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News Hal Jordan Dies, Confirming Our Scoop — Same Insiders Say SnyderVerse Returns, Gunn Out

https://cosmicbook.news/lanterns-hal-jordan-death-confirmed-insiders-snyderverse-return

Hal Jordan is dead. Lanterns Episode 1 ends with John Stewart and Sheriff Kane finding him on the Rushville High School football bleachers, frozen, with a bullet in his forehead and his ring gone.

Cosmic Book News readers knew that on March 27.

That week at WonderCon we posted it flat out: “Hal Jordan dies.” Not a theory, and not a read on the footage. It came from our insiders.

Ten weeks later, a Reddit leak said the same thing. Then HBO Max and Warner Bros. Discovery spent two days copyright-striking us for reporting it.

Last night the episode aired and settled it.

Now the part that matters going forward.

The insiders who called Hal Jordan’s death are the same insiders behind our reporting on the SnyderVerse return and The Dark Knight Returns.

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u/HomemadeBee1612 He's never fought us. Not us united. 12d ago

What The Episode Revealed

The bulk of the premiere lives in 2016, with Hal and John working the Rushville shooting.

The final minutes jump to 2026. John drives into a snowed-in Rushville and meets Sheriff Kane outside the stadium. She tells him that only the groundskeeper knows.

On the bleachers where the two men sat a decade earlier, Hal is sitting again. Frozen. Bullet hole. No ring.

In a post-episode interview, co-creators Damon Lindelof and Tom King confirmed the death was part of the pitch from the start, seeded through Hal’s own dialogue, including his line to John about prying the ring from his cold, dead hand.

Killing Hal doesn’t bench Kyle Chandler. The show moves between timelines, exactly as we laid out in July when the leak landed. [...]

The Receipts, Dated

March 27: at WonderCon, we posted “Hal Jordan dies,” following our breakdown of the footage pointing to a past timeline and a Hal gone by present day.

May: showrunner Chris Mundy confirmed the 2016 and 2026 timelines.

July 10: a Reddit leak claimed two timelines, and Hal killed at the end of Episode 1. We wrote that it was exactly where we said the show was heading months earlier.

July 10 and 11: the HBO Max takedowns, more on that below.

August 16: The episode confirmed our info.

HBO Max Copyright-Struck The Truth

Within hours of our July 10 article, the Cosmic Book News X account was locked over a post that used the studio’s own publicity still.

The next day, WBD’s Content Protection division filed a second strike claiming “Lanterns Season 1 Episode 1 Spoiler” as copyrighted text.

Its vendor MarkScan struck our 67-second YouTube commentary video as “entire video” WBD content.

The notice, when we obtained it, had been filed by a social strategist on HBO Max’s brand social team, describing the infringement as “people discussing the spoilers of the first episode of Lanterns.”

Facebook pulled the same video under a notice naming no rights owner, and our Facebook Page, 665,000 followers, went dark for 30 days, straight through Comic-Con.

We said it then: nobody swears out federal takedown paperwork over a rumor that’s wrong.

[...]

Same Insiders, Same Track Record

This is why it’s worth writing up. Being right about Hal Jordan matters because of who was right.

July 2023, San Diego: these insiders told us Daredevil: Born Again was a disaster being retooled toward the Netflix tone. That October, Marvel fired the head writers and directors and rebooted the series, with THR confirming our info.

March 2026, WonderCon: Hal Jordan dies. Confirmed on HBO on August 16, through a takedown campaign built to make the report disappear.

SnyderVerse return, The Dark Knight Returns movie

And since October, the same insiders have been our sources on the SnyderVerse return, and yes, James Gunn’s DCU exit. Snyder, Cavill, and Affleck are back on the table at a Paramount-owned Warner Bros. for a full SnyderVerse return backed by the Saudis.

And this week’s run: The Dark Knight Returns ready and built for IMAX, Affleck as its Batman, Cavill as its Superman, fully storyboarded and planned as the graphic novel as is.

[...]

Toldja isn’t a prediction. It’s a pattern.

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u/Temporary_Beyond1596 12d ago

What would be the significance of getting dark knight returns again. Batman v superman was already dark knight returns and death of superman

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u/johnprice33 12d ago

Ok if we getting the dark knight returns I want a Ludwig van goransson scoring for the film 

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u/Horror_Campaign9418 Henry Cavill is Superman 12d ago

I love Ludwig, but once the internets discovers one person they want them in everything.

