Greg Berlanti's Black Lightning TV series is moving from Fox to The CW.
Deadline is reporting that Greg Berlanti's Black LightningTV series is moving from FOX to The CW, making it the sixth Berlanti series currently at the network. According to the report, FOX opted not to greenlight a pilot because the network decided it was not a good fit in its current line-up.
The CW is still discussing the project with Berlanti and Being Mary Jane creators Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil, although Deadline posits that the series will get a pilot order. Black Lightning would certainly be a good fit for The CW considering that the network currently has four other DC shows in its line-up. Black Lightning would be the fifth and the first to star an African-American superhero.
Mara and Salim Akil wrote the pilot, which is based on the DC character created by Tony Isabella with Trevor Von Eeden. The series centers around Jefferson Pierce, who left behind his life as a superhero years ago but might have to reclaim his secret identity after his daughters find themselves going down the wrong path.
Black Lightning was one of DC's first African-American superheroes, created in 1977.
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