To those asking what True Detective has to do with a Green Lantern show, we have an answer. The show centers on a rookie Lantern, John Stewart (Aaron Piere), and a veteran, Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler), investigating a murder in the American heartland. If you think about it, rings are a flat circle, too.

"Lanterns" will premiere on HBO in 2026. The cast stars Aaron Pierre, Kyle Chandler, Kelly Macdonald, Ulrich Thomsen, Poorna Jagannathan, Stewart Augustus, Nicole Ari Parker, J. Alphonse Nicholson, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Garret Dillahunt, Jason Ritter, and Nathan Fillion.

When James Gunn, who co-heads DC Studios with Peter Safran, initially teased HBO's Lanterns, he mentioned "a few other Lanterns" will be "peppered in there" alongside Aaron Pierre as John Stewart and Kyle Chandler as Hal Jordan.