Aaron Pierre is set to play Green Lantern John Stewart in the DC Studios and HBO series 'Lanterns.' The casting caps one of the more scrutinized actor searches in some time. Not only is the show the first major TV endeavor from DC Studios heads James Gunn and Peter Safran, but the role of Stewart carries much significance, as the fan-favorite comic book character was one of DC’s first Black superheroes.
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00:00Aaron Pierre is set to play Green Lantern Jon Stewart in the DC Studios and HBO series
00:05Lanterns.
00:09The casting gap's one of the more scrutinized actor searches in some time.
00:13Not only is the show the first major TV endeavor from DC Studios heads James Gunn and Peter
00:18Safran, but the role of Stewart carries much significance, as the fan-favorite comic book
00:23character was one of DC's first black superheroes.
00:27The intense casting process came down to Pierre and Stefan James, who was on the festival
00:31circuit with the drama The Piano Lesson.
00:34Both participated in screen tests, with the actors squaring off against the already cast
00:39Kyle Chandler on Thursday and Friday.
00:41Pierre brings heat to the show.
00:43His leading turn in Rebel Ridge debuted on Netflix on September 6th and was the number
00:47one title worldwide on the platform for three weeks in a row.
00:51Lanterns is said to have a gritty, true detective vibe.
00:54It follows Hal Jordan, who will be played by Chandler.
00:57Jordan is a legend amongst the space police force known as the Green Lanterns.
01:01The series sees him reluctantly mentor Stewart, a young Green Lantern.
01:05In the series, the two intergalactic cops get drawn into a dark, Earth-based mystery
01:09as they investigate a murder in the American heartland.
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