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In Brightest Day, In Friday Night Lights - Kyle Chandler is the DCU's Green Lantern Hal Jordan

Kyle Chandler, 59, will play an aged up version of Hal Jordan, who mentors an as-yet-uncast younger John Stewart in HBO's Lanterns

It seems like just yesterday that Popverse reported on Josh Brolin passing on the Hal Jordan role for HBO's upcoming Lanterns (actually, it was two weeks ago, but time flies like a test pilot intercepting an alien spacecraft). Now, though, the will-powered green ring has found a new wearer in the form of Kyle Chandler, famous for his role as Coach Eric Taylor in NBC's Friday Night Lights.

The news comes to us from The Hollywood Reporter, who broke the story September 23. Along with the casting news, The Hollywood Reporter claimed that DC Studios is looking to film the upcoming HBO show from January to June of 2025, in Atlanta. Finally, the article makes mention of the other Green Lantern that will headline the show, John Stewart, who the article says will be "younger," than Jordan in the series, though no casting announcement has been made in regard to the role.

Though John Stewart did become a Green Lantern years after Hal Jordan took up the mantle (Jordan first appeared in 1959, Stewart didn't appear until 1971), the show is departing from the source material, in that an age gap has never been a factor in Jordan and Stewart's comic book relationship. If HBO decides to use Chandler's true age of 59 for Hal Jordan, it could mean that he's been a Lantern for some thirty years longer than Stewart. 

It should be noted that this old cop/young cop partnership dynamic was recently used in the fourth season of True Detective, the show that is most cited as inspiration for HBO's upcoming cosmic mystery, which will be the second DCU-canon story to utilize Green Lanterns after Superman introduces Guy Gardner on July 11, 2025. The release date for Lanterns, however, is still unknown.


Not to brag or anything, but New York Comic Con on Thursday, October 17 is where you’ll get an extended sneak peek at episode 5 of HBO’s The Penguin before anyone else. Not to mention, Colin Farrel will be discussing all the limited series’ juicy details with the cast and crew live. Limited Thursday NYCC 2024 tickets are still on sale.

Grant DeArmitt

Grant DeArmitt: Grant DeArmitt (he/him) likes horror, comics, and the unholy union of the two. As Popverse's Staff Writer, he criss-crosses the pop culture landscape bringing you the news and opinions about the big things (and the next big things). In the past, and despite their better judgment, he has written for Nightmare on Film Street and Newsarama. He lives in Brooklyn with his partner, Kingsley, and corgi, Legs.

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