After casting Finn Wittrock as Green Lantern aka Guy Gardner for the Green Lantern web Series by HBO Max a few weeks back, looks like the very first Green Lantern, Alan Scott is also making his way into the series.
Earlier yesterday, we learnt that Jeremy Irvine, who has gained international recognition from Steven Spielberg’s Warhorse, is in talks to portray Earth’s first Green Lantern. A few weeks back, we have reported that the HBO Max series of Green Lantern will center on Guy Gardner, who is the third Green Lantern after Alan Scott and Hal Jordan. The red-headed protagonist Gardner grabbed a spare ring, after the other two Lanterns when Abin Sur was dying and over the years, he has developed an extremely tough personality.
Now for the story of Green Lantern series which is announced earlier in 2019, will reportedly begin with the very first Green Lantern on Earth, Alan Scott in 1940s, later followed by Gardner and Bree Jarta, a half alien and with a series of even they all will come together with other Lanterns of the universe to defend the bigger threats. As we all know, Alan Scott, an engineer and a gay man, who also possess a Green Lantern to derive his powers, joins Justice Society of America along with Hal Jordan in the comics. Now it remains to be seen how the characters, Alan Scott and Guy Gardner get along and unite in the series.
Apart from Warhorse, Irvine is known for portraying Philip Pirrip in the film adaptation of Great Expectations and in The Woman in Black: Angel of Death and Fallen and very recently in USA series Treadstone.
We are still awaiting further casting news concerning the HBO Max series apart from Jeremy Irvine and Finn Wittrock as Guy Gardner. Green Lantern series will be co-written and executive produced by Greg Berlanti, Seth Grahame-Smith and Marc Guggenheim and Berlanti Productions will produce in association with Warner Bros. Television. HBO Max has reportedly ordered 10 one-hour episodes for the series.
HBO Max hasn’t officially commented on the release date of the series but as the casting is shaping up gradually we may hear from the creators about the road map of the series very soon.