James Gunn dropped some amazing goodness today with our first still of John Stewart and Hal Jordan! There was also a press release with some directors shared as well and I cover that here!

James Gunn announced they are green-lighting My Adventures with Green Lantern which will be a show aimed at a younger crowd that stars Jessica Cruz.

James Gunn released new footage of Nathan Fillion as Guy Gardner for the Super Bowl! The ring looks very similar to the ring from the 2011 Green Lantern film. Intentional or just for test footage?

Poorna Jagannathan shared a couple days ago that not only is the script legit amazing and accessible but LANTERNS STARTS FILMING ON TUESDAY ( TODAY )!!!! Lets GOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

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EPISODE 8: Hal and John resume their investigation, discovering the clues Sheriff Kerrie had dug up about Hope Springs’ gruesome history and the shady past of the Hand of God’s Mercy. The pieces of the puzzle all begin falling into place – the Black Hand is a cult that has been run by the Macon family for decades, performing necromantic ritual sacrifices in a repeated effort to summon an eldritch being known as The Centre. Their efforts have never taken – until now, due to the volatile power of the Starheart.

Their latest sacrifice of Todd Rice, however, seems not to have summoned the intended entity. Due to Rice’s otherworldly metahuman abilities, the cult has instead summoned a creature of darkness from beyond the veil of space, something known as a Sun Eater. It begins slowly devouring the light of the Earth’s sun, plunging the planet into darkness.

In the midst of all this, Hal grapples with his own “fall from grace.” He knows what he has done wrong, and just wants to put things right if he can. He and John are caught between two impossible choices – disobeying the Green Lantern Corps’ orders not to intervene, or allowing their planet to suffer the consequences of their inaction. Ultimately they decide to step in and stop the cult of the Black Hand, only to find that their efforts are for naught. The Sun Eater has already been summoned, and it will take an extraordinary amount of light in order to destroy it.

In the fight against the cult, Hal’s ring is remotely deactivated by the GLC in order to prevent its use. John realizes it’s up to him to stop the Sun Eater, but he doesn’t know if he has what it takes. Realizing what must be done, Hal decides to take John’s ring for himself and fly into space to face the Sun Eater in John’s stead. He pours everything he has into the creature, overloading the Sun Eater, the ring, and himself with sheer light and power. As the power disintegrates Hal, he shouts his old oath one final time.

On Earth below, John watches as the blackened sky turns dazzling green, and then fades back to a sunlit day. He realizes that Hal has sacrificed himself to save them all.

Once again, John is brought to Oa for disciplinary action by the Guardians. However, John has no regrets for his actions, nor does he have any doubts as to Hal Jordan’s true character.

Grudgingly admitting that John made the proper judgment call, the Guardians reactivate Hal’s old ring and pass it on to John. He is left as the sole Green Lantern of Earth, a responsibility that he solemnly accepts. John’s final act of the series is to adopt Hal Jordan’s old oath as his own – the same oath that he once accused of being “corny,” but now which he understands the true meaning and weight of.

END

EPISODE 7: Hal and John return to Hope Springs to the startling news of Sheriff Kerrie’s disappearance. This time it’s Hal’s turn to fly off the handle. He practically turns the town upside down in his search for her, with John desperately pursuing in an effort to cool him off. Hal initially confronts Macon, but has no conclusive proof of any wrongdoing.

They circle back to their previous lead with the Spider Guild operation. Both of the GLs are disturbed to learn that the crime ring is even more gruesome than they’d previously believed, uncovering a full-fledged “anthroform trafficking ring” that was used to smuggle the Horminth Collective onto Earth.

Amongst the refugees they find Sheriff Kerrie, alive but gruesomely disfigured and hardly resembling anything human anymore. In a rage, Hal uses his ring to do what he’d threatened in his previous interaction with the Spider Guild – he murders all of them, declaring to John, “You saw it – it was self-defense.”

John is horrified by Hal’s behavior, but has little time to reflect on it as several other members of the Green Lantern Corps descend on Earth – Ch’p, Salaak, and Katma Tui. They initially came to retrieve the Horminth collective from its imprisonment on the moon, but have been alerted to Hal’s rampage in Hope Springs. They darkly recognize that Hal should not have his ring, and take both he and John into custody.

The two are transported to Oa, where John submits to interrogation. Here’s where the bookends of John and Hal’s interrogations from Episode 1 come into play.

