Josh Brolin will not be starring in HBO's Green Lantern TV show, after all. Sources exclusively tell The Hollywood Reporter the actor has passed on an offer to star in 'Lanterns,' the DC Studios series based on the Green Lanterns superhero character. Brolin was eyed to play Hal Jordan, the cocky Green Lantern hero previously played by Ryan Reynolds in the 2011 'Green Lantern' movie.
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00:00Josh Brolin Will Not Be Starring In HBO's Green Lantern TV Show After All
00:07Sources exclusively tell The Hollywood Reporter the actor has passed on an offer to star in
00:11the series, Lanterns.
00:13Brolin was eyed to play Hal Jordan, the cocky Green Lantern hero previously played by Ryan
00:18Reynolds in the 2011 Green Lantern movie.
00:21According to multiple sources, the actor received an offer at the end of August.
00:24By the end of this past weekend, his mind was made up.
00:27No other details were available.
00:29Ozarks' Chris Mundy is showrunning the eight-episode series that is described as
00:32having a gritty, true detective vibe as it focuses on Jordan reluctantly mentoring a
00:36younger Lantern, Jon Stewart.
00:39Mundy is co-writing the series with Damon Lindelof, the creator of HBO's Watchmen
00:43and seminal TV show Lost, as well as comics author Tom King.
00:47The casting would have been another title in Brolin's comic book resume.
00:50He is a regular to the genre, most notably playing Thanos in Guardians of the Galaxy
00:54as well as in Avengers Infinity War and Avengers Endgame.
00:57He also played Cable in Deadpool 2, opposite Reynolds.
01:00The internet was all abuzz at the prospect of Brolin playing Jordan, although he was
01:03never a sure thing.
01:05Speculation also arose around several other A-listers, but it's unclear how valid those
01:09rumors are.
01:10According to sources, Matthew McConaughey, for example, will not be donning the ring.
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