Lantern: 10 Things You Need To Know About The Newly Announced Green Lantern TV Series

10. Seth Grahame-Smith Is Serving As Showrunner

Seth Grahame-Smith was once attached to write and direct The Flash movie for Warner Bros., and he spent a considerable amount of time attached to that project before parting ways with the studio over creative differences.

He penned the novels that served as the basis for movies like Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, writing the screenplay for the latter. Other credits include Dark Shadows, and the massively popular The LEGO Batman Movie, while he took on the role of executive producer for the two IT movies and that Child's Play reboot.

As well as serving as showrunner - a role which means he will have overall creative authority on Lantern - Grahame-Smith also has plans to co-write the first episode.

Despite disagreeing on how best to handle The Flash, Warner Bros. clearly sees something in the prolific writer and producer that makes him a good fit to be the one primarily responsible for rebooting the Green Lantern franchise (even if it is for television rather than cinemas).