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[05/24/21 - 11:23 PM]
Development Update: Monday, May 24
Updates include: The CW gives status on remaining pilots; Hiroyuki Sanada, Cosmo Jarvis to lead "Shogun" limited series; and Catalina Sandino Moreno cast in Epix's "From."
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[03/25/21 - 06:35 PM]
The CW Schedules "Black Lighting" Spin-Off Pilot "Painkiller" for Monday, April 12
Khalil Payne (Jordan Calloway) is a young man ridden with the guilt of his troubled past from his former life in Freeland City, where, as a super-enhanced killing machine known as Painkiller, he was both a member of Tobias Whale's gang and a weapon of Agent Odell and the shadowy ASA.
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[02/16/21 - 11:43 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, February 16
Updates include: Aaron Eckhart to play Gerald Ford in Showtime's "The First Lady"; CBS eyes "NCIS: Hawaii" spin-off; and Archie Panjabi joins the cast of TNT's "Snowpiercer."
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[11/20/20 - 11:17 PM]
Development Update: Friday, November 20
Updates include: The CW's "Black Lightning" to end after four seasons; Steven Lightfoot to run Apple's "Shantaram"; and Paul James cast in Showtime's "I Love This for You."
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[11/12/20 - 11:05 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, November 12
Updates include: "Slasher" gets new home, season at Shudder; The CW plots "Black Lightning" spin-off series; and Casey Wilson latest tapped for Apple's "The Shrink Next Door."
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DEVELOPMENT
HISTORY:
11/12/20
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5/24/21
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STATUS:
previously in development (2021-2022 season) |
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to pilot |
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
network passed on 5/24/21 |
DESCRIPTION:
(from The CW's press release, March 2021) Khalil Payne (Jordan Calloway) is a young man ridden with the guilt of his troubled past from his former life in Freeland City, where, as a super-enhanced killing machine known as Painkiller, he was both a member of Tobias Whale's gang and a weapon of Agent Odell and the shadowy ASA. After attempting to bury the darker, devastatingly lethal Painkiller part of his persona, Khalil has distanced himself away from everyone he knows and loves in a new city, Akashic Valley, in order to find peace... but peace never comes easy for men with pasts like Khalil Payne and Painkiller. As his violent, destructive history crashes his idyllic new beginning, Khalil is thrusted back into action with a new mission - bring justice where he once gave out punishment - but to do that, he will first have to deal with and harness his darker side, Painkiller. |
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Alexander Hodge as Philky
· James Roch as Cousin Donald
· Jordan Calloway as Khalil Payne
· Sibongile Mlambo as Maya
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CREW INFORMATION:
· Bille Woodruff as DIR (Pilot)
· Salim Akil as CRTR/EP
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GENRE(S):
· based on a comic book
· based on a tv series
· drama
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Warner Bros. Television
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