HBO Max’s latest DC hero series “Green Lantern” began production preparations in 2019. It was originally planned to introduce a series of Green Lantern stories. It has now been reported that the series will be played and will focus on DC’s first African American hero – John Stewart. According to The Hollywood Reporter’s latest report, showrunner and screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith quit and wrote up to eight episodes of the script, focusing on Guy Gardner and Alan Scott’s two famous Green Lanterns, previously more confirmed that Finn Wittrock and Jeremy Irvine will play the roles.
Grahame-Smith officially signed on a year after the project was announced, but retired after addressing reform changes from HBO Max, Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bros. Discovery, and others. Now, the revamped production will once again focus on another popular character, John Stewart, who first appeared in the 1970s and inspired by famed African American actor Sidney Poitier. The change in the direction of the series is not dissatisfaction with Grahame-Smith’s script, but David Zaslav’s focus on adjusting the company’s project budget planning after taking on the role of Warner Bros. Discovery. The original budget for the show will reach $ 120 million, which will be The Most Expensive Show Ever Produced by DC will be the largest no-incident project under HBO Max. Producer Greg Berlanti once said when the show was announced: “This is going to be the greatest DC show ever made.”
