CW and executive producer Salim Akil will be continuing the Black Lightning saga with a spinoff that he is set to write and direct, developed around the character Painkiller.
Premiering in 2021 on CW, the fourth season of Black Lightning will air the planted pilot in its seventh episode.
The planted pilot will star Jordan Calloway as Khalil Payne, a member of Tobias Whale’s gang, as he struggles with the repercussions of his alter ego, the destructive Painkiller.
The logline reads, “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 fourth season of Black Lightning returns on the CW, Feb. 8, 2021.
