Black Lightning viewers may be saying goodbye to the series after four seasons, but they're also getting a chance to check out the show's future with Monday night's episode "Painkiller"- a backdoor spinoff pilot for Jordan Calloway's Khalil Payne aka Painkiller In the episode, Khalil attempts to start a new life and to keep his[...]
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While the story of Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) looks to be ending (for now) with the current fourth and final season of The CW's Black Lightning, its legacy could live on in Jordan Calloway's Khalil Payne aka Painkiller So when the series returns on Monday, April 12, viewers will find Khalil attempting to start a[...]
On Tuesday, they also learned who would be joining Jordan Calloway's Painkiller during the episode (and onto the series if it gets a go-ahead)- with Sibongile Mlambo (Roswell, New Mexico), Alexander Hodge (Insecure), and James Roch (The Night Shift) joining the Salim Akil-written, directed, and executive-produced chapter (Deadline Hollywood first reported, exclusively) Described as a "strikingly[...]
And while viewers still await word on the Green Arrow and the Canaries pilot, the network announced on Thursday that it was developing a backdoor pilot for a Black Lightning spinoff built around Jordan Calloway's Painkiller character The backdoor pilot will be the seventh episode of the upcoming fourth season, with Black Lightning showrunner Salim Akil[...]
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CW's Black Lightning stars Cress Williams as Jefferson Pierce / Black Lightning, Nafessa Williams as Anissa Pierce, China Anne McClain as Jennifer Pierce, James Remar as Peter Gambi, Damon Gupton as Inspector Henderson, Christine Adams as Lynn Pierce, Marvin Jones III as Tobias Whale, and Jordan Calloway as Khalil Payne Greg Berlanti, Salim[...]
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Black Lightning s02e14 "The Book of Secrets: Chapter Four: Original Sin": TROUBLE – Looking for answers, a worried Anissa (Nafessa Williams) sets out to find Grace (guest star Chantal Thuy). Cress Williams, China Anne McClain, Christine Adams, Damon Gupton, Marvin Jones III, Jordan Calloway and James Remar also[...]
While maybe a little short on action and moving the main story together, it deeply developed so many of the side storylines that it was more than worth it.
Next week we continue with the (likely) biblical references with Black Lightning s02e13 "The Book of Secrets: Chapter Three: Pillar of Fire" – where it looks like[...]
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● A tale of two rhetorical questions: (1) Why would Lynn (Christine Adams) give someone she just met – and who was handcuffed to a chair with a bag over his head – pretty much a free run at her family by bringing Issa[...]
Struggling with his new life as Painkiller, Kahlil (Jordan Calloway) pays a visit to Jennifer (China Anne McClain) in hopes of mending things Meanwhile, Tobias (Marvin Jones III) continues to enact his plan Nafessa Williams, Christine Adams, Damon Gupton, and James Remar also star Oz Scott directed the episode written by Charles D Holland
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Robert Townsend, Bill Duke, and Angela Rye guest star.
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But with crime and corruption spreading like wildfire, Black Lightning returns — to save not only his family, but also the soul of his community.
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But with crime and corruption spreading like wildfire, Black Lightning returns — to save not only his family, but also the soul of his community.
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Painkiller, played by actor Jordan Calloway, is an adaptation of a villain from Black Lightning comics.
This was announced at the Warner Bros panel at SDCC.
In the first season, Painkiller, aka Khalil Payne (interestingly, the comic version of the character was never given a real name), was the boyfriend of Black Lightning/Jefferson Pierce's daughter, Jennifer Pierce[...]
Khalil Payne is a villain from the comics, more specifically a villain from the Black Lightning comics… Painkiller.
How do we know he's Painkiller? It says it in the photo description released by the CW.
Black Lightning — " Shadow of Death: The Book of War" — Image BLK113c_0061b.jpg — Pictured: Jordan Calloway as Khalil/Painkiller — Photo:[...]
Her boyfriend Kahlil (Jordan Calloway) was shot during the march and will never walk again She's still in high school and was dreaming of proms and dancing now she has to decide if she wants to stay and help Kahlil rebuild his life Not the type of stuff you expect a Super Hero TV show[...]