We learned back in October 2019 with the push for the HBO Max streaming service that a
Green Lantern project was in the works along with
Strange Adventures based on the DC Comics properties. They’re coming under Berlanti Productions which has handled the majority of recent DC efforts on TV but it’s expected that this one will be standing on its own in most ways.
Now, the second piece of casting news has landed for the project with the real that Jeremy Irvine is in discussions to play the character of Alan Scott, who was the original Green Lanter in the comics starting back in the 40s who has seen various tweaks and changes throughout the decades and through Crisis events. Irvine was most recently seen in the
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HBO Max Casts Jeremy Irvine as Gay Green Lantern Alan Scott
Per the Hollywood Reporter, HBO Max’s
Green Lantern has found its Alan Scott. Jeremy Irvine (
Treadstone) will play the iconic comic book hero, who is one of the most high-profile gay characters in all of comics. However, the character being gay is a more recent development. Scott was introduced to be gay in 2012 and to have a boyfriend named Sam Zhao.
The first character to bear the name Green Lantern, Scott made his debut in 1940. Scott was the primary Green Lantern until the comic was canceled after the Golden Age of Comic Books. DC chose to go a different route as Hal Jordan took over the mantle, but Scott would be re-introduced with the explanation that Scott was on Earth-Two, an alternate universe, while Jordan was on Earth-One.
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.