EXCLUSIVE: New Fan-Art Imagines LUKE CAGE's Mahershala Ali As The Green Lantern

EXCLUSIVE: New Fan-Art Imagines LUKE CAGE's Mahershala Ali As The Green Lantern

With a new Green Lantern Corps movie apparently in the works from Warner Bros., we had to ask ourselves what would Luke Cage's Cottonmouth look like as John Stewart/The Green Lantern?

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By NateBest - Jan 22, 2017 08:01 AM EST
Filed Under: Green Lantern
There were rumors way back in 2015 of there being a Green Lantern reboot in the works. In much more recent news it was confirmed last week that David Goyer and Justin Rhodes were brought on as writers for a Green Lantern Corps film. Deadline even reported that Hal Jordan and John Stewart would be the top ring-bearing duos in the "Lethal Weapon in space" premise that's been rumored.

With all of this news for Green Lantern fans we had to ask ourselves, who could play John Stewart and what would they look like? How about Mahershala Ali from Marvel/Netflix' Luke Cage? He was great as Cottonmouth, and has some chops, but what would he look like as the Green Lantern / John Steart? Luckily we have Hamza Javed (hjaved.art) to answer that last question for us in this exclusive piece of fan-art! Hamza actually created two versions of the artwork, one with the standard "Hero" pose and the otherwith Ali's eyes glowing with lantern power. Could Mahershala Ali be up for the role of John Stewart? We have no idea, but we know he would look awesome as a Green Lantern! Want to view a larger, high-resolution version of the images  below? Click on them!

Mahershala Ali As The Green Lantern / John Stewart


Mahershala Ali As The Green Lantern / John Stewart

Which image do you like better? Let us know in the comments below! Head over to his Instagram page (hjaved.art) to see more of his work!

Green Lantern Corps is rumored to hit theaters 2020. David Goyer, Geoff Johns and Jon Berg are all rumored to be involved in the project.
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