>EXCLUSIVE: Lightning may strike three times, with a third Greg Berlanti-produced comic book series developed/launched at another network heading to the CW.
>I’ve learned that Black Lightning, the high-profile drama based on the DC character, which had a big production commitment at Fox, is on the move and likely to land at the CW. The project comes from Greg Berlanti, king of the CW’s DC universe, The Game and Being Mary Jane creator Mara Brock Akil and her husband Salim Akil. Discussions are still underway but I hear the drama would likely get a pilot order.
>This is a swift turnaround for the project, which was shopped by Warner Bros. TV immediately after Fox opted not to go to pilot. I hear Fox brass ultimately decided that the superhero show was not a good fit into its already crowded genre drama space that includes the DC/WBTV series Gotham and Lucifer, Seth MacFarlane’s upcoming space dramedy, and two pilots, the X-Men-themed drama written by Matt Nix and The Passage, all from 20th TV.
God, it's to the point where I don't even want to discuss black characters on this site anymore, because I know a racist shitstorm is always inevitable.
Are we getting literal black lightning? Because that'd be cool.
Jayden Bailey
That's what they've done with recent interpretations of the character and it looks pretty cool
Gavin Perez
whoa, someone's gonna be really mad they made him white
Eli Diaz
welcome to the cwverse
James Gonzalez
Just change CW into DC Network already.
Caleb Hill
Good. Fox would've had a bad job like Gotham .
Jordan Watson
CWverse now has Black Lightning Katana Markovia Stagg Industry
They just might be able to make a team WB won't use for movies.
Nicholas Walker
I hope he's already a father, I like his daughters
Aiden Jones
>Katana
Not anymore.
Plus Geoforce is already dead.
Nathan Sanchez
Katana has shown up since the movie.
And when did Geoforce even show up much less die?
Benjamin Cruz
To wrap up her storyline, never to be seen again.
Also Brion Markov was the creator of the earthquake machine in season 1 of "Arrow". Malcolm killed him in the penultime episode of that season.
Aaron Lewis
Oh yeah that guy. Oh well. Can't really seem to get that upset about Geoforce dying.
Joshua Nguyen
Well, he did in the old logline.
>Jefferson Pierce is a meta-human with electric powers who hung up his suit and secret identity years ago to become a high school teacher. But with a daughter hellbent on justice and a star student being recruited by a local gang, Pierce is pulled back into the fight as the wanted vigilante and crimefighting legend - Black Lightning".
But then again these things change when the networks change. When Berlanti first pitched SUPERGIRL to The CW Winn was gay and Alex was evil and fucking Hank.
Dylan Price
I feel like that is innevitable. Sooner or later CW gonna get renamed/rebranded as DCW or something like that
Daniel Foster
>implying Winn isn't still gay as Christmas
Hudson Cruz
I am cautiously optimistic
Cameron Sanders
>When Berlanti first pitched SUPERGIRL to The CW Winn was gay and Alex was evil and fucking Hank. Source?
Caleb Jackson
He totally wants to Eiffel towered by Mon-El and Jimmy
Luis Bell
>To wrap up her storyline, never to be seen again. Her family was mentioned in an episode of LoT
Jaxon Hill
This is so obvious it amazes me it hasn't become a plot point. But I guess they're busy having the lesbians suck the air out of the room every 15 minutes.
Daniel Smith
>CW So its another fucking teen drama, great
Sebastian Williams
The character breakdowns leaked.
Robert Jenkins
Gotham is great though
Ryder King
>Black Lightning meets Joe Welp I'm sold
Hudson Anderson
CW is the only network that can support DC heroes effectively for the time-being.
I like the fact that CW is utilizing the B-Listers of DC.
Fuck, give me Metamorpho, The Metal Men, Doom Patrol, Adam Strange, Raven, Starfire, the Blackhawks, and everyone else who isn't tied to Superman, Batman, WW, or the nu-52 Justice League.
