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The CW has released a new trailer for their upcoming series Black Lightning The new teaser focuses on the reason Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) first went into retirement and the reason he will come out It also shows us a bit of the power that his daughters Anissa and Jennifer have. The official synopsis says: Jefferson Pierce[...]

The CW has released a new teaser trailer for the upcoming DCTV drama series Black Lightning It's a quick succession of clips showing Black Lightning in action This show is starting to feel like the middle ground between The Flash and Arrow It's Metahuman vs the street level thugs giving more practical fight scenes with added special[...]

I'm moving on here to a series that hasn't even started yet, the new Black Lightning series that will debut January 16th Where the lead hero has powers, the villains talked about are more gang related and at some point, he's going to need to have a throwdown I think it would be fitting if[...]

The CW has released a new trailer for their upcoming new DCTV series, Black Lightning This series comes from from executive producers Greg Berlanti, Salim Akil, Mara Brock Akil, and Sarah Schechter, based on the DC Comic character created by artist Trevor Von Eeden and writer Tony Isabella in the pages of Black Lightning #1 (1977)[...]

The CW continues to promote their new DCTV series Black Lightning In this new seven second teaser we see Jefferson Pierce standing in the rain with lightning in his eyes There is a voice over that says, "People out there need me Black Lightning is back." This is a pretty intense-looking scene with Pierce in[...]

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It brings together the producers and stars from shows including Arrow, The Flash, Gotham, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl, Black Lightning and Freedom Force: The Ray, writers and artists from DC Comics and invited guests from politics, government and business. DC in DC takes place Friday, January 12th and Saturday, January 13th and will feature a[...]

The CW has released a new trailer for their upcoming Black Lightning series, which debuts next month We get some new footage below, including Tobias Whale talking about the resurrection and how it's bad for his business We also learn that the world thought Black Lightning was dead And from the scenes, it looks like[...]

The CW has released a new key art for the upcoming DCTV drama series Black Lightning The series comes from producers Salim Akil, Mara Brock Akil, and Greg Berlanti It is based on the DC Comics character created in 1977 by Tony Isabella and Trevor Von Eeden. Black Lightning tells the story of former hero now[...]

The CW is doing the full-court press for their new series Black Lightning The short clip below shows lightning racing through the character's veins — which looks very painful and not something I'd recommend This teaser was just released They also ran a longer spot during Supergirl last night that you can see here. I expect[...]

Finally, the CW has dropped the first official trailer for their latest addition to their superhero lineup, Black Lightning As we've previously reported, the series will premiere on January 16th, at the same time that the Flash returns from their own midseason break. The series stars Cress Williams as former hero turned high school principal, Jefferson Pierce, who gets[...]

It was recently revealed that on January 16th, when the Flash returns from their midseason break, instead of being followed by DC's Legends of Tomorrow, the 9 PM slot will be filled by Black Lightning. The show from executive producers Greg Berlanti, Salim Akil & Mara Brock Akil and Sarah Schechter is based on the DC Comic character created by artist Trevor Von[...]

Yet you can already order a Black Lightning statue based on the look Cress Williams will be sporting in the new CW series, debuting January 16th at 9 p.m. This must mean that the powers that be at DC must have a lot of confidence in the new series from executive producers Greg Berlanti, Salim Akil, Mara Brock Akil, and Sarah[...]

The CW has released it's schedule following the holiday hiatus and now we know when the much anticipated debut of Black Lightning will be The show from executive producers Greg Berlanti, Salim Akil & Mara Brock Akil and Sarah Schechter is set for January 16th at 9 PM after the return of The Flash This makes[...]

Black Lightning has just returned to his hometown to fight back against this wave of terror Unfortunately, the police aren't ready to trust Jefferson Pierce He's up against both criminals and the police in this struggle for the soul Cleveland. In the shadows, the original Tobias Whale is making moves, and Black Lightning may find himself[...]

