Lanterns Revived Green Lantern Interest After the 2011 Movie: Shows to Watch Next

What Lanterns pulled off

Lanterns revitalized interest in the Green Lantern franchise following the 2011 Green Lantern movie, which the source calls less-than-stellar ^[1]. Its creators are Damon Lindelof, Chris Mundy, and Tom King ^[1].

DC and HBO neighbors

Watchmen is an HBO drama based on DC Comics characters and created by Lost showrunner Damon Lindelof ^[2]. It is set in a world changed by the actions of Ozymandias, played by Jeremy Irons ^[1].

Police officers in Watchmen are required to wear costumes after an attack by the Seventh Kalvary, a white supremacist group ^[1]. One of them, Angela Abar (Regina King), known in costume as Sister Night, uncovers a mystery tied to her family and one of the key characters ^[1].

Legion follows the Marvel character David Haller, a reality-warping mutant ^[3]. Krypton spans two seasons and follows Seg-El (Cameron Cuffe), who is a romantic rival of Dev-Em for the hand of Lyta-Zod (Georgina Campbell) ^[2]. Aaron Pierre first appeared on a DC Comics-related program as Dev-Em on the Syfy series Krypton ^[2].

Andor and the Rebellion

Andor takes place before the events of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and follows Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) as he gets swept up in the growing Rebellion ^[1]. Cassian loses his mother and the love of his life, Bix Caleen (Adria Arjona), and is imprisoned for months in an Imperial prison ^[1].

He also witnesses a genocide on the planet Ghorman as the Empire strips it for material for the Death Star ^[1]. This approach comes from showrunner Tony Gilroy ^[1].

Heroes and Fringe

Heroes debuted in 2006 and took the world by storm ^[1]. It ran for four seasons, and most fans consider Season 1 its peak ^[1]. The 2007 writers' strike cut Season 2 short, and demand for fan-favorite characters derailed creator Tim Kring's plan to make Heroes an anthology show ^[1].

Fringe follows the Fringe Division, a secretive arm of the FBI that investigates cases related to a parallel universe ^[1]. The division consists of Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv), Walter Bishop (John Noble), and Walter's son Peter (Joshua Jackson) ^[1]. Its Season 1 finale is titled There's More Than One of Everything ^[1].

Fringe creators J.J. Abrams, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman later rebooted Star Trek for the big screen, reuniting them with Leonard Nimoy ^[1].

Westworld and its catch

Westworld is inspired by the Michael Crichton movie and is set in the far future, where the Delos Corporation runs a Western-themed amusement park of lifelike androids ^[1]. Its fans left in droves after Season 3, and Season 4 received little attention ^[1].

Westworld was axed in the 2022 Great Purge of HBO Max's library, so fans must find episodes digitally or buy DVDs ^[1].