According to a report from TheHollywoodReporter, the HBO Max Green Lantern series has lost its writer and is being entirely retooled.
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The series’ showrunner and writer, Seth Grahame-Smith, has left the series after finishing the scripts for all eight episodes of the first season. This move is reportedly due to the number of management changes occurring at Warner Bros. but is not related to yesterday’s news about James Gunn and Peter Safran becoming co-CEOs of DC Studios. Greg Berlanti and Berlanti Productions are still attached to produce.
The series was originally set to focus on Alan Scott and Guy Gardner, the first Green Lantern and the famously cocky corps member, respectively. It will now follow John Stewart, one of the most recognizable Green Lanterns — in part due to his role in the Justice League and Justice League Unlimited animated series of the early-to-mid 2000s. Little else is known about the new storyline or whether Scott and Gardner will still appear.
The show’s original official synopsis read: “Green Lantern reinvents the classic DC property through a story spanning decades and galaxies, beginning on Earth in 1941 with the very first Green Lantern, secretly gay FBI agent Alan Scott, and 1984, with cocky alpha male Guy Gardner and half-alien Bree Jarta. They’ll be joined by a multitude of other Lanterns — from comic book favorites to never-before-seen heroes.” A new logline has not yet been released.
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Green Lantern’s first live-action adaptation was Martin Campbell’s 2011 film, which starred Ryan Reynolds as the titular hero. The film was poorly received by critics and fans alike and was a box-office failure, bringing in $220 million worldwide on a $200 million budget.
