Cress Williams Set as 'Black Lightning' for The CW's Greg Berlanti DC Drama
The CW has found its Black Lightning hero in a familiar face.
Hart of Dixie alum Cress Williams will return to the network with the starring role in Greg Berlanti's latest DC Comics drama Black Lightning, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
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The drama, originally developed at Fox but ordered to pilot at CW, revolves around Jefferson Pierce (Williams), who made a choice to hang up his suit and his secret identity years ago, but with a daughter hell-bent 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 drama is based on the DC Character Black Lightning created by Tony Isabella with Trevor Von Eeden.