Black Lightning

It's being reported that the show was going to the Fox network but by the looks of things it's going to the CW network. This will be the 5th DC show on CW once it's been confirmed.

Synopsis:

“Black Lightning centers on Jefferson Pierce. He made his choice: He hung up the suit and his secret identity years ago, but with a daughter hellbent on justice and a star student being recruited by a local gang, he’ll be pulled back into the fight as the wanted vigilante and DC legend Black Lightning.”

The pilot will be directed by writer and executive producer Salim Akil

Cress Williams has been cast as Black Lighting

Actresses Nafessa Williams and China Anne McClain have both joined the show, Williams will play Annisa the main character Black Lightning oldest daughter and McClain will the youngest daughter Jennifer. In the comics they followed there dad's foot steps and became Thunder and Lightning.

Actress Christine Adams has been cast as Lynn Stewart, the actress may seem familiar she used to play Agent Weaver in Agents of Shield. She will play the ex wife of the main character Jefferson Piece aka Black Lightning.

The first official image from Black Lightning:

It's now been confirmed that the show has been given a full season order no news as of yet how many Eps it will be getting for it's first season.

A new 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.

First Look Trailer:

https://youtu.be/RZpJeuXo2CY