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Josh Brolin will not be starring in HBO's Green Lantern TV show, after all. Sources exclusively tell The Hollywood Reporter the actor has passed on an offer to star in 'Lanterns,' the DC Studios series based on the Green Lanterns superhero character. Brolin was eyed to play Hal Jordan, the cocky Green Lantern hero previously played by Ryan Reynolds in the 2011 'Green Lantern' movie.
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00:00Josh Brolin will not be starring in HBO's Green Lantern TV show after all.
00:07Sources exclusively tell The Hollywood Reporter the actor has passed on an offer to star in the
00:11series Lanterns. Brolin was eyed to play Hal Jordan, the cocky Green Lantern hero previously
00:17played by Ryan Reynolds in the 2011 Green Lantern movie. According to multiple sources,
00:22the actor received an offer at the end of August. By the end of this past weekend,
00:26his mind was made up. No other details were available. Ozark's Chris Mundy is showrunning
00:30the eight-episode series that is described as having a gritty, true detective vibe as it focuses
00:35on Jordan reluctantly mentoring a younger Lantern, Jon Stewart. Mundy is co-writing the series with
00:40Damon Lindelof, the creator of HBO's Watchmen and seminal TV show Lost, as well as comics author
00:46Tom King. The casting would have been another title in Brolin's comic book resume. He is a regular to
00:51the genre, most notably playing Thanos in Guardians of the Galaxy, as well as in Avengers Infinity War,
00:56and Avengers Endgame. He also played Cable in Deadpool 2 opposite Reynolds. The internet was
01:01all abuzz at the prospect of Brolin playing Jordan, although he was never a sure thing.
01:05Speculation also arose around several other A-listers, but it's unclear how valid those rumors are.
01:10According to sources, Matthew McConaughey, for example, will not be donning the ring.
01:14For more on this story and the latest news, go to THR.com. This is The Hollywood Reporter News.
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