{"id":783712,"date":"2026-07-25T12:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T12:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/783712\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T12:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T12:46:11","slug":"lanterns-trailer-reveals-sinestro-and-its-manhunter-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/783712\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Lanterns’ Trailer Reveals Sinestro and Its Manhunter Threat"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAaron Pierre reigned over San Diego Comic-Con<\/a> Friday, as DC Studios and HBO<\/a> unpacked the mystery box behind Lanterns<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\n\tAmple footage was revealed, including a new trailer (below), with highlights including a look at the archnemesis Sinestro (Ulrich Thomsen), as well as the reveal that the race known as Manhunters are the big threat of the series. <\/p>\n

\n\tPierre leads Lanterns as John Stewart, a young Green Lantern in training, while Kyle Chandler plays veteran Lantern Hal Jordan. From the clips shown, much of the drama is wrung from the tension between the two men, with Stewart angling to wear the powerful ring the space cops wield and Jordan not willing to accept that the man he is training is not his backup but rather his replacement. <\/p>\n

\n\tPierre \u2014 sporting a leather jacket that had the Green Lantern motto \u201cBrightest Day\/Blackest Night\u201d emblazoned on it as well as green and white shoes with the letters JS on the back \u2014 worked up the crowd by talking his affinity for the character. \u201cIf I had the choice to choose any character in the DC Universe, I would still choose John Stewart,\u201d said the actor. \u201cI would chose John every time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHe also recounted his fraught casting as he sustained a severe injury to his left arm, in which the tendon separted from the bone, and the \u201cbicep went all the way to my shoulder,\u201d he described. The 7,000-strong crowd collectively winced. The casting process was winnowing down to the final two or three actors \u2014 and he had to undergo surgery. With him unable to even extend his arm, his representation team asked him if he still wanted to finish auditioning, to which he responded, \u201cDon\u2019t ask silly questions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI did my final call back in my brace,\u201d he recalled. \u201cI just wanted the role so much. I love John so much. In that moment, and this isn\u2019t hyperbole, in that moment, I was like, \u2018What would John do?\u2019 So I walked in there and gave it my best and got the role.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHe had only months to recuperate before shooting began but \u201cit felt so good to rehabilitate to be part of this family.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDuring the panel, Lanterns guest star Nathan Fillion crashed the stage to perform a bit in which it seemed he had missed his invitation to the panel. (Fillion played the Green Lantern known as Guy Gardner in last summer\u2019s Superman and will reprise the character in the show.)<\/p>\n

Comic Con: Nathan Fillion \u201ccrashes\u201d the LANTERNS Hall H panel, saying he must have been left off the email list. The crowd lapped it up. pic.twitter.com\/lyoJQ5UhFS<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Borys Kit (@Borys_Kit) July 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tPierre, meanwhile, said that less than 20 percent of the show was shot on the Warner Bros. lot. The rest was filmed all over California. And the cast and crew became a family, like a traveling theatre company, with Pierre saying he was known for doing pushups with the transport crew. \u201cYou can feel the family, you can feel the unit\u2026whatever happens, we poured our hearts into this,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe series is co-created by Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof, and Tom King, and also stars Garret Dillahunt and Poorna Jagannathan, all of whom where on stage.<\/p>\n

\n\tPer the logline, Lanterns follows \u201ctwo intergalactic cops drawn into a dark, earth-based mystery with cosmic ties as they investigate a murder in the American heartland.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe series bows Aug. 16 on HBO and also stars Kelly Macdonald, Laura Linney, Jason Ritter, Thomsen, Nathan Fillion (reprising his Superman role as Guy Gardner), J. Alphonse Nicholson and Jasmine Cephas Jones.<\/p>\n

\n\tDC Studios most recently released the Emmys juggernaut The Penguin in 2024, as well as the Gunn-created Peacemaker season two last year.<\/p>\n