The casting ball has been slowly rolling for DC’s Lanterns sequence. After snagging Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre to play respective leads Hal Jordan and Jon Stewart, extra actors have been picked as much as play supporting roles within the present. This new addition is a large one: Thaal Sinestro, Jordan’s main nemesis within the comics.
Per Deadline, the DC villain shall be performed by Danish actor Ulrich Thomson, not too long ago of NBC’s The Blacklist and the upcoming Uwe Boll movie, Run. Whereas Lanterns is primarily set on Earth as Hal and John examine a homicide within the American heartland, Thomson’s set for a recurring position all through the eight-episode season. Thomson joins a solid which presently contains Kelly Macdonald, Garrett Dillahunt, and Poorna Jagannathan.
Within the comics, Sinestro is a Inexperienced Lantern throughout Hal’s early days and one in every of its greatest members who takes Hal beneath his ring. Finally, he’s revealed to be abusing his energy to rule over his homeworld Korugar, and turns into obsessive about taking down his former Corps and mentee. He later beneficial properties entry to the Yellow Lantern energy of Worry and leads what involves be often called the Sinestro Corps, incessantly entering into battles with the Greens and different Lanterns of the emotional coloration spectrum. Sinestro’s popped up all through DC’s animated exhibits over time, and his large live-action look of word was when Mark Robust performed him within the 2011 Inexperienced Lantern film, which arrange his flip as a Yellow Lantern within the ultimate moments and by no means bought to comply with by means of on it.
Count on Sinestro and the Lanterns present to hit HBO and Max in 2026.
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