Ryan Reynolds’ Green Lantern Meets HBO’s Lanterns in a Surprise Crossover

HBO Max released a video crossover featuring Ryan Reynolds' Green Lantern from the 2011 film alongside Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre's characters from the new series Lanterns, using clever editing to create an unexpected comedic meeting. The video responds to Reynolds' expressed interest in a cameo, showing the DCU's John Stewart and Hal Jordan reacting to Reynolds' CGI-suited Green Lantern flying in the sky, a humorous nod to the character's troubled live-action history. The approach avoids a distracting multiverse appearance or recasting Reynolds, instead offering a lighthearted acknowledgment of the franchise's past while letting Lanterns establish its own identity with Chandler and Pierre in the lead roles.