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Seth Grahame-Smith & Marc Guggenheim Set As Writers & Showrunner For HBO Max ‘Green Lantern’ Series

by Dave Elliott

Seth Grahame-Smith & Marc Guggenheim Set As Writer & Showrunner For HBO Max ‘Green Lantern’ Series

‘Arrow’ co-creator Marc Guggenheim seems to like his heroes in green, as it’s announced he is set to lead the team behind the new Green Lantern series for HBO Max, with Seth Grahame-Smith set to co-write the drama. They also have revealed a little more info about which Lanterns will be involved.

According to Variety, the new live-action show will feature the adventures of a multitude of Lanterns, including Guy Gardner, Jessica Cruz, Simon Baz and Alan Scott – Earth’s first Green Lantern, who, true to the comics, is a gay man – and many more. The series will also include fan favourites such as Sinestro and Kilowog, and will also introduce new heroes to the ranks of the Green Lantern Corps.

Along with co-creating ‘Arrow’ Guggenheim was also the writer of the… shall we say… less than well-received… 2011 ‘Green Lantern’ movie, so this will hopefully give him a chance to rectify those errors. Seth Grahame-Smith, who will be writing the show, is also no stranger to DC, having written ‘The Lego Batman Movie’.

Guggenheim’s addition is an interesting one, given where they ended ‘Arrow’. If you remember, David Ramsey’s John Diggle ended the series finding, what seemed to be, a Green Lantern ring. Whilst Ramsey has said he won’t be suiting up as a Lantern in the current Arrowverse shows, it is possible they might decide to move him across (assuming the actor is up for it) in this series. We will have to wait and see.

HBO Max has order 10-hourlong episodes of the series for the US streaming platform. Guggenheim serves as showrunner and co-writer alongside Seth Grahame-Smith. The series is produced by Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television.

There is no premiere date yet for Green Lantern, but it’ll air on HBO Max in the USA. There is no UK broadcaster for the series, as the HBO Max shows are not included in Sky’s overall HBO deal, so we’ll see where it land.

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