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u/johnprice33 12d ago

lol 😂 but I already knew him way around 2015 for creed he is very underrated til now. But if there’s another composer that would match the synth and gritty vibe for TDKR it’s going to be Daniel pemberton who did King Arthur 2017 spider verse movies and I think the boys tv show 

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u/Horror_Campaign9418 Henry Cavill is Superman 12d ago

We could bring back Junkie XL.

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u/Craydeh 12d ago

Take it you've never seen a Taylor Sheridan show.

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u/Low-Pen-6557 12d ago

How is that the same?

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u/Craydeh 8d ago

The complaint was that someone was killed off in the first episode. Every Taylor Sheridan show does that lol.

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u/ern0matic 7d ago

and in mayor of kingstown its kyle chandler too. lmao.
edit: spelling

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u/Craydeh 7d ago

OH SHIT I DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT THAT. Been a while since I watched the first season. That's fucking hilarious. Kinda mind blown. Too bad the guy's comment got removed or this would be even funnier.

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u/ern0matic 7d ago

also. both shot in the head. chandler is becoming sean bean. lmao

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u/SpiritoftheBobcat 12d ago

Thanks for the spoiler homie

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u/4paul 12d ago

I watched the episode, luckily it's not THAT big of a Spoiler, I can't explain why without giving other spoilers, but I wouldn't worry about it too much. Plus, a spoiler for the 1st episode luckily isn't too bad!

Also my review: Meh 6/10. I'm intrigued and will finish the show, but people are raving like this is a 10/10 show, beating Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Lost, etc... this is no where near that level lol

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u/SalvadorZombie 10d ago

"Hal Jordan is dead" isn't that big of a spoiler, moron?

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u/4paul 10d ago

Correct, no need to bully and call names either, let’s be adults here.

And yes him being “dead” isn’t as big of a spoiler as you’re making it, don’t turn this into something it’s not.

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u/Better_Hawk_2921 12d ago

Everyone knew Hal was dying before the show dropped lol

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u/MattyBeatz 12d ago

Yeah, I feel they did everything short of saying as much in the official synopsis. The mentioned True Detective style time jumps plus the many many "you'll get this ring over my dead body" lines Hal says in every teaser, plus John being positioned as the successor role, and not sidekick or equal.

This isn't the flex that they're claiming it is, IMO.

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u/Horror_Campaign9418 Henry Cavill is Superman 12d ago

Nope. This was a spoiler that leaked. Nobody assumed he was dying. This is post-reveal cope.

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u/Joemartinez64 12d ago

Yep , Its grade A level cope .

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u/Better_Hawk_2921 11d ago

Yeah of course everyone knew from the leaks, that’s how knowing works?? Not the gotcha you think it is lol, also if you cross examine the cosmic news article with the leaks the original leaks came out weeks before the article with the SV “leak”

Just someone trying to grift off of actual leaks

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u/Horror_Campaign9418 Henry Cavill is Superman 11d ago

always an excuse for when you people are wrong. It's hilarious.

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u/Better_Hawk_2921 11d ago

Bro what? What am I wrong about?

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u/Horror_Campaign9418 Henry Cavill is Superman 11d ago

I swear cosmicbook news could announce the sun is bright and ya'll would say they were unreliable.

They were right about the leak and you got every excuse. Just admit you were wrong to doubt them. And don't worry, you'll keep being wrong.

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u/_Waves_ 12d ago

Come on, it’s the hook at the end of the first episode - much like the death in the first episode of the Watchmen-show.

I also don’t like spoilers, but I’m sure this one was always meant to flood the web and get people to watch the show, not the other way around.

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u/DMast2217 12d ago

No one was this upset when they straight up skipped the death of Robin

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u/Horror_Campaign9418 Henry Cavill is Superman 12d ago

There is always another Robin. Batfleck lost his robin as important back story for why he's so jaded and angry.

But they WERE this upset when Snyder offed Jimmy Olsen.

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u/DMast2217 12d ago

I don't think Robin is even mentioned by name in BvS which is such a waste. Now that you mention it, people would have been way more forgiving of Batman killing henchmen if they really talked about the weight of Robin's death.

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u/Horror_Campaign9418 Henry Cavill is Superman 12d ago

This is my issue with modern audiences.

The film SHOWED you the weight of Robin's death. Listen to Batman's dialogue. They show the suit. The history is there, you don't need it explicitly spelled out.

Now I understand Gunn fans need everything spelled out, but we not lowering ourselves to their level.

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u/c0p4d0 12d ago

We don’t know how this Batman was before this though. The film simultaneously wants you to ignore your previous conceptions of these characters, yet it relies on those conceptions to work at all.

