Black Lightning – First Look [TRAILER]

Another superhero show is headed to the small screen and (spoilers) it’ll be on the CW.  Are you ready for Black Lightning?!

Don’t get us wrong, we are super excited and we know that the CW will give Black Lightning the chance it deserves. In a unique twist, this new show will NOT be a part of the Arrowverse, so you won’t have to ask a million questions about a big 5-part crossover this fall.

Be on the lookout for Black Lighting later this year.

BLACK LIGHTNING

Premiere Date:  “Soon”
Created By:  Salim Akil & Mara Brock Akil
Starring:  Cress Williams, China Anne McClain, Nafessa Williams …
Synopsis: 

Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) is a man wrestling with a secret. As the father of two daughters and principal of a charter high school that also serves as a safe haven for young people in a New Orleans neighborhood overrun by gang violence, he is a hero to his community. Nine years ago, Pierce was a hero of a different sort. Gifted with the superhuman power to harness and control electricity, he used those powers to keep his hometown streets safe as the masked vigilante Black Lightning. However, after too many nights with his life on the line, and seeing the effects of the damage and loss that his alter ego was inflicting on his family, he left his Super Hero days behind and settled into being a principal and a dad. Choosing to help his city without using his superpowers, he watched his daughters Anissa (Nafessa Williams) and Jennifer (China Anne McClain) grow into strong young women, even though his marriage to their mother, Lynn (Christine Adams), suffered. Almost a decade later, Pierce’s crime-fighting days are long behind him…or so he thought. But with crime and corruption spreading like wildfire, and those he cares about in the crosshairs of the menacing local gang The One Hundred, Black Lightning returns — to save not only his family, but also the soul of his community.

Find out more about Black Lightning on IMDB.