Green Lantern Archives - Nerd Reactor https://nerdreactor.com/tag/green-lantern/ Nerd Reactor Fri, 15 Nov 2024 00:44:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://nerdreactor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/cropped-Nerd-Reactor-Atom-Logo-Favicon-32x32.png Green Lantern Archives - Nerd Reactor https://nerdreactor.com/tag/green-lantern/ 32 32 Green Lantern Joins Batman and Wonder Woman with a Statue in Burbank, CA https://nerdreactor.com/green-lantern-joins-batman-and-wonder-woman-with-a-statue-in-burbank-ca/ Fri, 15 Nov 2024 00:40:26 +0000 https://nerdreactor.com/?p=7305 “In Brightest Day, In Blackest Night, No Evil Shall Escape My Sight…” Today, DC, Visit Burbank, and Warner Bros. Discovery unveiled the Green Lantern bronze statue at the Burbank Empire Center in California. The John Stewart statue stands at over seven-and-a-half-foot tall, weighs almost 600 pounds and was crafted by Burbank’s American Fine Arts Foundry ... Read more

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]]> “In Brightest Day, In Blackest Night, No Evil Shall Escape My Sight…” Today, DC, Visit Burbank, and Warner Bros. Discovery unveiled the Green Lantern bronze statue at the Burbank Empire Center in California. The John Stewart statue stands at over seven-and-a-half-foot tall, weighs almost 600 pounds and was crafted by Burbank’s American Fine Arts Foundry and Fabrication. In attendance were Burbank Vice Mayor Nikki Perez; DC President, Publisher, and Chief Creative Officer Jim Lee; DC writers Jeremy Adams, Morgan Hampton and Tim Sheridan, and more.

“We’re super proud of this,” Lee tells Nerd Reactor during the unveiling. “[The] art was designed by Jamal Campbell, McFarlane Toys did the digital sculpt of this, and I think it’s the most powerful one so far. And it’s just so amazing that we’re able to add more and more of the DC pantheon to the beautiful city of Burbank. Our heroes are protecting the city, but it’s also the home of DC Comics.”

Stewart is an important member of DC’s Green Lantern Corps, and the statue can be seen at Hangar 28 in Burbank, CA, right behind the BevMo! building. This marks the third DC superhero statue in Burbank after Batman in downtown Burbank and Wonder Woman at the Warner Bros. Studio Tour entrance.

“John Stewart represents an important milestone in DC history as our first modern Black costumed superhero, debuting in Green Lantern #87, published in October of 1971,” said Lee during the ceremony. “For writer Dennis O’Neil and artist Neal Adams to create a character like John Stewart was nothing short of visionary, as it broke a lot of the usual conventions when it came to superheroes, including his being one of the few to not wear a mask in his role as a Green Lantern to hide who he is. He’s John Stewart, period.”

An exclusive comic, Green Lantern John Stewart, Global Guardian, was commissioned by Visit Burbank, and it will be available while supplies last. It is written by John Ridley and Charlotte Fullerton McDuffie with art by Amancay Nahuelpan, CHRISCROSS, and Jordi Tarragona and cover art by Jamal Campbell.

“His adventures in comic books and animation with Justice League, Justice League Unlimited, and Green Lantern: Beware My Power have become an enduring part of DC’s storytelling legacy,” Lee continued. “And with the character’s upcoming live-action debut on DC Studios’ Lanterns TV series, John Stewart’s future couldn’t be brighter.”

The Green Lantern statue can be viewed 24/7 at Empire Center’s Hangar 28 at 1775 N Victory Place, Burbank, CA.

Featured image: Green Lantern Statue Unveiling with Joel Adams, Morgan Hampton, Jim Lee, Jeremy Adams. Credit: John Nguyen/Nerd Reactor

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]]> Aaron Pierre and Stephan James Are Top Contenders for John Stewart Role in ‘Lanterns’ https://nerdreactor.com/aaron-pierre-and-stephan-james-are-top-contenders-for-john-stewart-role-in-lanterns/ Sat, 28 Sep 2024 22:10:09 +0000 https://nerdreactor.com/?p=6858 Earlier this week, Friday Night Lights star Kyle Chandler was cast as Hal Jordan in the DC TV series, Lanterns. The role of the greatest Green Lantern was originally offered to Josh Brolin but the actor passed on the project. With Chandler now locked in, all that remained was to cast John Stewart for the ... Read more

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]]> Earlier this week, Friday Night Lights star Kyle Chandler was cast as Hal Jordan in the DC TV series, Lanterns. The role of the greatest Green Lantern was originally offered to Josh Brolin but the actor passed on the project. With Chandler now locked in, all that remained was to cast John Stewart for the upcoming series. A new report says Rebel Ridge star Aaron Pierre and Babes star Stephan James are currently the top names on the shortlist for the DC character.

Originally, Arrowverse creator Greg Berlanti was tasked with developing a Green Lantern TV series for HBO Max. Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter writer Seth Grahame-Smith was slated to be the showrunner and Marc Guggenheim would serve as the co-writer. The show would have focused on multiple Green Lanterns like Alan Scott, Guy Gardner, and Jessica Cruz. The series was scrapped after Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn was appointed as the head of the new DC Studios in October 2022. The show underwent a redevelopment shortly after and the series focus shifted to having John Stewart as the central Green Lantern for Gunn’s new DC Universe.

Lanterns is said to be more like a detective-style show where Hal Jordan and John Stewart return to Earth to investigate a mystery that will lead to a much larger plot that will affect the DCU. Gunn tapped True Detective writer Chis Mundy to write the pilot and the series bible. Mundy will also serve as showrunner for the series. Nathan Fillon’s Guy Gardener who will appear in James Gunn’s Superman is also slated to appear in the series.

Earlier this month, Aaron Pierre saw an outpouring of support from fans online suggesting the actor was the perfect fit for Stewart following the release of the Netflix movie, Rebel Ridge. 

Some fans may not remember, but at one time, Pierre was cast in Mahershala Ali’s Blade film. The actor exited the Marvel film as problems continued to delay the troubled production.

Filming for Lanterns is scheduled to begin in January of 2025 and rumors claim a decision on the casting of John Stewart could be made as early as the end of this week.

Source: THR

Featured image: John Stewart/Green Lantern. Aaron Pierre in Rebel Ridge (Courtesy of Netflix). Stephan James in Homecoming (Photo by Ali Goldstein, Amazon Studios)

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