The Inexperienced Lantern TV Present Has Discovered Its Sinestro

The casting ball has been slowly rolling for DC’s Lanterns collection. 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 major nemesis within the comics.

Per Deadline, the DC villain shall be performed by Danish actor Ulrich Thomson, just lately 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 forged which presently contains Kelly Macdonald, Garrett Dillahunt, and Poorna Jagannathan.

Within the comics, Sinestro is a Inexperienced Lantern throughout Hal’s early days and certainly one of its greatest members who takes Hal below his ring. Ultimately, 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 good points entry to the Yellow Lantern energy of Concern and leads what involves be often called the Sinestro Corps, steadily moving into battles with the Greens and different Lanterns of the emotional shade spectrum. Sinestro’s popped up all through DC’s animated reveals over time, and his huge live-action look of observe was when Mark Sturdy performed him within the 2011 Inexperienced Lantern film, which arrange his flip as a Yellow Lantern within the remaining moments and by no means received to comply with by on it.

Count on Sinestro and the Lanterns present to hit HBO and Max in 2026.

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