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