New 'Lanterns' teaser features Green Lantern superpowers and a Laura Linney appearance

HBO Max is present to punctual you that “Lanterns” is a superhero show.

The streamer released a caller teaser connected Monday for its DC Universe transgression play that offers caller glimpses of Hal Jordan’s Green Lantern superpowers arsenic good arsenic a archetypal look astatine a mysterious quality portrayed by Laura Linney.

“This ring? It’s the top limb successful the universe,” Kyle Chandler’s seasoned superhero says to John Stewart, the caller Lantern enlistee played by Aaron Pierre. “When and if to usage it, that’s the full ballgame, Junior.”

Unlike the show’s archetypal teaser, the caller clip includes footage of Jordan utilizing his powerfulness ringing to manifest shields, instrumentality formation and adjacent make counterfeit money. In the comics, Green Lanterns are known for their signature rings, which alteration their wearers to make thing they tin ideate from their energy.

“Power similar that, shouldn’t you person to enactment for it?” Stewart asks of his mentor.

Created by Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof and Tom King, “Lanterns” has been touted arsenic a transgression thriller involving DC’s well-known brace of intergalactic cops. The bid volition spot the duo drawn into an Earth-based enigma arsenic they analyse a execution successful the Midwest portion besides navigating a changing of the Lantern guard.

The caller teaser confirms that the show’s formed besides includes Linney. While her character‘s individuality has been kept nether wraps, she appears to person a transportation to Stewart. The footage besides includes a glimpse of Nathan Fillion’s Green Lantern Corps subordinate Guy Gardner, who antecedently appeared successful the DCU movie “Superman” (2025) and the 2nd play of HBO Max’s “Peacemaker.”

The “Lanterns” formed besides includes Kelly Macdonald, Garret Dillahunt, Poorna Jagannathan, Jason Ritter, Ulrich Thomsen, J. Alphonse Nicholson and Jasmine Cephas Jones.

“Lanterns” volition premiere Aug. 16 connected HBO and HBO Max.