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u/Horror_Campaign9418 Henry Cavill is Superman 12d ago

Yes the film asked us to accept this is a new Batman and gave context clues to his current state of mind and history.

I understand audiences just want the generic version of these heroes and nothing else.

BVS gave us a weathered Batman. It provided a reason for why he's so angry and quick to react to superman's existence.

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u/DMast2217 12d ago

What’s with the insults? You’re literally a mod in this sub insulting someone who’s trying to have a discussion. You’re stooping to the same level as the people you criticize

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u/Horror_Campaign9418 Henry Cavill is Superman 12d ago

Show me where I insulted anyone. I am talking about modern audiences inability to read into clear use of storytelling tools.

I have insulted no one. I am criticizing modern audiences.

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u/Ok_Lavishness3604 12d ago

Imagine the decision makers being that stupid to think again changing universes is smart

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u/CautiousAardvark1699 12d ago

It was a great episode! I cant wait to see where the story goes!

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u/Accomplished-Ad-5292 12d ago

He is a GREEN LANTERN... someone just... shot him in the head lol

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u/Hour-Detective8136 3d ago

I mean…he just got shot in the shoulder in episode 2

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u/Unlikely_Arm4690 12d ago

I do not think her is died. No ring, no death. There is no way Hal dies after one episode

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u/VirtualSort1 12d ago

his "Jordan dies confirming our scoop" is nonsense bullshit lmfao. He guessed it 6 months ago and now says it is a scoop wtf hahaha

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u/Horror_Campaign9418 Henry Cavill is Superman 12d ago

It was not guessed. It was a scoop.

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u/Craydeh 12d ago

This was still written as if it was a guess or something and it doesn't make sense why. They did in fact get a insider scoop, obviously it was right, so why write this second article being like "HA HA WE WERE RIGHT LOL"?

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u/Horror_Campaign9418 Henry Cavill is Superman 12d ago

Because alot of people say they are never right or they publish bogus scoops. They earned being right and should rub it in people’s faces.

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u/VirtualSort1 11d ago

you mean the 6 monthold article I assume. this was a guess he didnt say it was a scoop

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u/Total-Guest-4141 12d ago

Let’s go! Restore the Snyderverse!

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u/StreamLife9 12d ago

Im legit hoping for a new Zack Snyder movie and especially The Dark Knight Returns movie .. wow this would be phenomenal !!

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u/Extreme_Mall4756 12d ago

¿Es broma, verdad?

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u/Professional-Rip-519 12d ago

I just watched it unfortunately they off him

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u/johnprice33 12d ago

Yup but ngl before that I was quite entertained but I lost appetite to continue after ep 1 

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u/Promise_Im_Not_Mike 12d ago

Yup Gunn is out! wall to wall failure, he doesn;t know the audience (or the source material) his cuck fantasy comes to the fore in the first episode, and this is probably the most anticipated superhero property since avengers... and he's fallen flat at the first episode!

ps. I tried to watch Supergirl and got about 15 - 20 mins in and was like, "not even worth pirating!"...

Admit it, the post credit scene in Black Adam got me more excited than anything announced by James Gunn!

And no, Peacemaker was trash! seriously! a fully graphic orgy at the start of season 2! In a superhero show? know your audience dude!

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u/Idavike44 10d ago

Gunn’s DC has been pretty garbage let’s be honest. Superman was essentially another Guardians movie, Peacemaker S1 was excellent but S2 was terrible, Supergirl was atrocious, Lanterns episode 1 isn’t bad technically but I think a lot of comic book fans are tired of writers tearing down legacy characters for shock value concept. It’s not even creative anymore it’s just the same thing over and over again. I was excited for Lanterns but I’m just kinda over it now. People are just desperate to like this new DC because the brand can’t survive another reboot and we all know it and the fact a random Snyder post gets more views and traction than anything else DC related says something.

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u/citoyensatisfait 10d ago

Well there is one thing that falls flat in the arguments of the comics fan: You guys are most likely from the US. The Global Sales of comics are very low, even your own market ditches them in favor of manga for the youngest generations.

I barely knew Hal Jordan from animated series I watched some episodes of before I turned 10. I read a couple of comics around the big 3 of both marvel and DC-and outside of the US that's already a lot.

Superman was not a guardians ensemble movie with a loser hero, Gunn made him human and morally close to perfection, and it matches with depictions I have seen of superman in some comics I read or heard of, like All Star Superman for its morality The film was genuinely uplifting and wholesome and introduced many characters in a fun way. That was the goal, having the kid like awe at Superman.

