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All rights reserved. The CW's Black Lightning stars Cress Williams as Jefferson Pierce/Black Lightning, Nafessa Williams as Anissa Pierce/Thunder/Blackbird, James Remar as Peter Gambi, Christine Adams as Lynn Pierce, Marvin Jones III as Tobias Whale, Jordan Calloway as Khalil Payne/Painkiller, and Chantel Thuy as Grace Choi Produced by Berlanti Productions and Akil Productions, in association with Warner[...]

All rights reserved. The CW's Black Lightning stars Cress Williams as Jefferson Pierce/Black Lightning, Nafessa Williams as Anissa Pierce/Thunder/Blackbird, James Remar as Peter Gambi, Christine Adams as Lynn Pierce, Marvin Jones III as Tobias Whale, Jordan Calloway as Khalil Payne/Painkiller, and Chantel Thuy as Grace Choi Produced by Berlanti Productions and Akil Productions, in association with Warner[...]

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[...]

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[...]

While Season Four may be the end of one journey, I'm extremely excited to usher in a new chapter and continued collaboration with The CW as we tell the story of Painkiller." Photo: Bob Mahoney/The CW — © 2021 The CW Network, LLC All rights reserved. In the backdoor pilot for the potential spinoff series, Calloway's Khalil[...]

While Season Four may be the end of one journey, I'm extremely excited to usher in a new chapter and continued collaboration with The CW as we tell the story of Painkiller." Photo: The CW — © 2021 The CW Network, LLC All rights reserved. In the backdoor pilot for the potential spinoff series, Calloway's Khalil Payne[...]

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[...]

On the other hand, the season will also serve as the potential springboard for the future of the "Arrowverse" with a backdoor pilot for a spinoff built around Jordan Calloway's Painkiller character set for the seventh episode One person with both a personal and professional vested interest in the final season (and beyond) is actor/comedian Wayne[...]

And people that actually know me… they know why I make the decisions that I make." McClain also went on to urge those watching to give the backdoor pilot for Jordan Calloway's Painkiller spinoff (expected to be the seventh episode of the season) their love and support Black Lightning (Photo: Josh Stringer/The CW — © 2019[...]

And while the fate of the Green Arrow and the Canaries pilot remains in limbo, Superman & Lois and previous DC Universe series Stargirl have joined the line-up, and Black Lightning is setting up a backdoor pilot for Painkiller (Jordan Calloway) Now comes word from Deadline Hollywood that Queen of the South executive producer/co-showrunner Dailyn Rodriguez, Berlanti[...]

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[...]

Breaking out of San Diego Comic-Con, Painkiller is to become a regular cast member in Black Lightning season 2 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[...]

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:[...]