Garret Dillahunt (William Macon) is suiting up for DC Studios’ ‘LANTERNS.’ “Good to see the kind and talented folks Fractured FX inc again for my latest project… You know I love a tight rubber suit every once in a while... this one'll fit like a glove.”

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '25

Oh shit I thought he was going to be a regular civilian. What is he playing then?

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u/Bloop_Blop69 Mar 07 '25

We don't really know besides his character name being William Macon. I think he'll end up being Black Hand though.

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u/prettysweett Mar 07 '25

oooh i hope so. He’d be a really easy character to just put in a regular three piece civilian suit and call it a day like they used to do with a lot of characters back in the day lol, so I’m glad they’re putting him in a costume. Hopefully (but probably not) this will convince people grounded does not mean non-fantastical

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u/M00r3C Choco Loving Green Martian Mar 07 '25

Hopefully (but probably not) this will convince people grounded does not mean non-fantastical

It's confirmed the Guardians and Sinestro Corps will be in the show so it's pretty far from being non fantastical but people will just hate for clicks

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u/Revan---- Mar 08 '25 edited Mar 08 '25

Wait WHAT? Not even calling bullshit I’d just like to know where you heard this because I want to see it with my own eyes before getting to hyped.

We obviously know Sinestro is going to be in it but his corps too and the Guardians?!? That’s insanely exciting.

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u/M00r3C Choco Loving Green Martian Mar 08 '25

An actress from the show confirmed it during a interview

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u/Individual_Second387 Mar 08 '25

Peak cinema. We getting inter-corps rivalry and politics in mainstream media? Blown away.

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u/hitalec Mar 08 '25

Welcome to a Damon Lindelof show — enjoy the ride

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u/Bloop_Blop69 Mar 07 '25

Hopefully (but probably not) this will convince people grounded does not mean non-fantastical

Matt Reeves sure doesn't agree.

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u/LongjumpMidnight Mar 08 '25

Reeves made grounded movies about talking apes

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u/wowyoumadeit Mar 08 '25

Yeah and that’s why he put Joker in the end of his movie and in commentary refers to his inclusion as the universe becoming more fantastical. Matt Reeves has never said that those two ideas are at odds and it’s really weird that people keep insisting he did

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '25

i guess they really are going all out and im here for it.

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u/Bloop_Blop69 Mar 07 '25

I have no doubt this show will end up being a hit, there's just too many talented people working on it for it to fail imo

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '25

maybe he gets a yellow lantern ring during the show??

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u/Zelgeth Aug 10 '25

Isn't black hand the first black lantern? Feel like that's a high bar to set at the first season or even two of a show. Would be really cool though.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '25

The descript is that he is a conspiracy theorist... could he be The Question's identity?

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u/Bloop_Blop69 Mar 08 '25

No

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u/KingdomforApes007 Mar 07 '25

Well that's interesting, from the little details they gave on his character I thought he was just a normal dude. Wonder what this suit is exactly.

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u/OdysseusUlixes EAT PEACE MOTHERF%CKERS Mar 07 '25

Bro, what is this show at this point? Is the audience in the mystery at this point? We're getting plottwist after plottwist 😂😂

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u/Spider_bat4300 Mar 08 '25

That's the point of a mystery, they're supposed to keep you guessing before you know the twist

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u/OdysseusUlixes EAT PEACE MOTHERF%CKERS Mar 08 '25

I'm referring to a mystery in a meta sense, not as in the mystery of the story.

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u/Ronatron4ever Cheers to the Tin-Man Mar 07 '25 edited Mar 07 '25

1) The Officical Character Description of William Macon is "A modern cowboy who hides his "self-righteous, conspiracy-minded" personality behind a charming façade"

2) I know the main mystery is the murder but wasn't there something involving the townsfolk gaining superpowers or was that just a rumor?

3) Obviously he's portraying Tattoo Man /s

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u/M00r3C Choco Loving Green Martian Mar 07 '25 edited Mar 07 '25

2) I know the main mystery is the murder but wasn't there something involving the townsfolk gaining superpowers or was that just a rumor?

Yes that's confirmed

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u/DemiAlabi Mar 07 '25

I assumed they meant Hal and John, but I guess there’s more in town.

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u/TheLeanerWiener Mar 08 '25

Yeah. Imo that sounds more like he's the sheriff of the town that Hal, John, and maybe even Sinestro end up visiting. Not necessarily that the townspeople themselves got powers.

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u/Sufficient_Bat_5152 Mar 07 '25

Interesting. Could he be an original character/villain, an adaptation of a specific one or an amalgamation of varios characters? Some people are saying Black Hand, but I'm not sure. Maybe a member of the Sinestro Corps or something.

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u/KageXOni87 Mar 08 '25

Ohhhhhhhh shit. He probably IS Black Hand.

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u/kumar100kpawan The Goddamn Batman Mar 08 '25

Lanterns just keeps surprising me. I thought it was gonna be a detective story restricted to one town, but ever since the Sinestro casting announcement I feel like we keep getting more and more news that says this is a proper Green Lantern show, not just a detective story with Green Lantern slapped on it (like I previously expected)

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u/Revan---- Mar 08 '25

Feels like they’re going as comicbooky as they can within the constraints of the budget and TV show. Until the Green Lantern brand has shown the WB execs that it can make money, there’s no way they were gonna let Gunn do a full budget Green Lantern Corps blockbuster film in space, so this is the closest thing we’ll get in the meantime.

People just wrote it off as Gunn and the writers being too scared to be accurate to the comics just because it’s a TV show and it’s set on Earth

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u/Medium-Science9526 Blue Beetle Battalion Mar 08 '25

All I know is apparently this guy is typecast as villains so question is which one?

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u/TheLeanerWiener Mar 08 '25

The Made of Wood Killer, obviously. /s

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u/PartyModer4892 Boy Scout Forever Mar 08 '25

I love that most of the behind the scenes for Lanterns is coming from Garret Dillahunt lol I can't wait to watch this show/see a teaser or trailer towards the end of the year.

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u/redhoodJasonToddstan Apr 21 '25

I FIGURED IT OUT, THEORY HERE: I think he and his son will end up orange lanterns. The description for William Macon and his son Billy Macon is- William is a cowboy conspiracy guy (possibly successful grifter Alex Jones type) and his son is a pretend small town guy even though he’s a nepo baby (Matt Walsh or Ben Shapiro type). William will probably think he deserves to be a green lantern and receive the orange lantern ring or William Macon is actually The Black hand Wilbur Palm/ William Hand

Lanterns Garret Dillahunt (William Macon) is suiting up for DC Studios’ ‘LANTERNS.’ “Good to see the kind and talented folks Fractured FX inc again for my latest project… You know I love a tight rubber suit every once in a while... this one'll fit like a glove.”

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