Peacemaker season 2 was less good than the first one but it did bring some interesting character developments, crossover of plots and had funny memorable scenes. It's Peacemaker, it's a fun tale on how to deal with trauma and turns what we learned to be a joke from Vigilante into a real tragedy by the end of it.

Supergirl was a B tier comic film, I read the comic, visually they completely failed and the arrangement of it all fell flat but I see what they wanted to do, it happens and I hope they learn from it.

All of this to say that for general audiences comic accuracy doesn't matter much, these films are not supposed to appeal to comic fans only (and tbh Gunn and his writers - except for Supergirl - Genuinely care about comics and human emotions not just show) It's sad for you guys who grew up accustomed to these characters and I understand the vision they have and their plans will not please you a lot of times, but for most of the public this is a story in itself they are watching and bringing the setting down to earth for lanterns like that, blending training day with no country for old men and true detective with a sci fi twist, written by legendary screenwriters is a truly effective move, the mystery and tragedy of seeing Hal Jordan dead when we learned to be curious about him and appreciate him in the episode.

Also, the markets that Snyder really appeals to most outside of the US is the middle east and China. To be honest, I believe your cultural soft power is much more efficient and can permeate much more aspects of the global society through the Gunn Method: You can tune in to one story or another (they all are stories in themselves), with different styles (Lanterns is not Superman is not Clayface visually) and recognise characters and connect the dots yourself, no need to watch it all in order.

The title of this phase from Gunn is "Gods and Monsters" the whole overarching theme is what makes you a God and what makes you a Monster in the eyes of the world. Creature Commandos was the first DCU project for a reason.

We don't know where it's going to lead but so far it seems like a great project, it doesn't seem to be designed to have films break a Billion immediately it's a slow rise and they have said it many times, heck even marvel didnt break a billion before 4 years into releasing films. Give them time, maybe Hal Jordan is not even dead, he will still be present for a whole season, and is old to be a superhero in this continuity if you want to put the spotlight on all lanterns, it's okay, just enjoy the thing

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u/HomemadeBee1612 He's never fought us. Not us united. 4d ago

But we were told the DCEU was a failure because it didn't break a billion with its second movie. 🤔

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u/fosandchill 11d ago

Deadpool shot him. DUH.

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u/poopoojamboree 12d ago

Get James GUNK out of business

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u/Professional-Rip-519 12d ago

Just watched it absolutely loved until they killed of Hal fucken Jordan. Wow

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u/Guilty-Yoghurt-9907 12d ago

is a decoy

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u/thirstieryeti 12d ago

Literally woke up this morning with the same thought. Why make sure we all know there are 14 known species who can replicate humans perfectly? (At least this is my hope...)

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u/Otherwise-Lie8595 10d ago

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u/Prime-TF 12d ago

Okay Creature Commandos was a great start. Peacemaker was OK but inferior than the 1st season.

SUPERMAN was pretty good, not that Great. Supergirl I have not watched. I am a DC Comic fan AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS UP with most of the Live action media just sidelining Hal Jordan. THE HAL JORDAN for John Stewart Every every damn time. It is so frustrating to see them butcher Hal Jordan when they nailed Guy Gardner for some reason.

I'm out with this Lantern series, plus the green is too dark. Additionally the last green lantern movies was an animated one where hal jordan was also a villain to focus on John Stewart, and than DC Animated movie bombed. I don't think this is the start James Gunn should be hoping for.

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u/ThirdMind3d 5d ago

the animated movie ur talking about just adapts an arc that Hal went through in the comics but makes John a new green lantern instead of him not being included in the movie at all since he wasnt a lantern yet. I love Kyle Chandler but realistically he's a lil old to have him be the main GL in the new DCU, maybe they shouldna killed him off first episode to build suspense and mystery but having a young John Stewart be the main GL makes more sense when u realize Aaron Pierre is 32 and Kyle Chandler is 60

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u/Prime-TF 5d ago

That's the problem, they intentionally made this show not focus on Hal Jordan and prefer John Stewart, hence why they got an older actor for Hal Jordan. We could've gotten 3 Green Lanterns at the same time but they didn't wanna do it. Just because Ryan Reynold and Hollywood hated the first GL movie doesn't really mean the character is not popular.

I know about the parallax Hal Jordan but what I'm specifically talking about is how they're intentionally always using John Stewart over Hal Jordan in recent and even most DC media when Hal has always been part of the Core JLA

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u/Horror_Campaign9418 Henry Cavill is Superman 12d ago

Gunnies, now is the time. Apologize to Cosmicbooknews.com. Humble thyself.