Aaron Pierre reacts to 'Green Lantern' TV series casting

Green Lantern has roped in Aaron Pierre as John Stewart in the upcoming series.

The star in a chat with Comic Book gushed about his casting on the show, saying, “What I can tell you is that the team are just super, super excited to have this opportunity to bring this story to the people.”

He continued, “And, so far as I’m concerned, I’m gonna do my very best to serve and honor and elevate in any way I can, John Stewart and the [Green Lantern] Corps. Hopefully, I serve that and it resonates with me.”

On another key casting, Green Lanterns chose Kyle Chandler as Hal Jordan. But his casting came under fire from some section.

James Gunn meanwhile dismissed those criticisms. “The truth is Chris [Mundy] and Tom [King] and Damon [Lindelöf] wrote an amazing series, like an incredible series. I’m so excited for people to see this,” James said of the writers.

He continued, “It’s very grounded, very believable, very real. The kind of things that you would never think that would be the truth about a Green Lanterns television series."

“And very human, adult, and wonderful. And the story that they wrote fit a couple of actors who were of these ages and so that’s who they cast. Those were their choices. I totally backed them up. I love them," James concluded.

In the meantime, Lanterns reportedly will be released on HBO on June 26, 2026.