New Details On When TEEN TITANS TV Series Begins Production, Faithfulness, Tone, And More

New Details On When TEEN TITANS TV Series Begins Production, Faithfulness, Tone, And More

It's been a while since we've heard anything about TNT's plans for Titans, but network president Kevin Reilly talks here about when production is expected to begin and the unique - but still comic book faithful - direction that writer Akiva Goldsman is planning to take with the property...

By JoshWilding - May 13, 2015 12:05 PM EST
Filed Under: Teen Titans
Source: TV Line
While it's become apparent that we won't see Titans on TV this year, you'll be relieved to find out that the DC Comics adaptation is far from dead! TV Line caught up with TNT President Kevin Reilly to ask him about its current status, and things are sounding good...if not a little slow moving!

Akiva Goldsman is writing the pilot with Marc Haimes, and rumour has it that Nightwing will be a lead character with Barbara Gordon, Hawk, Dove, Raven, and Starfire joining him. "Akiva’s been very busy doing some other things," he revealed before adding that they hope it will be "maybe this summer" that they start casting and ramping up production. With no superhero TV shows currently airing in the summer, Titans debuting in 2016 would actually be a great idea. 

"I sat down with Akiva and said — and he ultimately agreed — that the [TV] landscape right now is well-serviced on the superhero front. So what space is this going to inhabit? And really what he wants to do is be very true to the source material." Whenever it does end up coming together, Riley sounds excited about what it will bring to the network. "I think it’s going to end up being a very, very interesting offering. I think it’s going to be excellent." What do you guys think? 
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LMB10
LMB10 - 5/13/2015, 12:02 PM
Still not sure whether this could work.
FrozenDiamondz
FrozenDiamondz - 5/13/2015, 12:42 PM
Please don't connect this to Arrow
JoeMomma29
JoeMomma29 - 5/13/2015, 12:42 PM
This will work, make sure to give time powers and proper costumes and we are good to go!

Do not go the Smallville route!
Wannabe
Wannabe - 5/13/2015, 12:43 PM
Please just re-name it to Teen Titans and add in Beast Boy and Cyborg. Please. I've waited for this my entire life.
PantherKing
PantherKing - 5/13/2015, 12:45 PM
By 2016 dc will have 10 shows on tv.
MisterBatfleck
MisterBatfleck - 5/13/2015, 12:46 PM
Just keep it faithful to the source material, and you can start by calling it TITANS, not BLACKBIRDS.
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 5/13/2015, 12:50 PM
GhostDog
GhostDog - 5/13/2015, 12:51 PM
I smell And fear...cheesiness. Call it TEEN TITANS not this blackbirds bullshit
mgeoff88
mgeoff88 - 5/13/2015, 12:54 PM
"And really what he wants to do is be very true to the source material."

SnapperCarr
SnapperCarr - 5/13/2015, 12:54 PM
Eh. Not feeling this at all.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 5/13/2015, 12:55 PM
The scope and scale of this seems to require a cinematic budget
ComicsDoneRight
ComicsDoneRight - 5/13/2015, 12:57 PM
I hope it just gets called Titans in the end. Never sure if I can trust Akiva's work, but I just wanna see this happen.
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 5/13/2015, 12:58 PM
I'll give it a shot. Please have "real" costumes on the show, no hoodies please.
mgeoff88
mgeoff88 - 5/13/2015, 12:58 PM
I'm pretty sure "Blackbirds" is just the working title.

They should just call the show Titans. It's simple but it works.
Reasonnnn
Reasonnnn - 5/13/2015, 12:58 PM
AKIVA GOLDSMAN SUCKS ASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

The Oscar-winning writer for A BEAUTIFUL MIND (blehh) wrote some of the biggest atrocities ever. BATMAN & ROBIN, WINTER'S TALE, THE DA VINCI CODE, ANGELS & DEMONS, INSURGENT
FordEl
FordEl - 5/13/2015, 1:03 PM
@Reasonnnn

Want me to go through James Gunn's resumes or pretty much almost every filmakerms resume? Batman and Robin is not his fault at all
Pasto
Pasto - 5/13/2015, 1:04 PM
Oh what a feeling I'm feeling life.
dakotaslim
dakotaslim - 5/13/2015, 1:05 PM
You lost me at akiva goldsman. Dudebro is the woooorrrrsssssttt. Especially with DC lore!
dakotaslim
dakotaslim - 5/13/2015, 1:07 PM
@fettastic altered states?!
Reasonnnn
Reasonnnn - 5/13/2015, 1:07 PM
@FordEl I understand that, but Akiva Goldsman is trash right now. I mean, he recently just signed on to shepherd the "TRANSFORMERS CINEMATIC UNIVERSE". He's just creatively bankrupt right now and his stock is low. Batman & Robin is not his fault, but those other films I listed are just bad (his passion project Winter's Tale) and/or passionless (Da Vinci Code series, Insurgent).
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 5/13/2015, 1:12 PM
Honestly, this show may have lost me at Hawk and Dove.

Those are some costumes that I don't even want to see them try to adapt.
BestAtWhatIDo
BestAtWhatIDo - 5/13/2015, 1:13 PM
Akiva Goldsman killed superhero movies for almost a decade. If you aren't worried that he's returning to the genre, you aren't paying attention.
Invictor
Invictor - 5/13/2015, 1:16 PM
I might watch this depending on how it looks.
SuperCat
SuperCat - 5/13/2015, 1:26 PM
Uh oh. TNT.
mistral1
mistral1 - 5/13/2015, 1:28 PM
Here's hoping that Akiva Goldsman watchs Batman & Robin just to remember what not to do in Titans.
Himura
Himura - 5/13/2015, 1:31 PM
Steven R McQueen for Nightwing!
SuperCat
SuperCat - 5/13/2015, 1:33 PM




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