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Nexus Point News has learned the full writing staff behind a potential second season of HBO\u2019s hit series Lanterns. Christopher Cantwell, Nakkiah Lui, Zack Whedon, Selwyn Seyfu Hinds, and Vanessa Baden Kelly make up the Season 2 writers room, working under showrunner Chris Mundy.<\/p>\n
The writers\u2019 room comes together as Lanterns Season 1 heads into its finale on Sunday, October 4. HBO has not officially renewed the series, but the lineup signals that DC Studios and HBO are confident in building toward more\u00a0Lanterns stories well before any formal greenlight.<\/p>\n
The staff blends a returning Season 1 voice, a reunion of Halt and Catch Fire collaborators, and two writers with prior DC and HBO ties.<\/p>\n
Christopher Cantwell<\/p>\n
The co-creator of AMC\u2019s Halt and Catch Fire and an executive producer on Prime Video\u2019s Paper Girls, Cantwell joined\u00a0Lanterns as a writer and executive producer in May. He is also a prolific comics writer, with an Eisner-nominated run on Marvel\u2019s Doctor Doom and DC credits including Challengers of the Unknown and Plastic Man No More!.<\/p>\n
Nakkiah Lui<\/p>\n
An AACTA and Logie nominated Australian writer, actor, and director, Lui co-created and starred in ABC\u2019s Kiki & Kitty and Preppers and was a writer and performer on Black Comedy. She has also written for Total Control and was a writer and consulting producer on Hulu\u2019s The Great.<\/p>\n
Zack Whedon<\/p>\n
Whedon reunites with Cantwell after serving as a writer and producer across all four seasons of Halt and Catch Fire. His TV credits also include Fringe, Deadwood, Southland, Rubicon, and HBO\u2019s In Treatment, and he co-wrote Dr. Horrible\u2019s Sing-Along Blog. On the comics side, he has written Serenity books for Dark Horse.<\/p>\n
Selwyn Seyfu Hinds<\/p>\n
The former editor-in-chief of The Source, Hinds created and ran Hulu\u2019s Washing Black, starring Sterling K. Brown. He was a writer and producer on Jordan Peele\u2019s The Twilight Zone, and he has DC history: he was a consulting producer on HBO Max\u2019s DC anthology Strange Adventures<\/a> and co-created the Vertigo series Dominique Laveau: Voodoo Child.<\/p>\n Vanessa Baden Kelly<\/p>\n The only Season 1 writer on the new staff besides Mundy, Baden Kelly is a co-executive producer who wrote \u201cTrust Fall\u201d and \u201cOutKast,\u201d the John Stewart origin episode that became one of the most debated hours of the season. \u201cOutKast\u201d was the most viewed episode of\u00a0Lanterns with 10 million viewers as reported by HBO. Many fans also know her from Gullah Gullah Island and Kenan & Kel.<\/p>\n What\u2019s Already Been Reported<\/p>\n Cantwell\u2019s hire was the first sign of Season 2 movement. In May, Jeff Sneider<\/a> reported that Cantwell had joined as a writer and executive producer, with Mundy expected to return as showrunner while co-creators Damon Lindelof and Tom King stepped back. Cantwell confirmed the news himself\u00a0 on his Bluesky account<\/a> days later. Some outlets have since described him as a co-showrunner, though his own confirmation framed the role as writer and EP.<\/p>\n At the August\u00a0Lanterns premiere, Lindelof told ScreenRant<\/a> that Mundy had already started a new room to figure out what Season 2 stories could look like. Lindelof is not expected back, and King is focusing on DC Studios\u2019 animated series Mister Miracle.<\/p>\n