Black Lightning casts Chantal Thuy in the recurring role of Grace Choi The character of Choi was created in the comics by Judd Winnick and Tom Raney, first appearing in Outsiders #1 (2003) Grace was a bouncer at a meta human night club and the daughter of a Bana Amazon, giving her greater strength and[...]

Jill Scott, the Grammy Award-winning singer and actor, has signed on to play Lady Eve in the upcoming CW series Black Lightning According to EW.com, she will play the bridge between a secret group of corrupt leaders and Tobias Whale (Marvin 'Krondon' Jones III), the leader of the 100 gang.  In the comics, Lady Eve is[...]

Before Raiden and Black Lightning are added to the Injustice 2 roster, NetherRealm Studios took the time to implement one of their bigger updates on the game to smooth over some rough spots and make all of their characters play a little better than before Below is the complete list of what they've added or[...]

DC has announced a new Black Lightning series from Tony Isabella and Clayton Henry, part of the new way all solicits come out now, one at a time. Due out in November, Black Lightning: Cold Dead Hands will run for six issues, and DC promises things won't be "a throwback to Isabella's previous time with the character."[...]

With the upcoming Black Lightning series set to put Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) up against the 100 gang, it was only a matter of time before the CW was going to cast the head of the gang, Tobias Whale That day is today, as rapper Marvin "Krondon" Jones III has been cast as a series[...]

Here is an interesting bit of news concerning the upcoming CW series Black Lightning that almost slipped through the cracks The series was originally being set in either Atlanta or NOLA, but according to TVLine's Michael Ausiello, the show will not take place in the fictional city of Freeland. The original Black Lightning story from the[...]

It's Friday so we get another round of DC Versus and this week sees The Flash vs Black Lightning It's an interesting match up and one we may get to see in live action if the new Black Lightning series with Cress Williams does well on the CW Seeing him battle against or with Grant[...]

Black Lightning has added two new cast members for their upcoming first season James Remar (Dexter) will be joining the cast as Peter Gambi, Jefferson Pierce's (Cress Williams) oldest friend and mentor And Damn Gupton (Bates Motel) will be playing season lawman Inspector Henderson, who butts heads with the vigilante at first but then finds[...]

The CW / DCTV has released a new two minute plus video featuring the characters of the Arrowverse (Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow) and the upcoming series Black Lightning The video ties the live-action characters to their comic book counterparts and includes voices overs and clips from previous episodes… but it goes on[...]

There are a lot of comic adaptations and superhero shows on television, but Black Lightning is going to be very unique in at least one specific way that hasn't really been talked about much yet Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) is a person with powers and the father of two daughters who have powers It's a[...]

Writer Daniel Holloway has written an article for Variety Magazine discussing the surge of black superheroes into the realm of television and film for both Marvel and DC Comics as of late. From Luke Cage and Black Lightning hitting the small screens to Black Panther's own film and Cyborg's participation in Justice League movie, heroes of color have[...]

Black Lightning was one of the first African-American superheroes for DC, created by Tony Isabella and Trevor Von Eeden in 1977 The character has had a couple attempts at his own series and at being part of a team book as well Greg Bernlanti teamed with Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil on a Black[...]

The Black Lightning series kicks off nine years after Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) has hung up his costume He is a high school principal trying to help out in different ways He has an ex-wife named Lynn (Christine Adams) who he remains friends with and two teenage daughters Jennifer (China Anne McClain) and Anissa (Nafessa[...]

No, they don't show anyone from Arrow that might have died on Lian Yu… but there is a new look at Black Lightning doing a spin move to build up and fire a bolt of lightning I call it a pirouette, but you can't really tell if his raised foot is pressed against the inside[...]

And the CW has released an extended synopsis for Black Lightning. Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) is a man wrestling with a secret As the father of two daughters and principal of a charter high school that also serves as a safe haven for young people in a New Orleans neighborhood overrun by gang violence, he is[...]