Yahoo Lifestyle HBO’s Green Lantern Series: Kyle Chandler in Talks to Play Hal Jordan
Friday Night Lights alum Kyle Chandler is the latest actor to be invited to try on a Green Lantern Ring, our sister site Deadline is reporting.
Late last month, Josh Brolin had been offered the role of Hal Jordan in HBO‘s live-action Lanterns series, but as THR.com later reported, the Avengers franchise vet declined the gig. Nor will Matthew McConaughey, another rumored contender, slip on that powerful ring.
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Other names rumored to be on the short list to play Hal Jordan have included Obi-Wan Kenobi star Ewan McGregor, Justified gunslinger Timothy Olyphant and Star Trek captain Chris Pine.
Lanterns was given an eight-episode, straight-to-series order back in June, with Damon Lindelof and Eisner Award winner Tom King set to pen the script. Chris Mundy (True Detective: Night Country, Ozark) will serve as showrunner and executive-produce with Lindelof and King.
Described by DC Studios co-CEO Peter Safran as being “very much in the vein of True Detective,” Lanterns will follow new recruit John Stewart and legend Hal Jordan, two intergalactic cops drawn into a dark, Earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland.
There have been no rumblings yet on the John Stewart casting.
In addition to his aforementioned stint as Friday Night Lights‘ Coach Eric Taylor, Chandler’s previous TV credits include Netflix’s Bloodline, Hulu’s Catch-22 miniseries and Season 1 of Showtime’s Super Pumped.
What’s your take on the Chandler/Lanterns buzz? Would you like to see him tackle the role of Hal Jordan?
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