Television shows in the works

On the horizon this Fall

Matt Ryan as Constantine

NBC has order the pilot thus far; no words on it becoming a full fledge series.

About a show called “Constantine”, to be more specific John Constantine, a Liverpool con-man-turned occult-detective. Based on a comic book series whose character was first introduced back in 1985.  If the name sounds familiar, you might have seen or heard about the big Screen Adaptation Starring Keanu Reeves And Rachel Weisz.

Well production on the pilot is set to begin this spring, and cast in the title role is Matt Ryan, his filmography credits include, The Tudors, Torchwood, & Layer Cake.

This line up has built a foundation of a new dawn of superheroes and what a decade+ will bring .

CW

Coming this fall, and spinning off from the episodes of the sophomore Superhero series Arrow is The Flash.  Starring Grant Gustin in the lead role of Barry Allen, a Police Scientist who gets caught up in a freak accident and has been bestowed incredible speed.    To catch the actual incident of Barry’s transformation you can watch an episode of Arrow titled  ‘Three Ghosts’, (which can be streamed from the CW website) The Incident occurs in the closing chapter of the episode.

The upcoming pilot episode will include an appearance from John Wesley Shipp, the actor who played The Flash in the 1990’s television series.   Cast Regulars are Jesse L.Martin as Det. West, Danielle Panabaker as Caitlin Snow,and Tom Cavanagh as Harison Wells.

On the Fall 2014 Schedule CW Tuesday Nights at 8pm

Fox

Coming on Fox is ‘Gotham’.   This series follows a young James Gordon’s rise from a rookie detective to Police Commissioner. It looks at the growing corruption that will become the Gotham that comic books fans have come to know, and we get to look at the personas of DC’s famous villains’ and discover their origins. Centering around Detective James Gordon, long before he meets what will become the Dark Knight.

Names that have been dropped are Penguin, Two-Face, Riddler, Catwoman, and The Joker?



Det. Harvey Bullock

Det. Harvey Bullock

Fox has unveiled the series will begin with rookie James Gordon played by the O.C’s Benjamin McKenzie. Two weeks into his job as a Detective, engaged to his fiancé Barbara Kean (played by Erin Richards), he is teamed with shrewd police Legend Det. Harvey Bullock (Played by Son’s of Anarchy star – Donal Logue), the two stumble across the city’s highest profile case ever. The murder of billionaires Thomas & Martha Wayne, and we meet the hauntingly intense
             12 year-old son, Bruce..



Det. James Gordon

Selina Kyle

Other cast members are Jada Pinkett Smith as gang boss – Fish Mooney, Zabryna Guevara as police Captain Sarah Essen,  Camren Bicondova as Selina Kyle, Robin Lord Taylor as Oswald Cobblepot and Sean Pertwee as Alfred.

On the Fall 2014 Schedule FOX Monday Nights at 8pm

Update 2020: Gotham has concluded its series run, Constantine had joined the CW series Legends of Tomorrow. And Steaming services and networks like the CW are cultivating this era of the superheroes further and more expansive into a more favorable future.