy Gardner (Nathan Fillion), who we met in Superman, will be in Lanterns as well. That brings the Lantern tally up to three (something confirmed by Gunn in an interview), but Jordan says in the trailer that he’s the only human Lantern out there. What does that mean for Guy? Is this a different timeline? Another part of the multiverse? It’s not clear right now, but the show’s tone is quite different than the bowl-cut, green leather bodysuit smarminess we got from Fillion’s character in Superman, suggesting perhaps the latter. We’ll have to mull over these mysteries as we wait for the series premiere of Lanterns, which will come to HBO Max in August 2026. Check out the trailer below. [end-mark] The post <i>Lanterns</i> Trailer Confirms DCU Series’ Grim Detective Vibes appeared first on Reactor.