NBC's adaptation of DC Comics' Constantine is moving forward, along with a procedural from Arrow's Greg Berlanti, with the network handing out pilot orders to both dramas.
Drama Constantine hails from DaVinci's Demons showrunner David S. Goyer.Goyer will pen the script alongside The Mentalist EP Daniel Cerone for Warner Bros. Television. NBC first picked up the drama with a script plus penalty commitment in September. Procedural Mysteries of Laura, meanwhile, hails from Greg Berlanti and writer Jeff Rake (Cashmere Mafia).
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The Constantine series is based on the Hellblazer graphic novels and center on center on master of the occult John Constantine, who is struggling with his faith as he is haunted by the sins of his past but is suddenly thrust into the role of defending humanity from the gathering forces of darkness.
The character first appeared in Alan Moore's The Saga of the Swamp Thing, which was co-created by Steve Bissette and Jamie Delano. The long-running comic was adapted into a 2005 feature film starring Keanu Reeves. (Worth noting: Alan Moore's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, based on the Vertigo comic of the same name, received a put pilot commitment at Fox earlier this development season.)
Goyer has a history with DC Comics. He penned the screenplays for Man of Steel, The Dark Knight Rises, The Dark Knight and Batman Begins.
Mysteries of Laura, meanwhile, is a procedural drama with a sharp sense of humor following a quirky female homicide detective who juggles high stakes crime as well as her ex-husband and a devilish set of twin boys. It is based on a Spanish format.
Rake will pen the script and executive produce alongside Berlanti, Melissa Berman and Aaron Kaplan.
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