{"id":522231,"date":"2026-03-06T09:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T09:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/522231\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T09:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T09:42:11","slug":"hbo-reacts-to-lanterns-trailer-complaints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/522231\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO Reacts To &#8220;Lanterns&#8221; Trailer Complaints"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hbo-reacts-to-lanterns-trailer-complaints.jpg\" data-caption=\"HBO\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hbo-reacts-to-lanterns-trailer-complaints.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"hbo-reacts-to-lanterns-trailer-complaints\"\/><\/a>HBO<\/p>\n<p>HBO unveiled the first trailer for its DC Studios series \u201cLanterns\u201d yesterday, and it followed its promise of looking like \u201cGreen Lantern\u201d if done with an HBO-style \u201cTrue Detective\u201d-style aesthetic.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, so grounded was the trailer with only one obvious FX shot \u2013 Kyle Chandler\u2019s Hal Jordan taking flight \u2013 that it led to something of a backlash from some fans who were expecting something with more cosmic imagery.<\/p>\n<p>Even the rings, lantern and bodysuit drew complaints for not being \u2018green enough\u2019, and now HBO has responded with a sarcastic tweet on X saying: \u201cWhat do you mean there\u2019s no green?\u201d before including a screen cap of a green fast food basket.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Mundy (\u201cTrue Detective: Night Country\u201d) is showrunner and executive producer and writes the series with Damon Lindelof (\u201cWatchmen\u201d) and comic book scribe Tom King (\u201cSupergirl\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>Also starring are Aaron Pierre as John Stewart, Ulrich Thomsen as Sinestro, Kelly Macdonald, Garret Dillahunt, Poorna Jagannathan, Nicole Ari Parker, Jason Ritter, J. Alphonse Nicholson, and Jasmine Cephas Jones.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLanterns\u201d releases on HBO in August.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What do you mean there&#8217;s no green? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c3RSkshVi9\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/c3RSkshVi9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iAs0G4rMFn\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/iAs0G4rMFn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 HBO Max (@hbomax) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hbomax\/status\/2029366309847171529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HBO HBO unveiled the first trailer for its DC Studios series \u201cLanterns\u201d yesterday, and it followed its promise&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":522232,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,142132,134,427],"class_list":["post-522231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bigslider","tag-entertainment","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}