Green Lantern HBO Max series to be led by Finn Wittrock as Guy Gardner

Green Lantern series was given a go back in 2020 on HBO Max. project was originally announced in 2019, but makers did not provide any update. Later, y revealed superheroes who would appear on show. Now, series has got its main le. 

Finn Wittrock as Guy Gardner to le Green Lantern HBO Max series

According to Deline, Finn Wittrock has been tapped to heline upcoming HBO Max series as Guy Gardner / Green Lantern. Based on DC characters, it hails from Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. Gardner is described as ''a hulking mass of masculinity, and, as depicted in comics, an epitome of hyper-patriotism in 1980s. Yet, he is somehow likeable.''  Guy Gardner avatar of Green Lantern led 1997 CBS Justice League of America pilot, in which character was portrayed by Matw Settle. 

Finn Wittrock has earned two Emmy nominations for his performances as Dany Mott in American Horror Story: Freak Show, and as Jerry Trail on  Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story. He has appeared in movies like Twelve, Winter's Tale,  Big Short, La La Land, If Beale Street Could Talk,  Last Black Man in San Francisco, Judy, and more. Wittrock's television series credits include All My Children, American Horror Story, and Ratched. 

Along with Gardner, show will focus on ventures of different Green Lanterns, including Jessica Cruz, Simon Baz and Alan Scott, who is Earth’s first person to don magic ring.  series will also include fan-favorite characters like Sinestro and Kilowog, along with introducing new heroes to ranks of Green Lanterns Corps. It reinvents classic DC property through a story spanning deces and galaxies. More actors will join Green Lantern cast to essay superheroes. 

Seth Grahame-Smith will act as showrunner. upcoming series will consist of 10 one-hour-long episodes. It will be written by Greg Berlanti, Grahame-Smith and Marc Guggenheim. three will serve as executive producers with Geoff Johns, Sarah Schechter, David Mden, and David Katzenberg; Elizabeth Hunter and Sara Saedi co-executive produce. Green Lantern release date is yet to be announced. 

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