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The seal has been broken and Earth-Prime may not be dead after all.
Late tonight, Deadline Weekly revealed that Warner Bros. Television and writers associated with The Flash have landed a deal for Virtue, a series focused on the Cecile character from The Flash as played by Danielle Nicolet. Nicolet is expected to reprise her role in the series, which will take place several years after the events of the Flash finale.
Jesse L. Martin is not expected to be a part of the series as he has prior commitments to The Irrational on NBC. Intel from the studio reveals that some characters fans have been itching to see again — such as Chester, Allegra, Khione, Chillblaine, and Arrow’s Raisa the Maid — might show up in some capacity. In keeping with the current CW lineup, the new show will pair Cecile Horton with a cop to solve crimes — but, of course, that cop will sadly not be Joe.
The official logline for Virtue suggests that Cecile will be a single mother who balances her superpowers and law background with solving crimes and being a mom. She will also reconnect with her daughter Joanie from whom she has been estranged for several years, and it’s expected that the Joanie character may be recast. Many thought The CW was out of the superhero business, but the producers’ pitch showed that her mental-based powers could make the show easier and more affordable to produce on a TV budget. It is expected that some of Cecile’s “level up” powers from Season 9 of The Flash will be toned down, and it is said that another reason Virtue has an advantage is that it doesn’t conflict with James Gunn’s ideas for the upcoming DC Studios movie universe.
No specific writers have been named for Virtue so far, aside from the notion that they worked on The Flash. Additionally, the Deadline Weekly article confirms that neither Grant Gustin nor Candice Patton are expected to show up on the series.
We will keep people updated on Virtue here at FlashTVNews under a special “Virtue TV News” icon; though if you’d like to visit our dedicated Twitter feed for the project, you can find it here.
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June 17, 2015 at 12:00 pm
Why the hell is Grant’s screen test with EBR here & not Candice Patton? God forbid you use the one with the actual female lead.
Tiffany
June 17, 2015 at 2:32 pm
“The Chemistry of Emily and Grant Screen Test”
*scratches head*
Why would they include a chemistry test between those two? She’s not the leading lady on The Flash. Where did this information come from? It makes absolutely no sense for this to be included. What would make sense? A chemistry test between Candice and Grant…have they forgotten that she’s the leading lady? She the one that did the test, and did so well that they said they found their Iris. Before I get too worked up about this, I really need to know if this is legit.
Craig Byrne
June 18, 2015 at 9:50 pm
I think it was because it was the Emily screen test that helped them pick Grant… since he was first casted for Arrow well before the Flash happened.
Shame they don’t have a Grant/Candice audition on here… people really should contact the producers and the studio and see if they can rectify that.