Here, in this interrogation, John learns more about Hal’s prior disbarment from the Green Lantern Corps – Salaak claims that Jordan had “cracked” and couldn’t handle the mental strain of his responsibilities. He also implies that Jordan is not at all what he has appeared, and provides disturbingly sound motive for Hal to be the true suspect behind Alan Scott’s murder – perhaps it was Hal who initially stole the Starheart, hoping to claim its power for himself before ditching it with Todd Rice after discovering he couldn’t use it.

John doesn’t want to believe any of it. He is let off with a grim warning from his superiors, the Guardians, who send both of the humans home.

Back on Earth, John is given back custody of his and Hal’s rings. John returns to Hope Springs to mourn his failures. Here he is approached again by Hal, who asks for his ring back. John is deeply suspicious, which Hal is aware of and claims to understand – but Hal explains that, despite his powerlessness, his will to solve the case and avenge Kerrie remains steadfast. Jordan asks John to trust him and help him tie up loose ends.

Though hesitant, John hands over Hal’s ring. They charge up together one last time.

END EPISODE 7 

EPISODE 6: In Des Moines, we get a peek at Guy Gardner’s life as GL. It’s vastly different from John’s. Guy is a total asshole, gambling and getting drunk and paying hookers and using his ring to make money doing parlor tricks in bars. He’s a loose cannon with a penchant for unrestrained violence, who loves being famous, and who has no sense of responsibility.

John and Hal drop in on him at his trashed hotel room. The mood of their scenes in this episode is honestly really fun, as it’s clear that by now Hal and John have really bonded as bros. They make fun of Guy for being such a dickhead with his powers, clearly trying to egg him on into doing something stupid. John takes advantage of Gardner’s love of gambling by proposing a wager – Gardner and Hal arm wrestle, and if Hal wins, he gets his old ring back for a day.

Gardner accepts, and promptly beats Hal by cheating with his ring. Dissatisfied, Hal goes double or nothing – they play a game of chicken, and the winner gets the ring for a week. Gardner cockily accepts.

Meanwhile, back in Hope Springs, Sheriff Kerrie keeps an eye on William Macon and the Hand of God’s Mercy. Digging through old town records, she learns of Macon’s family background – they began as owners of a humble funeral parlor before expanding to own half the property in Hope Springs. She also digs up some sinister facts about Macon’s parents’ deaths, and their tangential connection with several brutal murders in the town’s past. Kerrie arrives at Macon’s estate, and has a cold interaction with Macon’s wife Zoe. In frustration, the sheriff wonders where the Green Lanterns are.

Back in Des Moines, Guy and Hal face off in a game of chicken on a pair of motorcycles. This time, Hal is the one to win. Furious, Gardner proposes a final contest – a full-on fistfight with no rings. The winner gets to be Green Lantern of Earth permanently.

John is anxious about the proposal, having already seen Gardner’s penchant for violence. Hal, however, accepts. Guy makes a big show of the ordeal, hosting the event at a local boxing gym in full view of a large audience. The fight gets off to a rough start, with Guy pummeling his older opponent. Hal, however, refuses to stay down, outlasting Gardner through sheer endurance and will. In the aftermath, Hal accepts his old ring back from a reluctant Gardner. Elated, he and John take to the skies together for the first time as superpowered partners.

While continuing to snoop, Sheriff Kerrie uncovers a bizarre ritual occurring amongst the religious zealots of the Hand of God’s Mercy. She witnesses Alan Scott’s son, Todd Rice, willingly use himself as a human sacrifice to the cult, who burn him alive with the Starheart in an effort to summon an extraterrestrial entity they call “the Centre.”

William Macon appears, with his followers referring to him as “The Black Hand.” They apprehend the sheriff before she can escape.

END EPISODE 6 

EPISODE 5: 

John, Hal, and Kerrie interrogate Todd Rice in the police station at Hope Springs. He has a record as a juvenile repeat-offender with links to gang activity in cities like Gotham and Detroit. It’s clear that he is quite mentally disturbed, unwilling to speak to them openly and cryptically stating that Hal is a “black shadow” clinging to John’s light.

While examining the Starheart in evidence, Hal gives some background on the link between it and John’s lantern. Though both were created by the Guardians of the Universe, the Starheart was a far more primal, uncontrollable source of power. It was only later that they refined the “green element” into something suitable to be used as a weapon, meaning that the Starheart is effectively a prototype. Hal tries to harness the power of the Starheart with Alan Scott’s ring, but the power does not avail itself to him.

