On April 1, Deadline revealed that the ever-growing ensemble within the mystery of DC Studios’ Lanterns—a live-action adaptation based on the lore of the Green Lantern Corps—has added yet another cast member. Actor Chris Coy (“The Peripheral”) has been tapped to join the series in a recurring guest role.
The trade noted and revealed a brief snippet of Coy’s newly crafted character, offering a logline reading “Waylon Sanders, an intelligent survivor or a nervous truck driver. Age and real name unknown, he’s unbound by the laws of nature.”
Coy is the latest to join, as the most recent actor attached to the project was actor Nathan Fillion, who is set to reprise his role as Guy Gardner, with his initial debut transpiring in James Gunn’s Superman, which is set to premiere during the “Summer of Superman.”
A brief synopsis for the series reads, “Lanterns” follows recruit John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) and Lantern legend Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler), two intergalactic cops drawn into a dark, earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland.”
Kyle Chandler (“The Wolf of Wall Street”) will lead the cast as Hal Jordan and Aaron Pierre (“Rebel Ridge”) will play John Stewart. Fillion will join an ever-growing ensemble that also includes Kelly MacDonald as Kerry, Poorna Jagannathan as Zoe, Jasmine Cephas Jones as a young version of Bernadette (John Stewart’s mother), Nicole Ari Parker as Bernadette, Sherman Augustus as John Sr., and Jason Ritter as Billy Maccon. Ulrich Thomsen, will play the villainous Sinestro.
James Hawes (“Slow Horses,” “Penny Dreadful,” “The Mist,” “The Alienist,” “Snowpiercer”) will helm the first two episodes. The creative team also includes Emmy Award-winning “Lost” and “Watchmen” creator Damon Lindelof and comic book writer Tom King. Justin Britt-Gibson, Breannah Gibson, and Vanessa Baden Kelly are also on board.
“Lanterns” currently has no official release date.
