Batgirl had to put her cape away in the locker room quite suddenly, but the picture isn’t quite as dire for other DC superheroes. HBO Max’s live-action Green Lantern series is still on track to see the light of day.
The recent upheaval at WarnerBros Discovery had the immediate consequence of the outright cancellation of the Batgirl movie as it neared completion and cost $90 million! The parent company decided on the merger between HBO Max and Discovery + in the summer of 2023. A lot of excitement, rumors and other speculations had fans in a trance. It is therefore time to take stock of the projects underway at DC.
Exactly, TVLine reports a statement from an HBO Max spokesperson regarding the Green Lantern series. She is always “very lively” and “definitely go ahead“. However, this ambitious production should not arrive on the screens before 2024.
Co-created and produced by the prolific Greg Berlanti and his trusty sidekick Marc Guggenheim, Green Lantern is heralded as a reimagining of the famous DC hero through a story spanning decades and galaxies, beginning on Earth in 1941 with the very first Green Lantern. , Alan Scott (played by Jeremy Irvine), a secretly gay FBI agent, and 1984, with Guy Gardner (American Horror Story’s Finn Wittrock) as an arrogant alpha male and half-alien Bree Jarta. They will be joined by other Lanterns”comic book favorites and never-before-seen heroes“.
When the project was announced in October 2019, Greg Berlanti teased that Green Lantern “promises to be our biggest DC series ever“.
Where are the other DC series from HBO Max, including Titans, Harley Quinn and others? In short, TVLine tells us that while DC may be making some tough choices as the studio strategizes its 10-year films, HBO Max’s plan based on known franchises and DC heroes remains a huge priority.
harley quinn
HBO Max
Season 3 of the adult animated series harley quinn (with Kaley Cuoco dubbing the heroine) is now airing. According to TVLine, a season 4 is very likely.
Titans
HBO Max
Titans was renewed in October for a season 4, before the end of the airing of season 3. Joseph Morgan of The Originals is announced.
Doom Patrol
HBO Max
Like Titans, Doom Patrol was renewed for season 4 in October and will get a spin-off titled Dead Boy Detectives.
Peacemaker
HBO Max
Filmmaker and series creator James Gunn, following the cancellation of the Batgirl film, was quick (and precise) to reassure fans of his spin-off series The Suicide Squad and assured that Peacemaker will be back for one season. 2.
Pennyworth
HBO Max
Last October, Pennyworth the Batman prequel series was renewed for a third season and moved from Epix to HBO Max, where all of its previous seasons are now streaming. According to TVLine, Season 3 is already in the box, pending a fall 2022 release date.
Strange Adventures
DC Comics
Announced in October 2019 alongside the Green Lantern series, Strange Adventures aimed to explore “the intersecting lives of mortals and superhumans” through “the man of two worlds“Adam Strange, an archaeologist turned intergalactic hero. Alas, Kevin Smith announced on the Hollywood Babble-On podcast that Strange Adventures is no longer current on HBO Max.