Just a few hours ago, NBC announced that actress
Angelica Celaya had been cast as Zed, the replacement character for Liv who
will be written of the Constantine show.
Speaking to IGN, the show's producer, Daniel Cerone
revealed that they are currently speaking to DC Entertainment about possibly
including Jim Corrigan, aka The Spectre to the show.
"It
might happen, it might not. It’s just the point you’re catching us at. Right
now, episode five is off on outline. Within the context of episode five, we had
a need for a police officer who sees that supernatural evils exist. Right
there, okay, that’s an opportunity to introduce a DC character. So we talked to
our DC representatives and we’re like what if we make this character Jim
Corrigan, who goes on the become The Spectre. For those who don’t know, Jim
Corrigan is a police officer who kind of takes the law into his own hands… he
ends up dying and is reincarnated as The Spectre. So it’s a perfect opportunity
for us, because we can name this character Jim Corrigan and within our story,
for the general viewer, that works, because now Constantine has a friend on the
force. For the comic book fan, 'My god, that’s Jim Corrigan!' And we can get
back to that character and can slowly develop that character and who knows,
maybe there’s an opportunity in the future to even see the origin story unfold
within the framework of our TV series. It creates opportunities and creatively
you just have to go in and lay that groundwork in and try and let it unfold
naturally. So we’re in the midst of approvals on that, but that’s one idea
we’re exploring right now."
Also here is a recap of the highlights of the show's
TCA panel:
-Expect lots of DC Comics easter eggs in the pilot.
-David Goyer stated that don't expect friends of
Constantine to stay safe. [Guess he's referring to Liv.]
-The show deals with Constantine doing good for a
reward and doing good for the sake of good. As comic book readers will know,
John Constantine soul belongs to Hell and thus he's trying to do enough good
deeds during his time on Earth to make sure he doesn't spend his afterlife as
demon fodder.
-The first season is about rising darkness.
-Harold Perrineau says his character, Manny, is an
angel of questionable intent.
-Constantine is a smoker, but we just won't actually
see him smoke.
-One scene from the pilot is being reshot to make Liv
less of a heroic figure and more of a damsel in distress. It's in order to
facilitate her exit from the show and set the stage for Zed.
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