WARNER
BROS. TELEVISION GROUP & DC ENTERTAINMENT BRING THE
WORLDS
OF THEIR TV SERIES AND COMIC BOOKS TO WASHINGTON, D.C.
FOR
A LANDMARK POP CULTURE EVENT JANUARY 12–13, 2018
World
Premiere of the Upcoming DCTV Series Black
Lightning
for The CW
Public
Panel Discussions and Appearances by Stars and Producers from Arrow,
DC’s
Legends
of Tomorrow, The Flash, Gotham, Supergirl
and Freedom
Fighters: The Ray,
Comic
Book Authors and Artists from DC, and Invited Guests from
Publishing,
Politics, Government Service, Academia and More
Plus
Premiere Screening of DC
Universe
Animated Movie
Batman: Gotham By Gaslight
BURBANK,
Calif.
(December
14, 2017) —
Get ready for “DC
in D.C.”
During the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend, Warner Bros.
Television Group, DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Home
Entertainment will team up for “DC
in D.C.,”
a landmark pop culture event that brings together the worlds of
entertainment and public service to illuminate the story of America
and current issues through the lens of comics and Super Heroes.
Events will take place Friday, January 12, and Saturday, January 13,
2018, at the Newseum, and will culminate with the world premiere
screening of the upcoming DC series Black
Lightning
— based on the first
African-American DC Super Hero to have his own stand-alone comic
title
— in the Warner Bros. Theater at the Smithsonian’s National
Museum of American History, with a party to follow at the National
Museum of African American History and Culture.
“DC in D.C.”
brings together stars and producers from Warner Bros. Television’s
DCTV series, as well as comic book writers and artists from DC
Entertainment, who will join invited guests from politics, government
service, entertainment, business, academia and more. The event will
explore the intersection of comic books, culture, entertainment and
enlightenment through a series of panel discussions open to the
public. Additionally, “DC in D.C.” will present the premiere
screening of the DC
Universe
animated movie Batman:
Gotham By Gaslight
(for ages 18+) at the Newseum.
Scheduled
participants include:
- The stars of Black Lightning — Cress Williams, China Anne McClain, Nafessa Williams, Christine Adams, Marvin “Krondon” Jones III, Damon Gupton and James Remar — along with executive producers Salim Akil & Mara Brock Akil
- Executive producers Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter (Arrow, Black Lightning, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash, Supergirl, upcoming Titans) plus television series stars Caity Lotz (DC’s Legends of Tomorrow), Candice Patton (The Flash), Danielle Panabaker (The Flash), J.W. Cortes (Gotham), Russell Tovey (Freedom Fighters: The Ray) and others to be announced.
- DC comic book writers and artists such as DC Entertainment’s Jim Lee, Julie Benson, Shawna Benson, Shea Fontana, Agnes Garbowska, Tom King, Steve Orlando, Alice Randall, Oscar®-winning screenwriter John Ridley, Mark Russell, Mariko Tamaki and DC Entertainment’s Geoff Johns, the best-selling author of Rebirth and Doomsday Clock.
- Luminaries from media, politics and government service
- And more to be announced…
Highlights
of the “DC in D.C.” event schedule include:
- Stars and producers from WBTV’s DC series Arrow, Black Lightning, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash, Gotham, Supergirl and Freedom Fighters: The Ray join comic book authors and artists from DC Entertainment for panel discussions and appearances that are open to the general public. Additional information about tickets for the five public panels will be released at www.DCinDC2018.com.
- Private, invitation-only world premiere of upcoming DCTV drama series Black Lightning, which debuts Tuesday, January 16, 2018, at 9/8c on The CW.
- Public sneak peek screening of Black Lightning, as well as the premiere screening of DC Universe animated movie Batman: Gotham By Gaslight, coming to Digital on January 23, 2018, and Blu-ray™/DVD on February 6, 2018, from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.
- For additional info on “DC in D.C.,” please visit www.DCinDC2018.com, and follow us on Twitter at @warnerbrostv and @DCComics, hashtag: #DCinDC
“DC
IN D.C.” EVENTS SCHEDULE
PLEASE
NOTE: Participants are subject to change.
FRIDAY,
JANUARY 12 — NEWSEUM
BATMAN:
GOTHAM BY GASLIGHT PREMIERE
SCREENING
(18+)
6:30–9:15
p.m. Batman:
Gotham
By Gaslight Premiere
Screening (For Mature Audiences 18+ Years of Age)
— Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment provide a new take on
Batman as a steampunk Dark Knight hunts Jack the Ripper through the
shadows of turn of the century Gotham City in this all-new animated
feature available from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment January 23,
2018, on Digital and February 6, 2018, on Blu-ray and DVD. The
premiere event is for mature audiences 18 years of age or older, will
kick off with a cocktail reception and will be followed with a Q&A
session with the film’s voice cast and producers.
