Lanterns episode 6 introduces a character with major comic book ties to Hal Jordan — and it's someone we first met in Ryan Reynolds' disastrous 2011 Green Lantern movie
THE SO WHAT
IP holders are mining even failed film universes for connective tissue—continuity is now an asset class. For streamers and studios, the lever is less new characters and more recombining existing ones to keep lapsed fans engaged at lower creative risk.
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