One of essentially the most anticipated tasks on James Gunn‘s upcoming DCU slate simply acquired a main casting replace. A brand new report from Deadline revealed that Kyle Chandler, finest identified for his function in Argo and Friday Night Lights, has been tapped to play Hal Jordan in Lanterns, the high-profile HBO collection set in the DCU. Jordan is similar Lantern who was portrayed by Ryan Reynolds in the 2011, much-maligned film, and isn’t to be confused with one other Green Lantern, Guy Gardner, who might be portrayed by Nathan Fillion in Superman. Deadline additionally stories that the seek for an actor to play John Stewart, one other well-known Lantern, is ongoing. This information comes lower than two weeks after it was introduced that Josh Brolin had handed on the function of Hal Jordan after he was beforehand rumored to be the front-runner.