Green Lantern HBO Max Series Eyes Jeremy Irvine for Role as Gay Superhero Alan Scott
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Scott was Earth’s first Green Lantern, who, true to the comics, is a gay man. He was created by Martin Nodell and made his comic book debut in 1940. A train engineer by trade, Scott derived his powers from a mystical green lantern crafted from a mysterious meteorite. He later joined the Justice Society of America, and in universe-hopping adventures would sometimes team with members of the Green Lantern Corps, including Hal Jordan.
Based on the DC Comics property, the show was first announced in 2019 and was ordered to series last year. The story spans decades and galaxies, beginning on Earth in 1941 with Scott, and then heading to 1984 with cocky alpha male 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.
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Here’s a plot summary for the show: “The story spans 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 Gardner (
Wittrock) and half-alien Bree Jarta. They’ll be joined by a multitude of other Lanterns from comic book favorites to never-before-seen heroes.”
Jeremy‘s character Alan was the Earth’s first Green Lantern, and was created by
Martin Nodell and made his comic book debut in 1940.
In the comics, he was a train engineer by trade, and got his powers after coming upon a mystical green lantern crafted from a mysterious meteorite. He later joined the Justice Society of America, and in universe-hopping adventures would sometimes team with members of the Green Lantern Corps, including Hal Jordan.
HBO Max’s upcoming
According to
The Hollywood Reporter, Irvine is in talks to play the lead role of Alan Scott, the original Green Lantern. Irvine made his film debut in the 2011 film
War Horse and starred as J Randolph Bentley in the 2019 series
Treadstone, which is connected to and based on the
Bourne franchise.
American Horror Story and
Ratched star Finn Wittrock on the new HBO Max series. It was announced that Wittrock would play the lead role of Guy Gardner. The character is described as “a hulking mass of masculinity, and, as rendered in the comics, an embodiment of 1980s hyper-patriotism” in the series that is set to span decades.
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