Lanterns Producer Officially Responds to Show Cancellation Rumors

Published Nov 11, 2026, 9:33 AM EST Austin Manchester is a writer and editor living in New York City. At Polygon, he covers gaming and entertainment news, reviews new video games, interviews behind-the-scenes talent, and more. He enjoys discovering hidden gems and sharing them with Polygon's audience. Previously, he was the gaming editor for AIPT Comics and has written for other outlets like XDA, How-To Geek, and The List. He enjoys soulslikes, character-driven RPGs, and third-person shooters plucked straight out of the Xbox 360 era. He also likes to flex his non-video game nerdy knowledge sometimes, whether that's explaining who's who in the new Wolverine game or recommending a comic book series about a sentient sword. The fate of the hit HBO show is still up in the air Photo: John Johnson/HBO Max Sign in to your Polygon.com account DC Studios bosses James Gunn and Peter Safran stepped down from their posts on Monday. Skydance, which recently acquired DC parent company Warner Bros. Discovery, replaced them with former Marvel producer Jeremy Latcham, resulting in plenty of questions about the future of the nascent DC Universe. Rumors swirled that the hit DCU show Lanterns, which recently wrapped up its first season, was canceled after Variety reported it wasn't renewed; it was later updated to say the show "has yet" to be renewed for season 2. Now, one of Lanterns' producers has addressed those rumors, though the show's fate is still up in the air. 'Calm Down,' Lanterns' Christopher Cantwell said Halt and Catch Fire co-creator and comics writer Christopher Cantwell was brought on as co-showrunner to develop a second season. He wrote on Bluesky on Tuesday, "I haven’t heard a fucking thing," seemingly in response to chatter around Lanterns. "Nothing’s cancelled. Calm down," Cantwell said in a follow-up post. Lanterns may not be canceled, but that doesn't mean a second season is definitely happening. While Cantwell and the show's other writers are working on it, co-creator Chris Mundy said it's a "coin flip, 50/50" at a recent event for the show, according to The Playlist. "We thought everything had settled [after the merger]." Though Lanterns' fate has yet to be resolved, DC fans at least know one of the show's stars is guaranteed to return for at least one more project. Aaron Pierre's John Stewart will presumably go full Green Lantern in next year's Superman sequel, Man of Tomorrow. Next up on TV for the DC Universe is 2027's The People v. Gorilla Grodd, a true crime-style docuseries starring Skyler Gisondo as Jimmy Olsen. After that, the future of the DCU is wildly unclear.