The CW's Black Lightning Is Now Casting Extras

The pilot of Black Lightning is set to begin filming early next week and thanks to a casting call unveiled earlier today, the show is looking for several extras to take part in filming. With the show's primary characters having been cast, the show's crew is now looking for extras to act as high school track runners, coaches, students, and various emergency services personnel.

The exact casting descriptions can be seen in the photo provided by Project Casting below.

The pilot is slated to film from March 21 through April 1 in Atlanta, GA. Those interested in being cast, should send an e-mail to blacklightningextras@gmail.com with their name, age range, height, weight, and clothing sizes (including shoes).

The pilot will be co-produced by Mara Brock Akil, Sarah Schechter, and Salim Akil, based on the character created by Tony Isabella and Trevor Von Eeden. Akil is set to write.

Black Lightning, if a series order is given, would be Berlanti's fifth DC-based superhero series on the network and would be the first to star a black superhero as the title star.

It should be noted that Berlanti also produces Riverdale on the CW, making this his sixth comic-based property for the network.

Reportedly, FOX felt they were overextended on genre and comic book TV, with Gotham and Lucifer being joined by a pair of X-Men shows. The move to The CW also gives Black Lightning a chance to coexist with, and cross over with, the other Berlanti superhero shows -- something that would have been borderline impossible on FOX.

The synopsis for the potential series reads:

Jefferson Pierce made his choice: he hung up the 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.

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[H/T Project Casting]