‘Lanterns’ Aaron Pierre Joins ‘Man of Tomorrow’

The Green Lantern character, who we’ll meet in the HBO series, will make the leap to the big screen for James Gunn’s next film featuring Superman.

(Left) Aaron Pierre as John Stewart in 'Lanterns'. Photo: John P. Johnson/HBO. (Right) David Corenswet as Superman in DC Studios’ and Warner Bros. Pictures’ 'Superman', a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Jessica Miglio. Copyright: © 2025 Warner Bros. Ent. All Rights Reserved. TM & © DC.

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‘Lanterns’ actor Aaron Pierre is headed to ‘Man of Tomorrow’.
He’ll cross over as his Green Lantern Corps character John Stewart.
James Gunn is writing and will direct the movie.

Looks like ‘Man of Tomorrow’ will truly live up to both connectivity between the big and small screen DC Studios universe and adding in more characters for the ‘Superman’ follow-up.

As first reported by Jeff Sneider and since confirmed by Deadline, Aaron Pierre, who plays Green-Lantern-in-training John Stewart in HBO series ‘Lanterns’ will bring the character to the big screen for the movie.

Filmmaker/DC Studios boss James Gunn is once again writing and directing the new movie, which is scheduled to start shooting next month.

David Corenswet will be back as Superman, with Nicholas Hoult returning as Lex Luthor.

What’s the story for ‘Man of Tomorrow’?

(L to R) Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor and David Corenswet as 'Superman', a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Jessica Miglio. Copyright: © 2025 Warner Bros. Ent. All Rights Reserved. TM & © DC.

Here’s what Gunn said about the new movie:

“It’s a story about Lex Luthor and Superman having to work together to a certain degree against a much, much bigger threat. It’s more complicated than that but that’s a big part of it. It’s as much a Lex movie as it is a Superman movie. I loved working with Nicholas Hoult. I relate to the character of Lex, sadly. I really wanted to create something extraordinary with the two of them. I Just love the script so much.”

Elsewhere in the cast, Lars Eidinger is a new recruit, playing the role of the villainous Brainiac. Rachel Brosnahan, Skyler Gisondo and Sara Sampaio, meanwhile, will all reprise their ‘Superman’ roles.

When will ‘Man of Tomorrow’ be on screens?

(L to R) Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor, David Corenswet as Superman and Director James Gunn in Warner Bros. Pictures’ 'Superman', a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Jessica Miglio. Copyright: © 2025 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The movie is set for a July 9, 2027 release date.

‘Lanterns,’ meanwhile, will debut in August of this year.