Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post. The opinions I share are my own.
The hottest new show on the CW Network is now yours to own on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital. I am a huge fan of all the shows on the CW, especially those produced by Greg Berlanti. He has made this his channel and it is full of excellent superhero dramas.
I was a big comic book collector growing up so it is fantastic to see the amount of television shows showcasing the comic book heroes I grew up with. And Black Lightning, new this past year, is a great addition to the roster. I am all for diversity, and here we have it with a terrific black superhero, and possibly two female black superheroes, one of whom is gay. I could not be happier!
From Warner Bros. Television, DC Entertainment and Berlanti Productions, the producers of the hit series The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, along with Akil Productions, comes the next Super Hero breakout hit as Warner Bros. Home Entertainment releases Black Lightning: The Complete First Season on Blu-ray and DVD on June 26, 2018. Black Lightning delivered the most-watched series premiere in the past two years and remains The CW’s second highest-rated show just behind The Flash. Fans that purchase the set will be able to watch all 13 electrifying episodes from the first season, supercharged with extra content including the 2017 Comic-Con panel, new featurettes, deleted scenes, gag reel and more. Black Lightning: The Complete First Season is priced to own at $29.98 SRP for the DVD and $39.99 SRP for the Blu-ray. Black Lightning: The Complete First Season is also available to own on Digital via purchase from digital retailers.
Black Lightning follows Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams), 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 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. 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.
“In only its first season on the air, Black Lightning has quickly established itself as a hit series with its action-packed episodes and stellar storyline,” said Rosemary Markson, WBHE Senior Vice President, Television Marketing. “We are very excited to release the first season on Blu-ray and DVD so fans and newcomers alike can add the new hit series to their collections along with newly added bonus content.”
Black Lightning stars Cress Williams (Hart of Dixie, Code Black), China Anne McClain (House of Payne, Descendants 2), Nafessa Williams (Code Black, Twin Peaks), Christine Adams (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Batman Begins), Marvin “Krondon” Jones III, Damon Gupton (Whiplash, Bates Motel, Empire) and James Remar (Dexter, Sex and the City, The Path). Based on the DC character created by Tony Isabella with Trevor Von Eeden, Black Lightning is executive produced by Greg Berlanti (Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Blindspot, Riverdale), Salim and Mara Brock Akil (The Game, Being Mary Jane, Girlfriends), and Sarah Schechter (Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow).
BLU-RAY & DVD FEATURES:
Black Lightning Comic-Con panel
A Family of Strength
Black Lightning Come Visit Georgia
Gag Reel
Deleted Scenes
The gag reel is highly entertaining, and the deleted scenes are terrific!
13 ONE-HOUR EPISODES:
1. The Resurrection
2. LaWanda: The Book of Hope
3. LaWanda: The Book of Burial
4. Black Jesus
5. And Then the Devil Brought the Plague: The Book of Green Light
6. Three Sevens: The Book of Thunder
7. Equinox: The Book of Fate
8. The Book of Revelation
9. The Book of Little Black Lies
10. Sins of the Father: The Book of Redemption
11. Black Jesus: The Book of Crucifixion
12. The Resurrection and the Light: The Book of Pain
13. Shadow of Death: The Book of War
Sounds like a great way to spend a weekend
My kids would love this I bet. I should get it. You always have great movies featured on here.
My daughter loves super hero stuff, we need to check it out.
Think i grew up in the wrong time..im missing all these shows