The DCU’s latest launch, Lanterns, is proving to be extremely well-liked, which is nice information for the franchise that had a strong success with Superman (2025) however then, only a yr later, skilled a critical drop with the reception of Supergirl earlier this summer time. Notably, Lanterns is a present that releases episodes weekly fairly than a blockbuster film, though that arguably makes the present’s present success much more spectacular; superhero franchises definitely know that TV exhibits current their very own distinctive challenges—simply take a look at the devastating information that Spider-Noir was simply cancelled after one season.
But, despite these challenges, Lanterns has been performing fairly nicely. In actual fact, the present has garnered sufficient consideration that Inexperienced Lantern star Ryan Reynolds expressed not solely positivity in regards to the present but additionally honest curiosity in being concerned with the undertaking. In a latest interview, he mentioned, “I might completely do a cameo in that. I like it,” along with saying of his expertise engaged on Inexperienced Lantern (despite its standing as a field workplace and important flop), “Every thing about it was like a present that retains on giving, and I actually loved the expertise of creating it.” With that enthusiasm, it appears Reynolds impressed a response from HBO Max, though there’s little doubt this wasn’t fairly what Reynolds had been picturing.
HBO’s Video Response Was Utterly Sudden (& Excellent)
HBO was clearly able to have a little bit of enjoyable after studying of Reynolds’ curiosity in having a cameo within the present, as the corporate’s official X account launched a video yesterday in a submit that mentioned, “Noticed,” tagged Reynolds, and used a hashtag for Lanterns. The video itself exhibits a clip from Reynolds’ beforehand talked about interview, particularly the half the place he mentioned, “I might completely do a cameo in that,” and it then reduce to a clip of John and Hal in Lanterns trying up on the sky. Simply after Hal says, “What the f—ok is that,” the video exhibits Reynolds flying as Inexperienced Lantern from his 2011 film.
Presumably, that is all in good enjoyable, and it doesn’t robotically imply that Reynolds gained’t even have a cameo sooner or later in Lanterns. If something, it appears like superhero film and TV present custom at this level not simply to have cameos however to have cameos from stars who’ve performed the identical roles or comparable roles earlier than. Nonetheless, these within the feedback of the HBO Max submit had some robust opinions on the contrary, with one commenter writing, “You spent the higher a part of a decade trashing the Inexperienced Lantern identify,” and one other saying, “There you go DC, rise up for your self lol.” Yet one more, maybe barely angrier remark reads, “Ryan s—t talked his Inexperienced Lantern film for a decade and now abruptly he desires to ‘come again.’ No.” Even so, a Reynolds cameo in Lanterns is much from off the desk—and, clearly, he’s recreation.