Luke Fontana If comic book author Tom King has a superpower, it’s that everything he writes turns to gold.
Marvel and DC have each adapted one of his comics, resulting in 2021’s “WandaVision” and 2026’s “Supergirl.” Now, he’s helping forge the rebooted DC Universe with his take on the Green Lanterns — galactic peacekeepers who can create any item imaginable using magic rings.
Green Lanterns have struggled in Hollywood, falling far below the popularity of Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. Ryan Reynolds brought one of the emerald heroes to life in his infamous “Green Lantern” movie in 2011; the result was a cheesy, CGI-filled disaster. With his new HBO series “Lanterns,” King has reimagined the Lanterns as gritty earthbound detectives, à la Matthew McConaughey’s and Woody Harrelson’s characters in “True Detective.”
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