Newseum
Theatre
Inspired
by the landmark one-shot Elseworlds tale by Brian Augustyn and Mike
Mignola,
Batman:
Gotham By Gaslight takes
place at the turn of the century as America’s continued industrial
revolution is to be showcased at a World’s Fair hosted by Gotham
City. But while the world prepares to witness the glittery glory of
Gotham’s technological advances, there is a killer loose in the
city’s darkest shadows. Preying on the city’s women, this killer
is as precise as he is cruel. As Police
Commissioner James Gordon
(Scott Patterson – Gilmore
Girls)
tries
to calm the fears of Gotham’s citizens regarding the butcher called
Jack the Ripper, the masked vigilante Batman
(Bruce Greenwood – American
Crime Story)
indulges
in his own detective work — with the help of confident, capable
Selina
Kyle (Jennifer Carpenter – Dexter)
— to
stop the Ripper’s murderous spree.
Witness a world in flames as the notorious serial killer’s
controlled savagery meets the calculated stealth of the Dark
Knight.
Sam
Register, Bruce Timm (Batman:
The Killing Joke),
Benjamin
Melniker and Michael Uslan are executive producers.
SATURDAY,
JANUARY 13 — NEWSEUM
10:00–10:45 a.m.
The
Art of the Matter: From Sketch to Screen
—
Just how do our favorite DC Super Heroes fly from the page to the
screen? This behind-the-scenes look at the creative process provides
an “origin story” of how some of DC’s greatest Super Heroes on
the page have evolved into some of TV’s hottest Super Heroes on
screens all over the world. Join executive producers Greg
Berlanti
and Sarah
Schechter
(Arrow,
Black Lightning, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash, Supergirl,
upcoming Titans),
DC Entertainment’s Geoff
Johns
(Arrow,
The Flash, Titans)
and others as they trace the explosion of DC’s heroes — from ink
panels to television and film screens worldwide.
Additional panelists to be announced. Newseum
11:00–11:45 a.m.
The
Many Shades of Heroism: DC Heroes Through the African-American Lens
—
2018 will not only bring Black
Lightning, a
new African-American DC Super Hero to television screens (40 years
after the electrifying hero was created), but also a new DC comic
book from Oscar®-winning screenwriter John
Ridley
(12
Years a Slave)
and more exciting storytelling featuring African-American characters.
In this panel, Black
Lightning star
Cress
Williams
and
executive
producers Salim
Akil & Mara Brock Akil
will join the acclaimed John
Ridley,
author and comic book writer Alice
Randall
(The
Wind Done Gone, Earth M),
and Black
Girl Nerds
Editor-in-Chief Jamie
Broadnax
as they look beyond the super suit to the African-American men and
women who are heroes to their community.
Black
Lightning
premieres
Tuesday, January 16, 2018, at 9/8c on The CW. Follow Black
Lightning
on Twitter at @blacklightning.
Additional panelists to be announced.
Newseum
12:00 p.m.–12:45
p.m. Wonder
Women
—
DC and Warner
Bros. Pictures’ Wonder
Woman took
charge of screens in an unprecedented way last summer, toppling the
cinematic patriarchy and paving the way for even more super women. DC
has been flexing its power with female heroes on television screens
for years, including kickass characters on Supergirl,
The Flash, Arrow, Gotham and
DC’s
Legends of Tomorrow.
Join DC’s
Legends of Tomorrow
star Caity
Lotz,
The
Flash
stars Candice
Patton
and Danielle
Panabaker,
Berlanti
Productions President Sarah
Schechter
(Arrow,
Black Lightning, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash, Supergirl,
upcoming Titans)
plus DC writers and artists Julie
Benson
(Batgirl
and the Birds of Prey),
Shawna
Benson
(Batgirl
and the Birds of Prey),
Shea
Fontana
(Wonder
Woman, DC Super Heroes),
Agnes
Garbowska
(DC
Super Hero Girls)
and Mariko
Tamaki
(Supergirl:
Being Super)
for this super-powered panel.
Supergirl
and
DC’s
Legends of Tomorrow
will rotate through The CW’s Monday 8/7c time period in 2018,
offering fans 23 consecutive weeks of original episodes. Supergirl
returns January 15 for four original episodes, after which DC’s
Legends of Tomorrow
runs from February 12–April 9. Supergirl
then resumes April 16–June 18.
Additional panelists to be announced.
