The actor reprises his character for the second part of “Armageddon” on season eight of The Flash.
Here’s a synopsis: Despero (Tony Curran) warns The Flash (Grant Gustin) that great tragedies will befall the speedster and cause him to lose his mind. Once that happens, Armageddon will begin.
Determined to prove Despero wrong, Barry doubles down on proving his innocence but a devastating revelation from Iris (Candice Patton) pushes him to the edge and sends him to seek counsel from Black Lightning.
New details on the upcoming The Flash crossover event have just been revealed!
As you may or many not know, the upcoming eighth season of the The CW series will kick off with a five-part crossover-like event, and we just found out which Arrowverse stars will be involved.
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Jordan Calloway will be starring in the possible upcoming 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.
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.
The episode was written and directed by Black Lightning creator Salim Akil. The spinoff news was first revealed back in November.
Black Lightning is currently airing it’s fourth and final season, and the backdoor Painkiller pilot will air on Monday, April 12th at 9pm ET/PT on The CW.
The DC Comics series premiere it’s fourth and final season on The CW TONIGHT (February 8).
Here’s an episode synopsis: Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) is still mourning the death of his long-time friend Detective Henderson. Meanwhile, Gambi (James Remar) is presented with an interesting opportunity. Lastly, Lynn (Christine Adams) and Jefferson are still not able to see eye to eye.
This may not be the end of the Black Lightning world though, as Painkiller is potentially getting a spinoff, with a backdoor pilot airing later in the season.
Tune in to the final season premiere of Black Lightning TONIGHT (February 8) at 9/8c on The CW!