LANTERNS Casts DEADWOOD And LOOPER Actor Garret Dillahunt In Villainous Role

LANTERNS Casts DEADWOOD And LOOPER Actor Garret Dillahunt In Villainous Role

A recent casting rumor has now been confirmed, with Garret Dillahunt (Deadwood, Looper, The Last House of the Left) joining HBO's Lanterns series in a villainous role...

By MarkCassidy - Nov 01, 2024 03:11 PM EST
Filed Under: Lanterns

As HBO's Lanterns series continues to round out its supporting cast, the latest addition is an actor who has played numerous memorable roles over the years, Garret Dillahunt.

According to Deadline, Dillahunt will play a villain, but his character doesn't appear to be anyone we might know from the comics.

Described as a "modern cowboy," William Macon is a "a self-righteous, conspiracy-minded man who masks his ruthless ambition behind a charming and calculated facade."

Dillahunt has a lot of experience playing villains, with appearances in the likes of The Last House on the Left, Looper, and HBO's Deadwood, in which he played two completely different characters (really three if you count his cameo in the movie).

Dillahunt joins the recently cast Kelly Macdonald (Trainspotting, No Country For Old Men) as Sheriff Kerry, Aaron Pierre (Rebel Ridge) as John Stewart and Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights) as Hal Jordan.

Nexus Point News first reported that Dillahunt was in talks, so it's probably safe to assume that Poorna Jagannathan has also joined the project.

James Hawes (Slow HorsesPenny DreadfulThe Mist, The AlienistSnowpiercer) will helm the first two episodes. He joins a creative team that includes Emmy Award-winning Lost and Watchmen creator Damon Lindelof, Ozark showrunner Chris Mundy and comic book writer Tom King. Justin Britt-Gibson, Breannah Gibson and Vanessa Baden Kelly are also said to be on board.

Lanterns "follows new recruit John Stewart and Lantern legend Hal Jordan, two intergalactic cops drawn into a dark, earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland."

Production on Lanterns is currently set to commence in Q1 of 2025 in the United Kingdom, potentially putting the show on track for a 2026 release.

Nathan Fillion's Guy Gardner, who will make his debut in Gunn's Superman reboot, is expected to have a supporting role in the series.

An earlier Green Lantern TV series was in the works before Gunn and Safran took over as co-heads of DC Studios. That version was created by Greg Berlanti and would have starred Finn Wittrock as Guy Gardner.

Hal Jordan was previously played by Ryan Reynolds in the infamous 2011 Green Lantern movie.

"This is a story of a couple of Green Lanterns John Stewart and Hal Jordan," Gunn said of the project when it was first announced. "We have a few other Lanterns peppered in there but this is really a terrestrial based TV show which is almost like True Detective with a couple of Green Lanterns who are space cops watching over Precinct Earth in it they discover a terrifying mystery that ties into our largest story of the DCU."

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Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 11/1/2024, 4:03 PM
is this the new KANG? i say stay tuned boys, i say ...Mr Walsh your NCMEC stuff its going wild.
sully
sully - 11/1/2024, 8:12 PM
@Malatrova15 - Kang a meme hill you're dying on, isn't it?
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 11/1/2024, 9:53 PM
@sully - i know next to nothing about hills but dying sounds badass
Shmokey20
Shmokey20 - 11/2/2024, 9:35 AM
@Malatrova15 - Do you inhale the excrement of an inorganic miniature boulders culinary skills?
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 11/2/2024, 1:10 PM
@Shmokey20 - YES
Shmokey20
Shmokey20 - 11/3/2024, 6:03 AM
@Malatrova15 - I like you & your nostrils
DocSpock
DocSpock - 11/1/2024, 4:09 PM

Nice! I am really digging the cast on this show. I'm still disappointed that we aren't getting the movie treatment the GREAT Hal Jordan Green Lantern deserves, but if this show is great, I will be very pleased with this part of the DC GunniVerse.

CaptainDC
CaptainDC - 11/1/2024, 4:26 PM
@DocSpock - Ideally this cast carries over into movies as well.. love it too
DocSpock
DocSpock - 11/1/2024, 4:31 PM
@CaptainDC -

Right on man! Batman and Green Lantern have been my favorite DC characters for nearly 60 years.

Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 11/1/2024, 9:56 PM
@DocSpock - Captain Marvel already tackle the space cop aspect of super hereos no need for another one and one featuring just a nother white male saving people as if they need him the most...i tell you this Zamaron and Daxam can save themselves no need for amurica to land on free planets.
MisterBones
MisterBones - 11/1/2024, 4:15 PM
Underrated actor. He’s regularly cast as a racist. I remember he was a racist suspect and perpetrator in both a law and order episode and svu.
soberchimera
soberchimera - 11/1/2024, 4:21 PM
He was great in Deadwood, he played two different roles. Also, if you remove M, C, O from Macon and add H and D, you get Hand. William HAND aka Black Hand confirmed.
sully
sully - 11/1/2024, 8:13 PM
@soberchimera - When he first showed up as his new character in Deadwood, I was so confused. Lol
harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 11/1/2024, 4:41 PM
sinister
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HulkisHoly
HulkisHoly - 11/1/2024, 4:43 PM
@harryba11zack -

Such a waste of good talent.
Reginator
Reginator - 11/1/2024, 4:47 PM
He was awesome in deadwood. We liked that series so much we went to Deadwood on a trip to SD. Current Deadwood is very disappointing after the series. All about the casinos and little on the history.
CerealKiller1
CerealKiller1 - 11/1/2024, 5:07 PM
Love this guy, got serious range
HAUSMAN01
HAUSMAN01 - 11/1/2024, 5:46 PM
My guesses are User Comment Image Grayven, Appa Ali User Comment Image Apsa,or Larfleeze User Comment Image
JobinJ
JobinJ - 11/1/2024, 6:00 PM
“That boy looks hungry. Why don't ya'll come on to the truck? Get you somethin' to eat”

Garrett Dillahunt - The Road
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 11/1/2024, 7:25 PM
@JobinJ - I forgot about his role in that! He plays so many horrible bastards 😂
Knightrider
Knightrider - 11/1/2024, 8:53 PM
The thing that doesn’t make me excited for this is the terrestrial setting. That might as well read as “No powers until the last episode”

They could have done the same story but had take place across planets and systems with Earth not even being in the show
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 11/1/2024, 10:05 PM
Sorry but I've never heard about him nor of his "numerous memorable roles". ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Good luck with that said, with whatever this ends up looking like.
NGFB
NGFB - 11/2/2024, 12:18 AM
Not sure what it is about him, but he kind of annoys me, ever since he played like four characters in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
TheDpool
TheDpool - 11/2/2024, 6:16 AM
He plays an ass well, his death scene in Army of the Dead was good. I suppose I could see him cast as Sinestro....

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