Superhero fans, there’s an exciting series on the 2026 TV schedule called Lanterns. In a landscape where comic book movies and TV shows have crowded the market in recent years, it makes sense that HBO would go an unexpected route with its Green Lanterns series and frame it as a cop show. However, fans have been showing early disappointment over the route it's going, and specifically the lack of green.
A couple of months ago, the first look at Lanterns dropped, and there’s something fans noticed right away. There’s a startling lack of green. Now Lanterns’ showrunner Chris Mundy has commented on the popular gripe, saying this:
