LANTERNS: Kelly Macdonald Officially Joins Cast - Find Out Who She's Playing

Kelly Macdonald has officially signed on for a supporting role on the upcoming DCU Lanterns series, and we know who she's set to play...

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By MarkCassidy - Oct 30, 2024 01:10 PM EST

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Confirming a recent casting rumor, the trades are reporting that Kelly Macdonald has now officially signed on for a supporting role in HBO's Lanterns series.

We had heard that the Scottish actress - who has appeared in the likes of Trainspotting, No Country for Old Men and Boardwalk Empire - was up for the role of Hal Jordan's love-interest, which led to speculation that she might be playing Star Sapphire.

While her character is expected to become romantically involved with Jordan, she doesn't appear to be playing an established DC Comics hero or villain.

According to THR, Macdonald will play Sheriff Kerry, "a no-nonsense woman deeply devoted to her family and close-knit town. Her resilience, shaped by a complex past that’s hardened her resolve, anchors her when the community’s secrets begin to surface."

Macdonald joins Aaron Pierre (Rebel Ridge) as John Stewart and Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights) as Hal Jordan.

In addition, Nexus Point News is reporting that Garret Dillahunt and Poorna Jagannathan have been offered the roles of "Dillon" and "Zoe."

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James Hawes (Slow Horses, Penny Dreadful, The Mist, The Alienist, Snowpiercer) 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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MCUKnight11 - 10/30/2024, 1:38 PM

It is odd to have a love interest for Hal Jordan and it's not Carol.

FlixMentallo21 - 10/30/2024, 4:09 PM

@MCUKnight11 - to be fair, Jordan’s had other love interests in the comics.

Lisa89 - 10/30/2024, 1:45 PM

FYI: You will NOT “Find Out Who She's Playing”.

MarkCassidy - 10/30/2024, 1:46 PM

@Lisa89 - Do you even bother reading articles before commenting?

FrankenDad - 10/30/2024, 1:56 PM

@Lisa89 - sheriff Kerry

RegularPoochie - 10/30/2024, 2:34 PM

@MarkCassidy - no, she never does.

Lisa89 - 10/30/2024, 3:05 PM

@MarkCassidy - The word "who" implies that we will recognize th-

Oh, why do I bother explaining what should be obvious?

MarkCassidy - 10/30/2024, 3:08 PM

@Lisa89 - The word who implies... That it's a person she's playing? Prob better to just admit that you stopped reading than double down on utter nonsense.

Lisa89 - 10/30/2024, 3:12 PM

@MarkCassidy - Fine. I'll finish the sentence if you need me to.

The word "who" implies that we will recognize the name when we read it. I realize that "X actor playing X character you've never heard of" doesn't make for a good headline, but at least it wouldn't be blatant click bait.

ReverseFlasher - 10/30/2024, 3:25 PM

@Lisa89 - no it implies exactly what it delivered, that we will find out who she is playing. And we did. Your expectation that it’s a big reveal of a pre existing character is your own incorrect inference.

MarkCassidy - 10/30/2024, 3:26 PM

@Lisa89 - Yeah... It's still a load of bollocks.

Lisa89 - 10/30/2024, 3:48 PM

@MarkCassidy - "Bollocks" would be thinking there is a world in which you would consider "LANTERNS: Kelly Macdonald Officially Joins Cast as All New Character" as an acceptable headline.

Diend - 10/30/2024, 4:26 PM

@MarkCassidy - I'm certain about a quarter of them jump straight to the comments without reading anything.

NonPlayerC - 10/30/2024, 1:50 PM

Hope it’s just Hal being Hal and flirting otherwise Carrol is gonna murder a ho

ModHaterSLADE - 10/30/2024, 1:53 PM

She was great on Boardwalk Empire, not a bad choice.

Yankdandy - 10/30/2024, 2:57 PM

@ModHaterSLADE - She was, but man, what an annoying character she played!

ModHaterSLADE - 10/30/2024, 5:21 PM

@Yankdandy - Yeah, she did Nucky dirty.

Kadara - 10/30/2024, 8:05 PM

@ModHaterSLADE - Did she though? It's been a couple of years since I watched Boardwalk Empire but I remember Nucky being a horrible person (much like Tony Soprano) who dragged this naive girl into his underground level. She was more of a trophy than a person to him.

MisterBones - 10/30/2024, 1:56 PM

BruceWayng - 10/30/2024, 1:59 PM

Something about the whole “she’s the only other person of color in an all white town” line really really worries me. Especially when you consider the fact that Lindelof is involved. The dude is the epitome of “I’m not racist like all the other white people” liberal white guilt. God…for once can we just have a project with a black character that doesn’t mention race.

