The DCU’s Greatest 2026 TV Present Reportedly Delayed By DC Studios

The DC Universe has completed its run for 2025, following the succesful Superman film with David Corenswet, and the conclusion to Peacemaker season 2. With a number of upcoming DCU films in 2026, there’s additionally one of the vital extremely anticipated sequence for James Gunn’s franchise that’s arising.

The Inexperienced Lanterns Podcast not too long ago uncovered in certainly one of The Hollywood Reporter’s newsletters from October that the following launch for the DCU could be the Supergirl film fairly than HBO’s Lanterns TV present. The podcast reached out to the commerce for clarification if this was meant to suggest that the sequence would come out after the movie.

The host acquired a reply again from THR, who responded with, “You might be fairly the eagle-eyed reader. Sure, we anticipate Lanterns will now come after Supergirl.” The HBO drama formally wrapped manufacturing on the primary season in October, in accordance with Aaron Pierre in an interview with Eqsuire, on October 21, 2025.

Pierre is about to convey the well-known John Stewart to life as one of many many Emerald Knights within the DCU, whereas Kyle Chandler will star as Hal Jordan. Superman star Nathan Fillion may even reprise the position of Man Gardner in Lanterns season 1.

Initially, it had been acknowledged that the Lanterns TV present would come out in early 2026. Throughout an enormous DCU press occasion in February 2025, which ScreenRant was in attendance for, Gunn and Peter Safran shared the replace earlier than filming had began.

Gunn shared with IGN on November 18, 2024, that the line-up was, “It is actually Creature Commandos, Superman, Peacemaker, Lanterns, Supergirl. After which some issues individuals do not know.” He had additionally added that “We’ll see when it comes out, however they’re across the identical time,” when being requested if Lanterns’ launch could be earlier than the Supergirl movie.

On the time of this story’s publication, Warner Bros. TV, HBO, and DC Studios haven’t commented on the most recent launch stories surrounding the DCU TV sequence. Gunn had a quick replace on the HBO present on October 21, 2025, when discussing the Lanterns trailer.

Whereas having seen the preview for it, the DC Studios co-CEO added, “However I’ve no clue…when that is deliberate to be proven. With HBO, the advertising is so totally different than movie.” In the meanwhile, HBO has not formally revealed a precise premiere date for Lanterns.