{"id":433785,"date":"2026-05-18T18:59:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T18:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/433785\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T18:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T18:59:07","slug":"guy-gardner-makes-a-cameo-in-new-lanterns-teaser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/433785\/","title":{"rendered":"Guy Gardner makes a cameo in new Lanterns teaser"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lanterns<\/a>, the new DC Universe series coming to HBO Max, dropped a surprising teaser in March<\/a> that swapped the usual superhero hijinks for gritty realism more in the vein of True Detectives\u00a0and Slow Horses. Personally, I liked the change; it pushed a series that was barely on my radar to my 2026 list of ones to watch. I guess HBO was concerned people would miss the superhero vibes, though, because the latest teaser trailer interweaves the grittier aspects with a lot more superpowers and intergalactic elements. And you know what? I\u2019m still here for it.<\/p>\n

Per the official logline, \u201cThe series follows new recruit John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) and Lantern legend Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler), two intergalactic cops drawn into a dark, earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland.\u201d There will be two storylines: one set in 2016 about a murder in Nebraska, and the second set in 2026.<\/p>\n

Chandler\u2019s Hal Jordan is a former test pilot nearing retirement from the Green Lantern Corps. He\u2019s training Pierre\u2019s John Stewart Jr., a new recruit, to replace him. Nathan Fillion reprises his Superman role as the obnoxious Guy Gardner; we get a brief glimpse of him in the new teaser. The cast also includes Kelly MacDonald as Kerry, a small-town family-oriented sheriff; Jason Ritter as Billy Macon, Kerry\u2019s husband; Garret Dillahunt as William Macon, Kerry\u2019s cowboy father-in-law; Poorna Jagannathan as a woman named Zoe; Ulrich Thomsen as Sinestro, a former Corps member who\u2019s gone rogue; and Paul Ben-Victor as an extraterrestrial called Antaan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lanterns, the new DC Universe series coming to HBO Max, dropped a surprising teaser in March that swapped…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,409,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-433785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}