To Kerrie, Hal privately voices his desire to have a ring of his own once again. It seems he’s allowing himself to finally drop his “tough guy” persona and be vulnerable with her, and things almost get intimate – but Kerrie pulls back, and Hal instantly clams up again.

The next day, the owner of the Grasping Flats halfway house arrives at the police station to “bail” Rice out. The man is William Macon, a wealthy local real-estate mogul and Rice’s personal caretaker. He provides an alibi that all but exonerates Rice of any wrongdoing – Rice has recently begun working for and living with Macon at his own private estate, where Macon runs a religious institution meant to reform troubled youths.

He also provides a reason for the Starheart’s existence in Rice’s possession: Alan Scott gifted it to his son shortly before his death. A scan with John’s ring reveals that Macon is telling the truth, and despite the fishiness of the situation, Sheriff Kerrie convinces the Lanterns to let Rice and Macon walk free with the Starheart. John is livid at having to do this, but Hal insists it’s the right call overall. John flies off to investigate Macon himself, much to Hal’s chagrin. Kerrie remarks that Hal’s hotheadedness must be rubbing off on the younger GL.

Investigating Macon’s estate and institution (the Hand of God’s Mercy), John finds no apparent evidence of any foul play. He does, however, find Macon’s wife Zoe, whom he is immediately spellbound by. Zoe insists that her husband is a good man, and though it’s clear John isn’t fully convinced, he relinquishes his brazen violation of her family’s privacy and leaves.

Dejected that the evidence trail has gone seemingly cold, John retreats to a local bar where he finds Hal. The two reminisce about their shared frustrations. As they do, they see a familiar face on TV: Guy Gardner, Earth’s other Green Lantern, is showboating in Des Moines not far from Hope Springs. Guy is John’s “sector partner,” though they’ve never truly worked together. Hal reveals that Gardner’s current power ring is actually Hal’s old one, and John mischievously proposes that Hal reclaim it. Hal grins.

END EPISODE 5

Hal and John take a road trip to Wisconsin. Sheriff Kerrie cannot accompany them, as the region is outside of her jurisdiction – but not outside of a Green Lantern’s.

John wishes to use the ring to fly them there quickly, but Hal insists that they take his truck. In his experience, having the godlike powers of Green Lantern leads to a sense of detachment from the people you protect. He counsels John to remain grounded, alluding to “an old friend” that taught him 

something very similar back in Hal’s heyday. This is a minor allusion to Hal’s comic book friendship with Green Arrow.

During the trip, John pokes and prods at Hal, wrestling more information out of him regarding the older man’s history. Hal resists opening up at first before sharing his sobering reality: he retired as Green Lantern out of a desire for a “normal” life with his old flame, Carol Ferris. Unfortunately, despite Hal’s best efforts, his relationship with Carol fell apart nonetheless, leaving him with no ring, no love, and no direction in life. John is moved by Hal’s honesty.

They arrive in a small town called Cedar Hollow, at the adopted home of Jennie-Lynn Hayden. The girl’s adoptive mother is reluctant to allow the two men to talk to the girl, and upon meeting her, they see why – she is a metahuman disfigured from her father’s long-term contact with the Starheart. The girl hates her heritage and wants a normal life, and a brief conversation quickly reveals she had nothing to do with her estranged father’s death. However, it does point Hal and John towards another lead – Jennie’s equally-estranged twin brother, Todd Rice, who lives not far from Hope Springs back in Iowa. The tense interrogation reveals the troubling reality that superheroism in this world leaves many scarred and damaged.

On the trip across the state border to find Jennie’s brother Todd, John opens up about himself to Hal. He was once a marine who served in Iraq, and in order to protect his platoon, John was forced to shoot and kill an enemy combatant who was only a child. The incident has haunted him ever since, and was why he hesitated to act during the riot caused by the Horminth – the line between innocence and guilt was once again blurred.

Hal is surprised to learn of John’s military service, finding it a point of familiarity as Hal was in the Air Force. Though the two men share scars and regrets, if there is one thing both can agree on, it’s that being Green Lantern is one of the few choices in life they have no regrets over.

Back in Iowa, they attempt to find Todd Rice at his residence in the Grasping Flats, a creepy halfway house for troubled youths. A search uncovers something startling – the Starheart is there amongst Rice’s belongings. Before they can contact Sheriff Kerrie, however, a sinister shadow creature emerges to dispatch Hal and flee the scene. John gives chase, and after an airborne pursuit across the countryside, he subdues the assailant. It turns out to be none but Todd Rice himself.