The DC Studios series Lanterns is gearing up to start production, but you can’t do that going in with nothing but heroic Green Lanterns having been cast. You need their ultimate opponent, one of the great DC Comics villains, to be cast as well. Deadline reports that Ulrich Thomsen will play former Green Lantern Corps member Sinestro in the upcoming series.
Thomson is best a Dutch actor known for his roles in the Showtime series Banshee, and the films Brothers and The Celebration. He joins a cast led by Aaron Pierre as John Stewart and Kyle Chandler as Hal Jordan. Other cast members include Kelly Macdonald, Garret Dillahunt, and Poorna Jagannathan.
James Hawes (One Life) will direct the first two episodes.
Lanterns follows intergalactic cops Stewart and Jordan as they investigate a murder on Earth in a small town. DC Studios co-chief Peter Safran has said this investigation will lead to the central storyline throughout the DCU, so this is a show that vitally important.
Sinestro was once of the great champions of the Green Lantern Corps, but he began abusing the use of his power ring and was kicked out. He turned to evil, utilizing a yellow power ring that feeds on fear, going so far as to create his own Sinestro Corps.
Production on Lanterns begins in February, with the series expected to arrive around the same time as Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow in 2026.
