To get this factoid out of the way right quick, for all the judgment it’ll earn, I’m not the biggest Green Lantern fan. Meant in the strictest sense, in that I do enjoy any time spent with magic ring-bearers, but I’m not nearly as well-versed in the intergalactic lore as other DC fans. As such, I’m not inherently predisposed to a future of obsessing over Max’s reconfigured Lanterns series .
And yet somehow, studio co-boss James Gunn has convinced me this could be not just an incredible entry in DC"s upcoming television lineup , but the smartest show on TV. Lanterns will be imperative to the overall DCU, as the mystery being investigated by John Stewart and Hal Jordan will directly tie into the “Gods and Monsters” chapter . Gunn previously revealed that Ozark creator Chris Mundy is set as showrunner for a story that shares genre space with True Detective .
That’s already wildly exciting, but the show’s latest behind-the-scenes additions already make this one of the strongest creative teams imaginable. Let’s look at the two talents whom Gunn revealed co-wrote the Lanterns pilot with Mundy. Any modern era DC fan is likely well-versed in writer Tom King's work, award-winning and otherwise.
(Not to mention his Marvel miniseries The Vision and Image's Love Everlasting .) But for those who aren't, I don't mind running down a shortlist of stellar series and stories he's penned over the last decade: Mister MIracle , Human Target , Rorschach , Strange Adventures , T.