Julian Phillips
I hope Static shows up in his show. Black Lightning and Static teaming up would be cool.
Landon Baker
>they make him a redhead
Aaron Martinez
Lets be honest at the rate these shows are spinning off amd getting greenlit, CW may actually just become a comic book channel.
Like dont they have a comic show on every day of there line up? They only have like ten shows in the first place!
Jaxson Turner
You know, it's really fucking lazy to have black superheroes with electric powers. Why not give him gravity, wind generation, hard light, or something else?
Zachary Roberts
>Interesting as fuck character >Great design >Happens to be black >Not plagued by fanboys since he's not top tier >Be made by CW not netflix like Daredevil I can just picture it now. He's gonna be some half black smarmy bisexual muslim to tease the shipping faggots who watch that garbage.
Ryder Bennett
See Don't be.
Asher Kelly
He's an original character and not replacing another character, so I don't think you'll get nearly racist response you're counting on.
and well the rest is usually people fucking with you just because
Austin Thomas
Fuck off.
Evan Bell
This art and design reminds me of the art and designs from Milestone.
Carter Moore
Am I wrong though? I'm all for exclusivity in comics and shows but when they're so shallow as to shoehorn in that bullshit it's retarded.
Elijah Garcia
>exclusivity >*inclusivity
Brandon Rodriguez
I thought The CW had said there were gonna be no more DC shows, pretty recently? Also fuck this, first they save supergirl and possibly this but not Constantine?
Jaxon Lopez
or the right to vote
Ayden Baker
>is my thing I just made up wrong Considering you had to make it up, yes.
Tyler Johnson
I wonder which Earth he will be at, Arrow/Flash/Legends or Supergirl or separated again?
Jaxson Reyes
They saved Constantine by making him 2d.
Brody Cook
>Not Static Being Static Shock is suffering
Wyatt Fisher
>archie might go zombie horror >flash green arrow supergirl and rip hunter and maybe black lightning all have their own shows with crossovers Gonna be honest here the melodrama still pisses me off a good bit but this shit is kinda cool fuck it
Connor Cooper
>Promoting an actual black character instead of race swapping
It's really shitty that I'm actually excited we're getting an actual black superhero, not a blackface superhero.
BL has more history, his own family, and has been around since the Superfriend's days. This guy has been around since the 70's and he's never gotten any love, not even like Static did with his own crappy cartoon.
I'd say include static if you have to, but I'm just glad a hero like him is getting his own chance to shine.
Daniel Bell
Black Lightning?
I really hope that this means that his CW-manditory ground team are the Outsiders.
How did Green Arrow leave Katana? I wasn't watching it when she was on, but I know she was there.
Henry Collins
Wait shit if black lightning and flash fought could he pull that farooq shit and depower barry instantly?
Kayden Hill
One step closer to live action afro-mask
Ryan Barnes
considering barry got ghosted by a weak bitch this week, anything is possible. They make barry job to people that shouldn't even be able to see him coming.
Camden Martin
Neat
Adrian Bailey
Well, first Archie needs to go bankrupt and get bought by WB, then Riverdale gets it's DC crossover to turn Jughead into Captain Hero.
James Jackson
eh, wind is for asians or southeast asians or middle east folk. hard light needs to have tech behind it or it's a bullshit power. i cant think of a gravity manipulating hero though, so yeah that could work. it'd go with bein' black pretty nicely. as would bone-armor and spikes, which is why Spyke was pretty cool once he lost the totally radical aspects
Caleb Bailey
massive kek
Jaxson Long
>Seth MacFarlane’s upcoming space dramedy, and two pilots Hmmm?
Jonathan Sanchez
Nice trips
Anthony Price
oh right i forgot how not shit most cw shows are
Justin Allen
Could it be?
Could we finally get an adaptation of the Outsiders that won't suck or be cut off before it even begins?
Joshua Lee
>They make barry job to people that shouldn't even be able to see him coming. They also made everything barry's fault.
