HBO Max Reveals ‘Green Lantern’ Series Details And Their Future Plans For The DC Universe Streaming Service [TCA 2020]
WarnerMedia had its first Television Critics Association panel for HBO Max since they named their upcoming streaming service. HBO Max Chief Content Officer Kevin Reilly previewed the service last year,but it was still untitled at the time. In their October investor presentation, HBO Maxrevealedone of their originals is aGreen Lanternseries from producer Greg Berlanti.Reilly had an update on Berlanti’sGreen Lanternseries for the TCA. That led to further questions for Reilly about the future of DC Universe, the company’s current standalone streaming service with originalsTitans, Doom Patrol, Harley Quinnand the short-livedSwamp Thing.
What Greg Berlanti’s Green Lantern series is about
Greg Berlanti wrote the ill-fated 2011Green Lanternmovie. Perhaps the greatest impact of that movie is the running joke Ryan Reynolds has at his own expense in theDeadpoolmovies. Since then, Berlanti has shepherded the Arrowverse on The CW, a far more lucrative and successful universe than DC was able to launch cinematically. Aubrey brought news from Berlanti about the streaming iteration.“We’re in the early stages of talking to him about it but he did say that the series so far is going to span several decades and focus on the origin story of two major Green Lanterns on earth while going into the story in space of a Green Lantern favorite character of Sinestro,” Aubrey said.Two Lanterns are better than one, eh? Anyway, the Greg Berlanti of 2020 has far more superhero cred than 2011 Berlanti. Likewise, 2011 Berlanti had to take studio notes. He has clout now and he knows his superheroes. This may be the Green Lantern story he wanted to tell all along.
