Yahoo Lifestyle HBO’s Green Lantern Series: Josh Brolin Turns Down Hal Jordan Role
Josh Brolin has reportedly declined an invitation to trade in Thanos purple for Lantern green.
Late last month, the Avengers franchise vet and Outer Range star had been offered the role of Hal Jordan in HBO’s live-action Lanterns series, TheInsneider reported. But TVLine sister site THR.com is now reporting that Brolin declined the gig. Nor will Matthew McConaughey, another rumored contender, slip on that powerful ring.
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DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn, who is never shy to squash an unfounded casting rumor via his Threads account, for two weeks conspicuously ignored his frantic followers’ cries for confirmation or denial on the Brolin buzz. (This is why, I was told years ago, ABC never comments on Dancing With the Stars rumors — because the moment you start refuting the patently false ones, non-denials or silence can be read as consent.) Warner Bros. meanwhile had no comment on the offer to Brolin.
Besides McConaughey, other names rumored to be on the Hal Jordan short list include 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.
“John Stewart and Hal Jordan are two of DC’s most compelling characters,” Gunn said in June, “and Lanterns brings them to life in an original detective story that is a foundational part of the unified DCU we’re launching next summer with [the feature film] Superman.”
Chapter 1 of that “unified DCU” — dubbed “Gods and Monsters” — officially launches with the animated series Creature Commandos, hitting Max in late 2024. On the film side, things will kick off with Superman, starring David Corenswet (The Politician) and landing in theaters July 11, 2025.
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