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‘Lanterns’: Aaron Pierre Cast As John Stewart In HBO’s DC Series
Aaron Pierre (Rebel Ridge) has been tapped to star in Lanterns, HBO‘s high-profile series based on the Green Lantern DC comic.
The series from Ozark ’s Chris Mundy, Watchmen ‘s Damon Lindelof and comic book writer Tom King follows new recruit John Stewart (Pierre) and Lantern legend Jordan (Chandler), two intergalactic cops drawn into a dark, Earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland. Pierre leads the cast of Jeremy Saulnier’s Rebel Ridge, which has been the #1 movie on Netflix for three weeks, and next voices the titular character of Mufasa in Barry Jenkins’ animated Lion King prequel for Disney. His credits also include Garth Davis’ Foe alongside Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan, Clement Virgo’s Brother and Jenkins’ limited series The Underground Railroad.
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