Grayson Cook
Black Lightning is cool I hope his show/pilot is good.
Xavier Wilson
>Tfw DC wants to make their own Luke Cage
k E k
Adrian Torres
HOLLEEEY SHIIIT
Owen Moore
>Also Brion Markov was the creator of the earthquake machine in season 1 of "Arrow". Malcolm killed him in the penultime episode of that season.
Couldn't they easily handwave that by saying he was just one of the bastard kids and had a different middle name or something? It's not like anyone would really care that much.
Camden Roberts
No thanks I had my fill of soap opera's with 10 minutes of capeshit, gave up arrow and legends, and don't plan on looking back.
Jaxson Murphy
Static's powers aren't lighting based. He's a human electromagnet.
Thomas Stewart
Or just handwave his survival as part of Barry changing the timeline. I doubt anyone will object.
>The project comes from Greg Berlanti, king of the CW’s DC universe, The Game and Being Mary Jane creator Mara Brock Akil and her husband Salim Akil. >black people are required to make show about black person yeah, that frame of mind worked out so well with supergirl
Levi Barnes
They'll just give them the same powers to make it easier on the FX team. Subtle nuances would just confuse the audience anyway, and it would be better to focus on the inter-generational aspect. But they'll probably make them both college age and have the guy playing Virgil pretend to be in high school.
Lincoln Wilson
Cool
Joseph White
Holy shit. I know they tried making it seem like a cool scene, but it just seems so cringey and ridiculous.
Anyways, they better not fuck up Black Lightning.
Cooper Adams
Shit. Glad I dropped Arrow midway last season. Really dodged a bullet. Well I still had the first part of last season but glad I didn't have to keep suffering through this shit.
Henry Anderson
CW is named so for CBS and WB you silly precum babies
Charles Parker
That just wouldn't work. I'm sure they would allow him to move metal and such. DC TV puts people a least in the right power territories.
Brandon Allen
Then what the fuck was upn?
Jeremiah Ross
The Top is a girl who makes people experience vertigo The Atom is an Iron Man knock off who couldn't shrink for like half a season
Ryan Diaz
Damn, I thought it was going to be from Fox.
I'm still excited for it but I really wanted something that wasn't the normal CW shows.
>black lightning
I hope so because it's cool as fuck.
Nathaniel Parker
How much does Disney pay you?
Evan Brown
>not Static RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Kevin Powell
Fucking retard.
Owen Diaz
They've had Vixen in those shows for ages.
Adam Gutierrez
Static could be his protege, right? There could be an entire Big Bang subplot, right?
;_;
Brayden Torres
The can't do everything right. But Barry can run through time. King Shark was King Shark. We are about to get a Music Miester episode. I'm sure if Static appeared they would do him to the best of their budget and not make him Black Lighting Jr.
Dylan Jackson
>people are seriously excited for this monkey's paw bullshit
What's wrong with you all?
Austin Sanchez
don't forget Livewire absorbed and threw back the speedforce lightning bolt Barry threw at her knocking him senseless for a bit.
Wyatt Ross
most of Arrow has been for the last couple seasons. but hey now we have Black Canary number 4 so things gotta get better right?
Oliver Robinson
United Paramount Network CBS owns Paramount
Xavier Mitchell
we're eternally optimistic even though it keeps biting us in the ass
Gabriel Cooper
not CW, I know, but when is Powerless coming out? it seemed like it could be fun
Luis Diaz
It premiered earlier tonight.
Lucas King
shit. missed it. was it good?
Gavin Baker
The Top induces vertigo in the comics too.
Connor Sanchez
Save Static for Titans.
Aaron Howard
literally who? Is he a D-lister or what?
Christopher Martin
Popular back in the day. D-List probably now. He has several character knock offs or inspirations like Black Volt from Super Friends. He's the black guy with lightning powers that started the whole black guys with lightning powers thing.
