{"id":87650,"date":"2026-04-30T20:26:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T20:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/heres-the-very-normal-reason-the-lanterns-trailer-disappeared\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T20:26:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T20:26:22","slug":"heres-the-very-normal-reason-the-lanterns-trailer-disappeared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/heres-the-very-normal-reason-the-lanterns-trailer-disappeared\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s the Very Normal Reason the &#8216;Lanterns&#8217; Trailer Disappeared"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Lanterns-First-Look-1280x853.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Just in case you\u2019re not up to speed on the <em>Lanterns<\/em> kerfuffle of late, there was a brief period when the trailer for the upcoming DC series vanished from HBO Max\u2019s YouTube channel. It came without explanation (not even from chatty DC head James Gunn) Fans immediately wondered if it might have something to do with the controversy kicked up when comics legend Grant Morrison complained about <em>Lanterns<\/em> co-creator Damon Lindelof\u2019s flippant explanation for why \u201cgreen\u201d isn\u2019t in the title of a show about characters from <em>Green Lantern<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Lindelof later apologized, seemingly mortified that Morrison had taken offense. But the trailer\u2019s subsequent removal did make people wonder if that might\u2019ve had something to do with it.<\/p>\n<p>Turns out: nope. As Entertainment Weekly explains, \u201cThe original version of the\u00a0<i>Lanterns<\/i> trailer included licensed music that expired and was taken offline until it could be replaced with an evergreen version \u2026 it\u2019s a fairly common practice when it comes to trailer and teaser assets that contain licensed tracks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new version of the trailer (re-released with an instrumental swapped in for the Bruce Springsteen track \u201cState Trooper\u201d) also revealed the precise release date for the show as August 16.<\/p>\n<div class=\"not-prose video-container\"><noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lanterns  | Official Teaser | HBO Max\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Z1jcPlGXnMo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>Gunn chimed in with social media posts highlighting a certain color, in case you thought for a moment he wasn\u2019t aware of the dust-up.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Beware my power, Green Lantern&#8217;s light.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lanterns?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Lanterns<\/a> premieres August 16 on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hbomax?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@hbomax<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6p0ZFiEIlD\">pic.twitter.com\/6p0ZFiEIlD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Gunn (@JamesGunn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesGunn\/status\/2049866499037282784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 30, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That settles that, apparently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe series follows new recruit John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) and Lantern legend Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler), two intergalactic cops drawn into a dark, earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland,\u201d HBO Max reminds us. Kelly Macdonald co-stars along with Garret Dillahunt, Poorna Jagannathan, and Ulrich Thomsen. Pierre\u2019s character is also confirmed to be appearing in <em>Man of Tomorrow<\/em>, Gunn\u2019s <em>Superman<\/em> follow-up that arrives in July 2027.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what\u2019s next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just in case you\u2019re not up to speed on the Lanterns kerfuffle of late, there was a brief period when the trailer for the upcoming DC series vanished from HBO Max\u2019s YouTube channel. 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