HBO’s Great New Sunday Night Show Is the Spiritual Successor to <em Watchmen</em The DC Universe has been on shaky ground lately, with a string of canceled projects and rewrites suggesting that even well intentioned initiatives are being stifled by studio meddling.
But with HBO's new series Lanterns , it appears that the tide may be turning.
Created by Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof, and Tom King – all veterans of the DC Extended Universe and HBO's own revisionist takes on the superhero mythos – Lanterns is a bold experiment in letting creators call their own shots.