John Stewart is one of DC’s top characters and to make this show focus on his race(especially when it’s being written by a bunch of whiny white liberal spy boy betas) is beyond disgusting and disrespectful to the character and frankly to black people.

The guy is a gloried space cop and interacts/works besides/battles with tons of different races/species of aliens… so why is the fact that he’s a black man even being discussed at all. The whole point of The Green Lantern Corp is that it doesn’t matter what race/species/gender/sexual persuasion you are, the ring chooses you to be its barrier solely based on your CHARACTER and WILL POWER.

This is so fugging disappointing…

Baf - 10/30/2024, 3:09 PM

@BruceWayng - John's uniquely American experience as a black man helps to strengthen his willpower. His race is an integral part of his character.

BruceWayng - 10/30/2024, 4:47 PM

@Baf - Hey if that’s still your worldview in 2025, by all means. I just think it’s more important for people(especially kids)to see strong black male character on screen who isn’t defined by the color of his skin.

It’s shame to take a classic character like John and automatically assume that he’s disenfranchised in some way and is treated as an outsider bc of his race. That has never been the cases and has never been integral to his story.

If anything the fact that he’s a Veteran defines him more than anything and his will power is pulled from his experiences as a Marine, not him being a black male in America.

That’s like saying Superman shaped his world view around being a white dude instead of being a rural farm kid. That’s such a myopic what of looking at the world

Baf - 10/30/2024, 9:25 PM

@BruceWayng - Not sure by what you mean about my world view, and I said nothing about being defined by the color of his skin. You seem to be creating a narrative that doesn't exist.
As for Superman, his race has definitely motivated his character as he is not a white man, rather a Kryptonian.

BlackStar25 - 10/30/2024, 2:11 PM

Yeah....This series is panning out the way I thought it would. Well....At least its on HBOMAX.

Conquistador - 10/30/2024, 2:12 PM

Great actress.

Spoken - 10/30/2024, 2:17 PM

Watch this "secret" be connected to Parallax.

GeneralZod - 10/30/2024, 2:21 PM

Good actress. Did a wonderful job with her Irish immigrant character in Boardwalk Empire.

mountainman - 10/30/2024, 2:21 PM

The show could still be good, but the “murder mystery in small town America” is a massively overplayed TV genre these days.

harryba11zack - 10/30/2024, 2:32 PM

JFerguson - 10/30/2024, 3:52 PM

@harryba11zack - wow congrats on using the full gif this time around. I would have never understood the context if it were just wolverine with a smirk on his face with storm out of frame, as you seemingly love to post

NonPlayerC - 10/30/2024, 2:34 PM

I just hope they don’t over do it with the relationships, yeah you need a little sauciness but hope it doesn’t devolve into a melodrama soap opera like some shows do

McMurdo - 10/30/2024, 10:01 PM

@NonPlayerC - you don't want Hal to hang dong?

RedFury - 10/30/2024, 2:46 PM

Glad to see Dillahunt added to the cast, he's a lot of fun on screen in whatever role he plays.

Clintthahamster - 10/30/2024, 2:50 PM

@RedFury - Agreed. Dillahunt is usually the best thing about any show he's on. His involvement is a very good sign.

RedFury - 10/30/2024, 3:27 PM

@Clintthahamster - I'm glad I'm not the only one that feels this way! He plays both good guy, and bad guy really well. And I love when he gets a comedic role, he really shines there.

Clintthahamster - 10/30/2024, 2:48 PM

"an older woman named Zoe. She’s a Native American woman and the only person of color in an all white town."

I bet that maaaaybe Poorna Jagannathan is playing an Indian woman, not a Native American woman. If I had to guess.

McMurdo - 10/30/2024, 10:05 PM

@Clintthahamster - so because she's Indian she's not a good enough actor to play a Native?

😏

bkmeijer1 - 10/30/2024, 3:02 PM

Could tell from the title she wasn't playing Hal's love interest. Atleast not the one we expected, ofherwise the title would've said she joined as Carol Ferris.

Guess Kerrie Kane (related to Martha Kane?) could be Hal's love interest too though. I'm guessing Carol is off doing Star Sapphire business, so the two never meet.

THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 10/30/2024, 3:28 PM

LANTERNS: Kelly Macdonald Officially Joins Cast - Find Out Who She's Playing

Kelly Macdonald has officially signed on for a supporting role on the upcoming DCU Lanterns series, and we know who she's set to play...

LANTERNS: Aaron Pierre And Kyle Chandler Suit-Up As John Stewart And Hal Jordan In New Fan-Art

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