‘Fans compare our crime thriller to True Detective – but we had our own thing’

Kyle Chandler’s new show Lanterns is being compared to True Detective (Picture: HBO)

When James Gunn announced Lanterns, he promised that it would be a grounded cop show in the style of True Detective.

At the time, it seemed like Gunn was simply trying to distance his burgeoning new Green Lantern project from Ryan Reynolds’ disastrous sci-fi slop-tacle.

Yet as production began, it was clear Gunn intended to keep his word, even hiring True Detective Executive Producer Chris Mundy to serve as Lanterns’ showrunner.

And when the reviews dropped, people couldn’t help but point out the shared DNA between this low-stakes superhero series and the iconic detective drama.

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