Damon Lindelof Apologizes to Grant Morrison After Lanterns Controversy

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One of the creators of Lanterns is now apologizing for a dumb joke he previously made about the name change for the DC Universe show.

What did Damon Lindelof’s apology to Grant Morrison say?

Emmy winner Damon Lindelof is one of the creators of Lanterns, the upcoming DCU show about the Green Lantern Corps. During a 2024 appearance on the Lovett or Leave It podcast, Lindelof joked about why the show dropped the color for their DCU title.

“It’s called Lanterns because we all agreed that the green was stupid,” Lindelof said. “Now, it’s just Lanterns.”

Lindelof’s comments resurfaced online following the release of the Lanterns trailer. The comments eventually reached Grant Morrison, a Scottish writer who penned several stories in The Green Lantern comic books. Morrison ripped Lindelof for his comments on Substack, writing, “The only people who give a f—k about the Lanterns TV series are Green Lantern fans. Why alienate them at the start? That feels more like ‘stupid.'”

In response to the backlash from Morrison and other Green Lantern fans, Lindelof issued an apology for his comments.

“I have upset Grant Morrison, which means I have now pissed off MOST of the brilliant British/Scottish comics writers that I grew up idolizing. To quote the bard (Otis Redding), this is nobody’s fault but mine,” Lindelof wrote on his Instagram with a picture of him wearing a Green Lantern shirt.

Lindelof added, “I was sloppy and careless with my words, ironic considering I care so much about Hal, John, and the entire Corps. I can and will do better to be worthy of the oath . . . until then, I’ll let the show speak for itself, and I can’t wait for you all to hear what it has to say.”

Lindelof created Lanterns alongside Chris Mundy and Tom King. The show stars Kyle Chandler as Hal Jordan, a Green Lantern veteran tasked with mentoring a new recruit, Hal Jordan, played by Aaron Pierre. “The two intergalactic cops are drawn into a dark, earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland,” the logline reads.

Lanterns premieres in August on HBO and HBO Max. 

Originally reported by Dan Girolamo for SuperHeroHype.

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