HBO, in association with Warner Bros. Television and DC Studios, has given an eight-episode, straight-to-series order to the live-action Green Lantern series. Lanterns follows new recruit John Stewart and Lantern legend Hal Jordan, two intergalactic cops drawn into a dark, Earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland. As part of a new re-branding initiative announced on Tuesday, Lanterns is now labeled an “HBO Original,” and as such is guaranteed to air on HBO (as well as stream on Max).