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Stranger Things's Sherman Augustus is leaving the Midwest and heading to the DC Universe. The veteran actor and former NFL player recently joined the cast of Dcu's Lanterns, and is set to portray John Senior, the father of Aaron Pierre's character, John Stewart. John Senior is said to be the sort of parent who holds onto the past and is the definition of stubborn. His role will also be recurring, so viewers will see him often throughout the upcoming HBO drama series based on the DC Green Lantern comic. Augustus joins the show's stars, Aaron Pierre and Kyle Chandler (who will play Hal Jordan), and Kelly MacDonald, who signed on as the series' regular character Kerry (a sheriff who takes her job very seriously).

A team-up that involves a veteran and their new recruit will always be dramatic and action-packed with a splash of humor here and there.

Before Sherman Augustus became known as Lt. Col. Jack Sullivan in the Netflix smash series Stranger Things or Nathaniel Moon in the woefully underrated dystopian AMC series Into the Badlands, he had aspirations to be in the NFL. In 1984, he was on pace as he played with the Minnesota Vikings and San Diego Chargers until a horrendous knee injury sidelined him for good.

To be an actor, one should be able to channel feelings deep within one's psyche. There's something almost superhuman about that, which is fitting because now he will be the father of one: Green Lantern John Stewart, in DC Studios' and HBO's much-anticipated series Lanterns.

Based on casting news, it's clear that Lanterns will delve into origins in several phases. Sherman Augustus will play John Stewart, Sr., but so will J. Alphonse Nicholson, at a much younger age. The Deadline article shared Augustus will play Stewart's...

Exclusive: Sherman Augustus (Stranger Things) is set for a key recurring role in Lanterns, HBO’s drama series based on the Green Lantern DC comic. He joins leads Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre and series regular Kelly MacDonald.

The series, from Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof and Tom King, follows new recruit John Stewart (Pierre) and Lantern legend Hal Jordan (Chandler), two intergalactic cops drawn into a dark, Earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland.

Augustus will play John Senior, who is John Stewart’s father and the human embodiment of “stubborn.” In his own reality, he tends to fixate on the past and what could have been.

Cast also includes Poorna Jagannathan, Ulrich Thomsen, Jason Ritter and J. Alphonse Nicholson, who plays the young version of Sherman’s John Senior.

The eight-episode Lanterns is produced by HBO in association with Warner Bros Television and DC Studios.

Production is underway on Lanterns and P-Valley star J. Alphonse Nicholson is the latest addition to the show's cast. According to Deadline, he will play the father of Aaron Pierre's John Stewart.

However, it sounds like his scenes will primarily be flashbacks as the trade notes, "Nicholson will play the young version of John Senior." This comes shortly after we learned Nicole Ari Parker has been tapped to star as the Green Lantern's mother.

While Hal Jordan will also take centre stage in Lanterns, it's not surprising to learn that we'll explore John's background as he's expected to be the Dcu's main Green Lantern moving beyond this Max series.

Nicholson's other screen credits include Just Mercy, They Cloned Tyrone, Mr. Robot, Luke Cage, and Clipped. He reacted to his casting on social media and expressed gratitude for landing the role.

"Aaron is a serious theater actor, yet he also...

Exclusive: J. Alphonse Nicholson (P-Valley) is set for a key recurring role in Lanterns, HBO’s drama series based on the Green Lantern DC comic. He joins leads Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre and series regular Kelly MacDonald.

The series, from Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof and Tom King, follows new recruit John Stewart (Pierre) and Lantern legend Hal Jordan (Chandler), two intergalactic cops drawn into a dark, Earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland.

Nicholson will play the young version of John Senior.

Cast also includes Poorna Jagannathan, Ulrich Thomsen and Jason Ritter.

The eight-episode Lanterns is produced by HBO in association with Warner Bros Television and DC Studios. Mundy, who serves as showrunner, Lindelof and King are co-writing and executive producing. James Hawes is directing the first two episodes and also exec producing.

Nicholson played the series regular role of Lil’ Murda on Starz’s P-Valley.

The Great Gatsby dominated. Aacta.s technical and short films awards today, collecting gongs in all six craft categories for which it was nominated, plus the Aacta award for outstanding achievement in visual effects.

The co-production Top of the Lake bagged two TV trophies while Matchbox Pictures. Nowhere Boys, created by Tony Ayres, was named best children.s TV series.

The TV documentary prize went to Redesign My Brain, which explores the revolutionary new science of brain plasticity, written and directed by Paul Scott and produced by Isabel Perez and Scott for ABC TV.

Writer-director Nick Verso's The Last Time I Saw Richard, produced by John Molloy, was honoured as best short fiction film. Developed and funded through Screen Australia.s Springboard program, the short is a prequel to the upcoming feature film Boys In The Trees, tracing the friendship between two teenagers in a mental health clinic in...

The father of X Factor twins, John and Edward Grimes has insisted that his sons aren’t cocky and arrogant and insists that they are very family focused boys.

Live shows haven’t even started yet and already the boys have been on the receiving end of a huge amount of criticism and a Facebook hate campaign.

In an interview with The Mirror, John senior said:

“The boys aren’t brats and certainly not arrogant. They are much more down to earth than people think. They are inseparable and would do anything for each other.

“Even when they were babies they had an intuition about each other. Even now they share a bedroom in our home.

“We gave them each their own room and after a few days they wanted to move back in together again. They are best of mates and that will help them on the show.

“I...