{"id":94792,"date":"2025-02-27T16:56:17","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T21:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=94792"},"modified":"2025-02-27T16:56:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T21:56:17","slug":"hbo-original-drama-series-lanterns-begins-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/27\/hbo-original-drama-series-lanterns-begins-production\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO Original Drama Series &#8220;Lanterns&#8221; Begins Production"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_94793\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-94793\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-94793 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Lanterns.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Lanterns.webp 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Lanterns-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-94793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Courtesy of John P. Johnson\/HBO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Production has commenced on the HBO Original drama series LANTERNS on the historic Warner Bros lot in Burbank. The series, an HBO Original production in association with Warner Bros. 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The drama series is developed for television by filmmakers Andy Muschietti and Barbara Muschietti (\"IT,\" \"IT Chapter Two,\" \"The Flash\") and Jason Fuchs (\"IT Chapter Two,\" \"Wonder Woman,\" \"Argylle\"), will debut on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"TV News","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/category\/tv_news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/It-Welcome-to-Derry.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/It-Welcome-to-Derry.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/It-Welcome-to-Derry.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":103747,"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/28\/hbo-releases-the-second-official-teaser-for-it-welcome-to-derry-debuting-this-october-video\/","url_meta":{"origin":94792,"position":4},"title":"HBO Releases the Second Official Teaser for &#8220;It: Welcome to Derry,&#8221; Debuting This October [VIDEO]","author":"morty","date":"July 28, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"HBO unveiled the second official teaser for the original drama series IT: WELCOME TO DERRY, from Warner Bros. 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