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New Lanterns Teaser Finally Shows Green Lantern Powers, With Full Trailer Coming Next

The brief clip spotlights a true ring-construct moment, signaling a shift toward showing the heroes’ abilities after a muted first look.

Overview

  • - A new teaser shared by James Gunn shows Kyle Chandler’s Hal Jordan forming a large green shield as red lasers strike from above, with a quick shot of Aaron Pierre’s John Stewart in action.
  • - Gunn said a full trailer will follow this tease, marking the next step in HBO’s rollout for the DC series.
  • - The footage answers criticism of the first trailer’s low-key approach by clearly featuring the construct-creating powers that define Green Lantern.
  • - The show tracks Hal and rookie John across two periods, with 2016 scenes tied to an alien-linked case in a small Nebraska town and another thread set in 2026.
  • - Lanterns is set for an August debut on HBO, with Chris Mundy as showrunner, a pilot co-written by Mundy, Damon Lindelof, and Tom King, and early episodes directed by James Hawes.