HBO’s Green Lantern series has found its villain. Ulrich Thomsen (The Blacklist, Banshee) will play DC Comics villain Sinestro in the upcoming superhero series Lanterns, our sister site Deadline reports.

It was looking like Hal Jordan's most infamous foe may not be a part of the HBO/Max Lanterns series, but we now have word that Ulrich Thomsen has joined the cast as

HBO’s upcoming Lanterns series has officially found its Sinestro, with Deadline reporting that Ulrich Thomsen has been tapped to play the villainous character. It’s unknown exactly what role Sinestro will have in the upcoming series,

EXCLUSIVE: Ulrich Thomsen (Counterpart, The Blacklist) has been tapped to recur in the HBO, WBTV and DC Studios series Lanterns as DC supervillain Sinestro. The series follows new recruit John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) and Lantern legend Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler),