Aaron Pierre, the star of Netflix’s Rebel Ridge, has nabbed the plum a part of Green Lantern John Stewart in DC Studios’ and HBO’s much-ballyhooed sequence Lanterns.
The casting caps one of many extra scrutinized actor searches in a while. Not solely is the present the primary main TV endeavor from DC Studios heads James Gunn and Peter Safran, however the function of Stewart carries a lot significance, as the fan-favorite comedian ebook character was certainly one of DC’s first Black superheroes.
The intense casting course of got here all the way down to Pierre and Stephan James, who's on the pageant circuit with drama The Piano Lesson and who starred in the 2016 Jesse Owens biopic Race. Both participated in display screen assessments, with the actors squaring off in opposition to the already forged Kyle Chandler on Thursday and Friday. Each actor had their boosters, however the last choice was made Tuesday.
Pierre undoubtedly brings warmth to the present, as the actor has over the course of some months gone to the highest of casting lists. His main flip in Jeremy Saulnier’s Rebel Ridge debuted on Netflix on Sept. 6 and was the primary title worldwide on Netflix for 3 weeks in a row.
The actor already has had a brush with the comedian ebook realm. He as soon as was forged reverse Mahershala Ali in Marvel Studios’ Blade, however the model of the long-delayed film morphed, and he is not going to be concerned going ahead. He additionally appeared in M. Night Shyamalan’s Old, an adaptation of a graphic novel.
Lanterns is claimed to have a gritty, True Detective vibe and follows Hal Jordan, a legend amongst the area police power identified as the Green Lanterns, as he reluctantly mentors Stewart, a youthful Green Lantern. The two intergalactic cops get drawn right into a darkish, Earth-based thriller as they examine a homicide in the American heartland.
Chandler, a TV veteran due to acclaimed turns in Friday Night Lights and Bloodline, is about to star as Jordan.
James Hawes, a longtime TV helmer who most just lately directed a string of episodes of the Gary Oldman spy sequence Slow Horses, has been tapped to helm the primary two episodes of the sci-fi cop sequence.
Lanterns has a straight-to-series order at HBO and comes from high-pedigreed creators. Chris Mundy (Ozark), Damon Lindelof (Watchmen, Lost) and Eisner Award-winning comedian ebook author Tom King are govt producing and writing, with Mundy showrunning what's deliberate as an eight-episode season. Hawes additionally joins the power as an exec producer.
Writer Dennis O’Neil and artist Neal Adams launched Stewart in 1971’s Green Lantern No. 87, 12 years after Hal Jordan and the bigger Green Lantern Corps mythos arrived on the scene.
Pierre was just lately seen main the NatGeo sequence Genius: MLK/X, portraying civil rights chief Malcolm X, Garth Davis’ 2023 sci-fi drama Foe alongside Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan, Clement Virgo’s Brother and Barry Jenkins’ award-winning restricted sequence The Underground Railroad. In December, Pierre takes on the titular function of Mufasa in Barry Jenkins’ CG-animated Lion King prequel for Disney.
Pierre is repped by WME, Anonymous Content, Hamilton Hodell, and Sloane Offer.
