Josh Brolin Won't Be a Green Lantern for HBO

The actor turned down the offer from DC Studios.

He doesn't want to trade Thanos' purple for a green Lantern. Josh Brolin has decided to turn down a job on HBO's new live-action DC Comics series. The star of Dune and other Outer Range was offered the role of Hal Jordan in the upcoming live-action series Lanterns. But according to The Hollywood Reporter, Brolin declined. Matthew McConaugheyanother contender mentioned, will not come either.

Warner Bros. has not made any official comment and even James Gunnco-CEO of DC Studios, has never denied this persistent casting rumor.

He will now have to find a new headliner to play Hal Jordan. A short list reportedly exists on which the names ofEwan McGregorof Timothy Olyphant and of Chris Pine.

For now, no casting has been announced. We just know that the series will follow John Stewart and the legend of Lanterns Hal Jordan, “Two intergalactic cops are drawn into a dark mystery on Earth as they investigate a murder in the heartland of America.“teases the synopsis. A fairly dark superhero crime drama, developed by Chris Mundy (True Detective: Night Country, Ozark) And Damon Lindelof (The Leftovers, Watchmen).

Hal Jordan will be the old member of the Lantern Corps. and the experienced of the duo. Knowing that Jordan was also the version Green Lantern embodied by Ryan Reynolds at the cinema in the famous 2011 film, so criticized.

Let us recall that the series Lanterns has received an official direct-to-series order from HBO. It is expected to consist of 8 episodes and will air in France on Max. No date yet.