Before DC Films became DC Studios and Discovery merged with Warner Bros., there were plans for another season that would also include an ambitious Green Lantern project. However, that was never to happen and after a period full of rumors and hints before the change of power, the series was canceled overnight.
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The show was designed for Max and was spearheaded by Arrowverse producers and showrunners Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim, the latter of whom recently had the opportunity to talk about what could have been and was excited to get the cameras rolling.
“It was going to be amazing,” he says in a video interview with The Showrunner Whisperer. “We had James Mangold’s favorite production designer; we had the woman who designs the costumes for The Boys (Laura Jean Shannon) and a million other superhero shows.”
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He added: “Oh, and you should look at those costumes by the way, not a single piece of CG in any of them! (They) looked amazing. The production art would honestly blow your mind, stuff that looked incredible but looked like a movie. We had a fantastic writing team; we had written all eight of the scripts for the first season.”
Guggenheim further confirmed reports and insider information about the show’s premise and structure. “I know what the show would have looked like, and it would have been emotional and exciting, with two different time periods. I think it was incredibly strong character work that stayed very, very, very true to the Green Lantern franchise,” he explained.
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His and Berlanti’s Lanterns was reportedly conceived as a space opera, focusing on the less successful wrestlers Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz, with Alan Scott and Guy Gardner playing the roles of the experienced veterans. Rumours suggested Hal Jordan and John Stewart would appear, but only from time to time.
Hal and Stewart were promoted to lead roles in James Gunn’s revival. Given the declining quality of DC offerings on The CW at the end, it’s hard to say whether Berlanti and Guggenheim’s Lanterns would have been any good.
However, Gunn’s concept is not entirely clear either, as the involvement of Tom King and Damon Lindelof leaves some dismayed at the prospect of their own series.
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