Jasmine Cephas Jones Joins ‘Lanterns’ DC Series At HBO

Rosy Cordero

27 March 2025 at 5:24 pm·2-min read

EXCLUSIVE: Jasmine Cephas Jones (Origin, Blindspotting) has joined the cast of Lanterns, HBO’s upcoming drama series based on the Green Lantern DC comic. She joins the previously announced cast: Kyle Chandler, Aaron Pierre, Kelly MacDonald, Garret Dillahunt, Poorna Jagannathan and Ulrich Thomsen.

The series, from Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof and Tom King, follows new recruit John Stewart (Pierre) and Lantern legend Hal Jordan (Chandler), two intergalactic cops drawn into a dark, Earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland.

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In a key guest-starring role, Cephas Jones plays ‘Young Bernadette,’ Stewart’s resilient mother and forever the family fixer. She is a perceptive, big-picture thinker who demands excellence from herself and her family.

HBO produces the eight-episode series Lanterns in association with Warner Bros Television and DC Studios. Mundy, who serves as showrunner, Lindelof, and King co-wrote and executive produced. James Hawes directed and executive produced, with Stephen Williams, Geeta Vasant Patel, and Alik Sakharov also tapped to direct.

Cephas Jones’ recent credits are Neon’s Origin, Starz’s Blindspotting, for which she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Performance, #FREERAYSHAWN, for which she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series, and Hamilton, for which she won a Grammy Award for Best Original Broadway Recording.

Also, her full-length album, Phoenix was released and can be listened to on all platforms. Further on the music side, she plays the character “Swan” on Lin Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis’ concept album Warriors for Atlantic Records.

She is repped by ATA Management, WME and Jackoway, Tyerman.

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