Painkiller: Black Lightning Spinoff Could Head to HBO Max
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Painkiller had been passed over by the network. In their write-up on the news,
The Hollywood Reporter brought word that Warner Bros. TV will be shopping the series around to other potential homes with the trade noting that HBO Max could be a possible destination for the series. Painkiller wasn t the only series not picked up by The CW though with Our Ladies of Brooklyn, described as a dramedy about two millennial nuns was also passed on by the network.
It s unclear if the WarnerMedia streamer will pick up the show however, and it s not a guarantee that a Warner Bros. TV series would immediately be picked up by HBO Max just because they live under the same umbrella. Earlier this month came word that the WBTV produced series Prodigal Son had been cancelled at FOX and while the producers sought out a new home for the series, targeting HBO Max as a first, it was revealed last week that the streamer had passed on the o
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Black Lightning spin-off Painkiller gets disappointing update Let s rip that Band-Aid off now, okay?
Painkiller has just delivered a painful blow, as star Jordan Calloway has revealed that the series will not be going any further .
In a statement shared to Twitter, Jordan – who plays Khalil Payne in The CW s
Black Lightning – told fans that
Painkiller had been nixed. Let s rip that Band-Aid off now, okay? he said. Now, what I wanted to do was just, very quickly, make a video saying thank you, Jordan continued, before thanking fans, supporters, and the powers-that-be at The CW and Warner Media.
Painkiller spinoff series!
The
Black Lightningactor will reprise his role as Khalil Payne/Painkiller for the potential show, and the backdoor pilot air date has been set for April 12th.
Here’s a synopsis: Khalil Payne 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.
Black Lightning Spinoff Painkiller Not Picked Up at The CW
This week, Black Lightning ends its run after four seasons and unfortunately for fans of The CW series, it s the end of the story for Khalil Payne/Painkiller as well. On Monday, the network announced that they will not be moving forward with the
Painkiller spinoff series. The series had first been announced last fall and was given a backdoor pilot as the seventh episode of
Black Lightning s final season. Reports have indicated that the series could still find a home on the HBO Max streaming service.
Had it gone to series,