Jasmine Cephas Jones, greatest recognized for Hamilton and Blindspotting, has joined the solid of Lanterns, HBO’s upcoming Inexperienced Lantern sequence.
Deadline experiences that Jasmine Cephas Jones has joined the solid 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 into a dark, earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland.”
The report states that Cephas Jones will play a key guest-starring position as Bernadette, “Stewart’s resilient mother and forever the family fixer. She is a perceptive, big-picture thinker who demands excellence from herself and her family.” Nicole Ari Parker (And Simply Like That…) performs the present-day model of Bernadette. Cephas Jones is greatest recognized for taking part in Peggy Schuyler and Maria Reynolds in Hamilton and for taking part in Ashley Rose in each the Blindspotting film and the TV sequence which adopted.
The remainder of the Lanterns solid consists of Kelly MacDonald (Boardwalk Empire) as Sheriff Kerry, a “no-nonsense woman deeply devoted to her family and close-knit town,” Garret Dillahunt (Concern the Strolling Lifeless) as William Macon, a contemporary cowboy described as “a self-righteous, conspiracy-minded man who masks his ruthless ambition behind a charming and calculated facade,” Poorna Jagannathan (The Night time Of) as Zoe, who’s described as “effortlessly confident and poised in any setting, even those where she stands out. She is every bit as composed and cunning as the influential men around her,” and Ulrich Thomsen (Banshee) as Sinestro. Jason Ritter (Matlock) additionally just lately joined the solid 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 every thing to lose.“
Chris Mundy (Ozark) will function showrunner and govt producer and can co-write the sequence alongside Damon Lindelof (The Leftovers) and Tom King (Supergirl), who will even govt produce. James Hawes, a prolific TV director greatest recognized for Black Mirror and Gradual Horses, will helm the primary two episodes. Lanterns was given an eight-episode straight-to-series order final summer time. Casey Bloys, chairman and CEO of HBO and Max content material, mentioned: “We’re elated to be reuniting with each Chris Mundy and Damon Lindelof as they associate with Tom for this recent tackle DC’s ‘Green Lantern.’ As a part of James and Peter’s imaginative and prescient for the DC Universe, this primary new dwell motion sequence will mark an thrilling new period.“
