Lucifer has appeared as a supporting character in comic book series The Sandman and toplined an eponymous spinoff, both for DC’s Vertigo imprint. Based on the Vertigo characters, the TV series, written and executive produced by Kapinos, centers on Lucifer who, bored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell, resigns his throne and abandons his kingdom for the gorgeous, shimmering insanity of Los Angeles, where he opens an exclusive piano bar called Lux. Warner Bros TV is producing with Kapinos’ Aggressive Mediocrity.
WBTV has been rapidly expanding its live-action DC Comics TV universe. This fall, it is going from one to four primetime series, returning Arrow and freshmen The Flash, Gotham and Constantine. In addition to Lucifer, it is prepping another major broadcast franchise with Supergirl, from Greg Berlanti and Ali Adler, and has Titans nearing a pilot green light at TNT.
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I can see FOX being a bit nervous about having a show called Lucifer on the air, but I reallllllllllllllllllyyyy hope this gets picked up! (I'd prefer The Sandman be adapted but this is an okay substitute.) I think this could be a better fit for Sleepy Hollow season 3 moreso than Gotham.
ReplyDeleteLOL, I love the sound of this, especially Lucifer getting bored down in Hell. And damn, so many shows from Marvel and DC now.
ReplyDeleteDC is taking over the television, this is the new Shonda Rhimes and Chuck Lorre!
ReplyDeleteDC are on a roll.
ReplyDeleteDAMN...DC comics really is trying to take over tv, if they keep going like this in a couple years they'll have a show in each network.
ReplyDeleteI just hope that they aren't rushing it and they're working hard in every show they're developing without forgetting the other shows they already have on air.
is it a superhero comic or just some guy that owns a bar?
ReplyDeleteSounds promising !
ReplyDeleteIt's a fantasy comic, not a superhero comic. A spin-off of The Sandman, which is also a comic, but not a superhero comic.
ReplyDeleteNo matter how awesome the character is...we're talking FOX here!
ReplyDeleteThis is still the same network that has the most ideology biased News network right next door.
this won't fare well
what's the difference and can it really be carried on as a series
ReplyDeleteOh my... How many of these silly comics is there?
ReplyDeleteMore and more coming each year.
ReplyDeleteit's basically Lucifer being the very definition of a grey character. Unlike him being depicted as the ultimate evil he's a somewhat redeemable entity that is sort of flamboyant. A cocky and self righteous bastard that is somewhat good inside (I'm using somewhat loosely here).
ReplyDeleteIt's a...fairly weird take on religion.
Ultimately he does creat a paradise for everyone to enter as long as no one (not even himself) is worshipper.
Sympathy for the devil as a series.
It could certainly work for people that aren't overly religious. I'm hoping for this to go to series but I'm afraid FOX is not the right place
This actually sound very promising.
ReplyDeleteMarvel's only got AOS and Agent Carter while DC is kicking their ass on the tv front lol
ReplyDeleteEither FOX is having doubts bout Gotham success or they trying to be like The CW and have two DC comic shows on their network.
ReplyDeleteYep but Marvel's kicking DC's ass on movie screens.
ReplyDeleteDC has got great shows on TV.
And? That still doesn't change the fact their tv shows are a lot better.
ReplyDeletesilly comics? Oh, boy.
ReplyDeleteA piano bar? So, he'll be like Lorne from Angel - a karaoke bar where all the demons and creatures hang to let loose.
ReplyDeleteMark Pellegrino as Lucifer!
ReplyDeleteMarvel has four series, plus a miniseries, coming to Netflix on May 2015, so that should even out the playing field somewhat. :)
ReplyDeleteOh boy, that might just get me to watch. But you know that if it happens, we won't hear the end of "Is this the same universe as Supernatural? PLZ HAVE SPN CROSSOVERS!".
