Hbo’s Lantern continues to take shape with the latest news on the casting that confirm it P-Valley‘S J. Alphonse Nicholson He joined the series and his role has great implications for one of the most iconic heroes of DC.
According to Deadline, Nicholson is playing the youngest version of John Senior, the father of Aaron PierreJohn Stewart. This is a good indication that the series will dig in Stewart’s past, probably through flashbacks or extended background elements, to examine how his education has modeled the man.
In the comics, Stewart’s mother died when she was young and had grown up to Detroit by her father. That experience contributed to defining his strong sense of justice and duty to the community. So bringing his father as a recurring character seems a conscious step towards telling a story of more rooted and emotionally complex origin.
Nicholson, who earned praise for his performance as Lil ‘Murda P-ValleyIt also appeared in Only mercy, Cutand the awakening of Broadway by The comedy of a soldier.
When previously he spoke of the series, the co-cenu James Gunn said: “It is so beautiful because it is connected to Superman. Because we have Guy Gardner in this and then we have these green lanterns here. And it is only a tone so different from what Superman AND.
“That’s exactly what I want to bring to DCU is to be able to have these very different films and television series that are still part of a general connected world, but have completely different sensations for them.”
That “different tone” is the key. Lantern has been described as a gritty, Real detective-Tyle crime drama set in the American heart, with John Stewart and the Hal Jordan lantern veteran (Kyle Chandler) investigating a murder.
Chris mundy (Ozark, True Detective: Night Country) is a showrunner, with the writers Tom King (known for its acclaimed green lantern comics) and Damon Lindelof (Watchmen) helping to model the series. And when it comes to the quality of the scripts, the cast member Pootna Jagannathan he had this to say:
“This is the first script that I read that I understand why there is a NDA. Everything is so crazy. It is the best writing I have ever read.”
Beyond the story of Family of Stewart, the show is making a complete ensemble. Kelly MacDonald He will play sheriff Kerry, a policeman from a small town designed in the investigation of the lanterns. Garrett Dillahunt He plays William Macon, a mental character of conspiracy and dangerously ambitious who could be a new interpretation of the black hand of the villain.
Jason Ritter He joins as his son, Billy Macon, adding generational tension to the mix. AND Ulrich Thomsen He takes on the heavy role of Sinestro, a character whose fall from hero to the bad has always been one of the most powerful arches of the DC universe.
Lantern It is previewed on HBO and Max in 2026.
By Joey Gour
Source: Geek Tyrant
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