LANTERNS Gets Straight-To-Series Order & Plot Revealed

HBO, Warner Bros. Television, and DC Studios ordered Lanterns for eight episodes straight-to-series. Emmy-nominee Chris Mundy (True Detective: Night Country, Ozark) will run and executive produce this long-awaited Green Lantern reboot.

Mundy will write the new series with Eisner Award-winner Tom King (Mister Miracle, Supergirl) and Emmy-winner Damon Lindelof (Watchmen, The Leftovers). Lindelof and King will executive produce.

You may recognize those names from months of online activity.

"The series follows new recruit John Stewart and Lantern legend Hal Jordan, two intergalactic cops drawn into a dark, earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland."