DC Studios’ upcoming HBO drama “Lanterns” got a new trailer for the Green Lantern-inspired mystery at San Diego Comic Con. The eight-episode series premieres on HBO on August 16.

The show stars Kyle Chandler as Hal Jordan, a veteran Green Lantern, and Aaron Pierre as John Stewart, Jordan’s protégé who is learning to drive. The heroes have magic rings that allow them to create any object imaginable from green light. They patrol the galaxy and keep the peace as members of the Green Lantern Corps. In “Lanterns,” the two outer space cops are called to rural Nebraska for a mysterious murder, which may have connections to dangerous aliens.

The cast includes Kelly Macdonald, Laura Linney, Paula Patton, Garret Dillahunt, Poorna Jagannathan, Nicole Ari Parker, Jason Ritter, Sherman Augustus, Paul Ben-Victor and Ulrich Thomsen as classic Green Lantern villain Sinestro. Nathan Fillion, who played Green Lantern member Guy Gardner in last year’s “Superman” and its upcoming sequel “Man of Tomorrow,” will return in “Lanterns.”

The new trailer revealed the first look at Sinestro, who has a complicated past with Jordan. In the comics, Sinestro was a former Green Lantern and Jordan’s mentor figure, but the red-skinned alien changes and becomes one of Jordan’s biggest villains. He later becomes Yellow Lantern, an opposing space group who uses fear to power his magic rings. There’s also a cameo by Guy Gardner, plus it’s revealed that the murder mystery surrounds the Manhunters, a race of aliens who can shapeshift and look like anyone.

“Lanterns” is created by Tom King, Damon Lindelof and showrunner Chris Mundy. They also serve as executive producers alongside DC Studios co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran. “Lanterns” joins “Creature Commandos” and “Peacemaker” as companion shows in the rebooted DC Universe. Next up for the DCU is this fall’s body horror film “Clayface,” starring Tom Rhys Harries as the classic Batman villain.

Watch the trailer below.