Nicole Ari Parker Joins HBO's DC Studios Series LANTERNS

Nicole Ari Parker ("And Just Like That", "Empire") has signed on to star in HBO's upcoming DC drama series "Lanterns" in a recurring role as John Stewart's mother Bernadette. The cast also includes Kelly Macdonald, Garret Dillahunt, Poorna Jagannathan and Ulrich Thomsen as Green Lantern villain Sinestro.

The series follows Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler) and John Stewart (Aaron Pierre), two members of the Green Lantern Corps, an intergalactic team charged with defending a specific realm of the cosmos from evil through the use of rings that bestow an array of superhuman powers.

According to the official character description for Bernadette, she is formidable and tenacious, and refuses to give up, no matter how insurmountable the odds. At her core, she's a fiercely protective mother who has worked her entire life to ensure that she and her family will not be passed over.

"Lanterns" is the first live-action series created for DC Studios under co-chairmen/co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran. HBO picked up the series in June, 2024, and it was given an eight-episode, straight-to-series order. Chris Mundy ("True Detective: Night Country", "Ozark") will serve as showrunner and executive producer.

No premiere date has been announced for the series as of yet. In the meantime, Parker can next be seen in the third season of the Max series "And Just Like That" that is set to debut later this year.

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