ReplyDeleteThere's no way all Netflix shows will make it next year. Plus DC has 11 shows in development. Yeah..11 :D
ReplyDeleteOf course we don't know. All we know is that right now Arrow is much better than Agents of Shield and that DC has a lot more shows in development, four of which will launch very soon. So DC is doing much better now and is better positioned in the future to continue doing so. At this point it's pretty much impossible for Marvel to ever catch up, especially since their stable of IPs completely pales in comparision to DC, as far as TV-friendly stories go
ReplyDeleteI was about to write that xD
ReplyDeleteArrow being better than AoS is subjective. Personally, I would've agreed early during AoS's first season, but it improved hugely later in the year while the second half of Arrow's second season was not as good as I expected it to be. Right now I'd say the two series are about even. In terms of ratings, I suspect that once we get away from the initial inflated episodes of AoS, its numbers won't be as good compared to the CW average as Arrow's compared to the CW average. Still, AoS is performing decently and was never in any danger of cancellation.
ReplyDelete"at this point it's pretty much impossible for Marvel to ever catch up"
I'm fairly certain that 6 years ago, pre-Iron Man, many people thought it was impossible for Marvel to put together such a hugely successful cinematic universe. Look at them now. A film about a fairly obscure set of characters like Guardians of the Galaxy smashed records! All I'm saying is, let's not make blanket statements about what they can or can't do. Just as it's challenging, but not impossible for DC to launch their own film universe, it is certainly not beyond the pale for Marvel to catch up in the TV department.
Finally, quantity =/= quality. Just because DC has more shows coming than Marvel, doesn't mean these shows will be either better creatively or more successful. Right now, the only DC show that's a proven success is Arrow. Once we see how a few more of their shows do, we'll be able to make a fuller assessment.
FOX? I don't know.
ReplyDeleteNot everyone has a Nielsen box, either...
ReplyDeleteanyway we can get rid of it lol. its bc of that box that many shows were axed by the cancelling reaper lol
ReplyDeleteNope. Wrong. It almost is impossible for Marvel to catch up. They just lack the means to. Marvel is insisting on their shared universe strategy, which works in movies, but on TV it already heavily limited what AoS can do and there's no way Marvel will ever be able to have like 11 shows in development. The universe would break apart while trying to coordinate it. Second, DC has simply better stable of IPs. All Marvel has is superheroes and there's only so many superhero tv shows you can produce. Meanwhile DC has Vertigo, which is filled to the brim with stories perfect for adaptations and ones that are so widly different from superhero fare that they don't risk oversaturating the market.
ReplyDeleteNow there is a chance Marvel might win in TV, but it's so remote it would take a miracle to pull off and DC completely screwing up. You're much more likely seeing DC winning in movies than Marvel on TV
Wow, no offense but you're reaching for straws here.
ReplyDelete- There's NOTHING to prevent Marvel from having 11 shows in development at some point. Sure, it's a challenge to keep continuity of the universe between so many different properties but it is certainly not impossible. Plus, if they make a few continuity errors between shows here and there, who cares? Shows make mistakes within their own continuity sometimes. And I've already pointed out that quantity doesn't mean quality so I don't see why Marvel needs to have a huge number of shows. It just needs to have good shows. DC developing a gazillion different shows at once doesn't guarantee they will be either good or successful.
- Marvel only being able to do superheroes - seriously? So it's not like we have a guy without powers named Coulson, who wasn't even in the comics, was created for the movies, and got his own show where he's surrounded by original characters who ALSO have no powers, right? Oh, and Agent Carter which is based on a fairly small, non-powered character from the comics and will also feature original characters without powers. In short, Marvel isn't going to have any problem in that department. Even if the source material doesn't have enough major characters, Marvel has proven it can draw on smaller characters or create new ones for its movie and TV universe. So declaring that Marvel is bound to fail because they don't have as many characters to use as DC is rather ridiculous (sorry).
- Finally, I've already pointed out that talking about Marvel or DC "winning" over each other is the faulty logic of fanboy wars. This isn't a zero sum game and one's success, in either the TV or the movie arena, doesn't depend on the other's failure. They may both succeed. They may both fail. If one succeeds, it's not because the other failed and vice-versa. I don't marginalize DC's movies because of the success of the Marvel ones, and I don't see why Marvel's shows should be marginalized because of DC's.
But it seems to me that you are quite biased in favor of DC/against Marvel and refuse to look at this objectively, so I'm just going to bow out at this point.