John Stewart is the backup quarterback...for now.
As expected, a new trailer for HBO Max's upcoming DC Studios TV series Lanterns made its debut earlier today at the Lanterns panel in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con 2026, showing a lot more green and broadening the scope of the series far beyond the small town of Rushville, Nebraska.
The 3-minute trailer opens with Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler) sneaking into the room of John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) while he's sleeping and throwing cold water on him. "It's time to get up, Junior," drawls Hal.
We cut to a woman in a Rushville bar, who says to John, "So, you're a space cop." John replies, "No, I'm just being trained."
Next, Hal continues to instruct John in using his Green Lantern Power Ring. "All right, new lesson," remarks Hal as they stand in the middle of a parking lot. "Take the ring, you fly."
"Just fly?" asks John.
Hal shakes his head and answers, "I'm sorry. Fly, please."
John concentrates hard, but nothing happens until a light construct of a small bird materializes in the air and then lands on John's shoulder.
We go back to the woman in the bar, who observes, "You're the backup quarterback."
"For now," replies John.
As "Beside You in Time" from Nine Inch Nails begins to play, things get more serious. Hal lands in a remote town and finds a series of spent bullet casings near a bar. John asks in a voiceover, "What do you think is going on?"
"It's no accident we're here," Hal replies in a voiceover as he comes across a body.
In a separate scene, we go a high school football field, where we see another body having a sheet placed over it as Hal and John watch. "These victims are gonna end up being alien," Hal remarks.
Sheriff Kerry Macon (Kelly Macdonald) asks, "Based on what?"
"I have a feeling."
Sheriff Macon feigns a gasp. "He has a feeling."
Later, we see John driving a car with Hal in the passenger seat. "I think this is more than a feeling," remarks John in a voiceover.
We cut to Garret Dillahunt as William Macon, who says, "This is a threat no one's ever seen before."
Back to the bar, Hal goes inside, finding more bodies before rapid gunfire suddenly erupts. Reflexively, he throws up a shield construct around his body as protection.
In another scene, John and Hal are back in the parking lot, this time at night. "What do you know about Manhunters?" asks John.
Hal replies, "Where'd you hear that word?"
We then head out into space as we see Hal and John on an alien world, finding an alien skull in the dust. A voiceover from a character called Antaan (Paul Ben-Victor) says, "Manhunters are the most dangerous beings to ever exist in the galaxy, and they can take the form of any species."
As we see a Manhunter shapeshift, John remarks in another scene, "So, it could be anyone?"
Another Green Lantern, Guy Gardner (Nathan Fillion), warns Hal, "He's gonna send an army to put you down."
After we see a construct formed to dig into the ground, an unnamed character played by Laura Linney asks John, "Do you resent Hal Jordan?"
"The ring's always been mine," says John. "Jordan's just keeping it warm."
We travel to an alien prison, where Hal, now wearing his Green Lantern uniform, confronts his arch-enemy, Sinestro (Ulrich Thomsen). Inside his cell, Sinestro tells Hal, "You don't really believe he's your backup, do you, Hal?"
"No," admits Hal.
"Then say what he actually is."
"My replacement."
We see John charging his Power Ring with the Power Battery, then briefly see him in his own Green Lantern uniform, launching upwards into the sky.
A series of fleeting images follows as Hal recites the Green Lantern Corps oath, "In brightest day...in blackest night...no evil shall escape my sight. Let those who worship evil's might, beware my power, Green Lantern's light."
In the trailer's final scene, Hal pulls out a bottle of beer and offers it to Sheriff Macon. Using his ring, he creates a construct of a bottle opener and opens the bottle for her in smooth flourish.
If you'd like to check out the new Lanterns trailer, you can view it below thanks to the official HBO Max account on YouTube...
Lanterns premieres August 16, 2026 on HBO Max.
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