Scripted series · HBO
Lanterns
Only one can wear the ring.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Lanterns actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Lanterns reads strongest on Spectacle, World Building and Cliffhanger Intensity.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The story
What it's about
Two intergalactic cops, new recruit John Stewart and Lantern legend Hal Jordan, are drawn into a dark, earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Chris MundyExecutive Producer
- Breannah GibsonProducer
- Damon LindelofExecutive Producer
- Ron SchmidtExecutive Producer
- James HawesExecutive Producer
- James GunnExecutive Producer
Writing
- Chris MundyWriter
- Breannah GibsonWriter
- Damon LindelofWriter
- Justin Britt-GibsonWriter
- Vanessa Baden KellyWriter
- Tom KingWriter
Direction
- Geeta PatelDirector
- James HawesDirector
- Alik SakharovDirector
- Stephen WilliamsDirector
Cinematography
- Florian HoffmeisterDirector of Photography
- Gregory MiddletonDirector of Photography
- Armando SalasDirector of Photography
Music
- Stephanie EconomouOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
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