Jasmine Cephas Jones, finest identified for Hamilton and Blindspotting, has joined the forged of Lanterns, HBO’s upcoming Inexperienced Lantern collection.
Deadline experiences that Jasmine Cephas Jones has joined the forged of HBO’s Lanterns. The upcoming live-action drama stars Kyle Chandler (Friday Night time Lights) as Hal Jordan and Aaron Pierre (Insurgent Ridge) as John Stewart, “two intergalactic cops drawn right into a darkish, earth-based thriller as they examine a homicide within the American heartland.”
The report states that Cephas Jones will play a key guest-starring function as Bernadette, “Stewart’s resilient mom and endlessly the household fixer. She is a perceptive, big-picture thinker who calls for excellence from herself and her household.” Nicole Ari Parker (And Simply Like That…) performs the present-day model of Bernadette. Cephas Jones is finest identified for enjoying Peggy Schuyler and Maria Reynolds in Hamilton and for enjoying Ashley Rose in each the Blindspotting film and the TV collection which adopted.
The remainder of the Lanterns forged contains Kelly MacDonald (Boardwalk Empire) as Sheriff Kerry, a “no-nonsense girl deeply dedicated to her household and close-knit city,” Garret Dillahunt (Concern the Strolling Useless) as William Macon, a contemporary cowboy described as “a self-righteous, conspiracy-minded man who masks his ruthless ambition behind an enthralling and calculated facade,” Poorna Jagannathan (The Night time Of) as Zoe, who’s described as “effortlessly assured and poised in any setting, even these the place she stands out. She is each bit as composed and crafty because the influential males round her,” and Ulrich Thomsen (Banshee) as Sinestro. Jason Ritter (Matlock) additionally not too long ago joined the forged as Billy Macon, “a handsome charmer who does his father’s (Dillahunt) bidding. Capitalizing on his household’s popularity, he clings to his small-town ego and has the whole lot to lose.“
Chris Mundy (Ozark) will function showrunner and government producer and can co-write the collection alongside Damon Lindelof (The Leftovers) and Tom King (Supergirl), who will even government produce. James Hawes, a prolific TV director finest identified for Black Mirror and Sluggish Horses, will helm the primary two episodes. Lanterns was given an eight-episode straight-to-series order final summer season. Casey Bloys, chairman and CEO of HBO and Max content material, stated: “We’re elated to be reuniting with each Chris Mundy and Damon Lindelof as they associate with Tom for this recent tackle DC’s ‘Inexperienced Lantern.’ As a part of James and Peter’s imaginative and prescient for the DC Universe, this primary new reside motion collection will mark an thrilling new period.“