Newseum
2:00–2:45 p.m. The
Pride of DC: The
Art of LGBTQ Inclusion
—
On December 8, history was made with the debut of Freedom
Fighters: The Ray,
a new animated series on CW Seed, the digital channel of The CW
Network, that features the first gay Super Hero to lead a show. The
series is produced by Berlanti Productions in association with Warner
Bros. Animation and Blue Ribbon Content, the digital studio of the
Warner Bros. Television Group. Join The
Ray
executive producer Greg
Berlanti
and voice star Russell
Tovey
for a wide-ranging discussion with DC writers Marguerite
Bennett
(Batwoman),
Steve
Orlando
(Midnighter
and Apollo)
and Mark
Russell
(Exit
Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles)
about inclusion for LGBTQ characters. Watch Freedom
Fighters: The Ray
here: www.cwseed.com/freedom-fighters-the-ray.
Additional panelists to be announced.
Newseum
3:00–3:45
p.m. The
Aftermath: Battle & Trauma in Comics
—
DC’s
Batman
author and former CIA counter-terrorism operations officer Tom
King
takes on Jack Kirby’s Mister
Miracle
in a new monthly comic book which focuses on a Super Hero who
grapples with post-traumatic stress disorder, an issue not often seen
in comics and tragically overlooked in the real world. King will be
joined by Gotham
recurring guest star J.W.
Cortes
(a 13-year Marine combat veteran and a police officer with New York
Metropolitan Transportation Authority), additional comic book
writer/artists and thought leaders for a candid conversation about
the lasting effects of battlefield trauma. Additional
panelists to be announced.
Newseum
6:30–8:15 p.m.
Black
Lightning
Sneak Peek Screening
— Cress Williams (Hart
of Dixie, Friday Night Lights)
stars as the title character in Black
Lightning,
a new television series based on the first African-American DC Super
Hero to have his own stand-alone comic title. The series debuts
Tuesday, January 16, 2018, at 9/8c on The CW, but fans can get a
sneak peek during this public screening at the Newseum, preceded by a
reception. In
addition to Williams, China
Anne McClain (House
of Payne),
Nafessa Williams (Twin
Peaks),
Christine Adams (Marvel’s
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.),
Marvin “Krondon” Jones III (Harry’s
Law),
Damon Gupton (Bates
Motel, Criminal Minds)
and
James Remar (Gotham,
Sex and the City)
star. Based on the characters from DC, Black
Lightning
is from Berlanti Productions and Akil Productions in association with
Warner Bros. Television, with executive producers Greg
Berlanti
(Arrow,
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash, Supergirl),
Salim
& Mara Brock Akil (Being
Mary Jane, The Game, Girlfriends),
and Sarah
Schechter
(Arrow,
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash, Supergirl).
The Black Lightning character was created by Tony Isabella with
Trevor Von Eeden.
Newseum
SATURDAY,
JANUARY 13
BLACK
LIGHTNING WORLD
PREMIERE — BY INVITATION ONLY
SMITHSONIAN’S
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY, AND
NATIONAL
MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE
Black
Lightning
Red Carpet Arrivals, Cocktail Reception, World Premiere Screening and
Q&A
— Smithsonian’s
National Museum of American History – Warner Bros. Theater
Black
Lightning Premiere
Party
—
Smithsonian’s
National Museum of African
American History and Culture
Directly
following the screening, series stars Cress
Williams
(Hart
of Dixie, Friday Night Lights),
China
Anne McClain
(House
of Payne),
Nafessa
Williams
(Twin
Peaks),
Christine
Adams
(Marvel’s
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.),
Marvin
“Krondon” Jones III
(Harry’s
Law),
Damon
Gupton
(Bates
Motel, Criminal Minds)
and
James
Remar
(Gotham,
Sex and the City)
will join executive producers Salim
Akil & Mara Brock Akil
(Being
Mary Jane, The Game, Girlfriends)
for an electrifying Q&A session about the series and its upcoming
first season.
Immediately
following the Q&A, guests are invited to Smithsonian’s National
Museum of African American History and Culture for the Black
Lightning
premiere party.
Jefferson
Pierce (Cress Williams) is 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. However, after too many nights with his life on the
line, and seeing the effects of the damage and loss that his alter
ego was inflicting on his family, he left his Super Hero days behind
and settled into being a principal and a dad. Choosing to help his
city without using his superpowers, he watched his daughters Anissa
(Nafessa Williams) and Jennifer (China Anne McClain) grow into strong
young women, even though his marriage to their mother, Lynn
(Christine Adams), suffered. 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.
Based
on the characters from DC, Black
Lightning
is from Berlanti Productions and Akil Productions in association with
Warner Bros. Television, with executive producers Greg
Berlanti
(Arrow,
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash, Supergirl),
Salim
& Mara Brock Akil,
and Sarah
Schechter
(Arrow,
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash, Supergirl).
The Black Lightning character was created by Tony Isabella with
Trevor Von Eeden. Black
Lightning
premieres Tuesday,
January 16, 2018, at 9/8c on
The CW. Become a fan of Black
Lighting on
Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/CWBlackLightning,
and follow the show on Twitter @BlackLightning.
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