First announced back in 2023, this week proved to be a big one for DC Studios co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran's upcoming New DCU 'Green Lantern' series. HBO gave an eight-episode direct-to-series order for Lanterns, with Chris Mundy serving as showrunner and executive producer. In addition, Damon Lindelof and Tom King are serving as executive producers and co-writers alongside Mundy.
I like to think of it as from the creators of 'Ozark,' HBO's 'Watchmen,' and, of course, Batman meets Elmer Fudd.' He continued, 'We're working with a dream team writer's room, putting together something thrilling and epic and intimate and grounded and funny and true—a superhero show that brings together the glories of the comics with the excellence of an HBO prestige drama.