Overview
- Ryan Reynolds said he would “totally do a cameo” in Lanterns during press for his film on Friday, signaling genuine interest rather than a joke.
- HBO Max answered the same day by posting a short edited clip that drops Reynolds’ 2011 Hal Jordan into a Lanterns scene and tagged the actor.
- Lanterns is drawing large audiences for HBO Max with the pilot reported to have passed 20 million global viewers and episode three averaging about 10 million worldwide, according to HBO Max and Variety.
- That viewership appears to be driving discovery of Martin Campbell’s 2011 Green Lantern, which climbed to No. 7 on FlixPatrol’s HBO Max movie chart on September 4.
- Series creators continue to stress Lanterns’ grounded, noir approach as distinct from the 2011 film and no official cameo deal or season renewal has been announced, leaving the streamer’s social playbook as a way to test fan appetite for continuity within the DCU.