EXCLUSIVE: Jasmine Cephas Jones (Origin, Blindspotting) has joined the solid of Lanterns, HBO’s upcoming drama collection primarily based on the Inexperienced Lantern DC comedian. She joins the beforehand introduced solid: Kyle Chandler, Aaron Pierre, Kelly MacDonald, Garret Dillahunt, Poorna Jagannathan and Ulrich Thomsen.
The collection, from Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof and Tom King, follows new recruit John Stewart (Pierre) and Lantern legend Hal Jordan (Chandler), two intergalactic cops drawn right into a darkish, Earth-based thriller as they examine a homicide within the American heartland.
In a key guest-starring function, Cephas Jones performs ‘Younger Bernadette,’ Stewart’s resilient mom and eternally the household fixer. She is a perceptive, big-picture thinker who calls for excellence from herself and her household.
HBO produces the eight-episode collection Lanterns in affiliation with Warner Bros Tv and DC Studios. Mundy, who serves as showrunner, Lindelof, and King co-wrote and government produced. James Hawes directed and government produced, with Stephen Williams, Geeta Vasant Patel, and Alik Sakharov additionally tapped to direct.
Cephas Jones’ latest credit are Neon’s Origin, Starz’s Blindspotting, for which she was nominated for an Impartial Spirit Award for Finest Feminine Efficiency, #FREERAYSHAWN, for which she received an Emmy Award for Excellent Actress in a Quick Type Comedy or Drama Sequence, and Hamilton, for which she received a Grammy Award for Finest Authentic Broadway Recording. Additionally, her full-length album, Phoenix was launched and could be listened to on all platforms. Additional on the music facet, she performs the character “Swan” on Lin Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis’ idea album Warriors for Atlantic Data.
She is repped by ATA Administration, WME and Jackoway, Tyerman.
