Hart
of Dixie alum Cress Williams, is set to play the lead character in Greg
Berlanti's ("Arrow," "The Flash") latest superhero drama
based on material previously published by DC Comics, Black Lightning.
The
show, which was originally developed at Fox but is now at The CW, centers on
Jefferson Pierce (Williams), a former superhero who has decided to hang up his
costume, however, with a daughter hell-bent on justice, and a star student
being recruited by a local gang, Pierce is dragged back into the fight as the wanted
vigilante and DC legend Black Lightning.
Black
Lightning's powers include flight, magnetism, force field, radar sense, electricity
control, energy manipulation/absorption/constructs among several others.
Salim
Akil ("The Game") and Mara Brock ("Girlfriends") will write
and executive produce the series alongside Greg Berlanti and his WB TV-based
Berlanti Productions head Sarah Schechter.
The
series is based on the DC Comics character of the same name created by Tony
Isabella and Trevor Von Eeden.
Williams'
credits include Friday Night Lights, E.R., and Prison Break.
Source
- THR
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