Titans Won’t Be Like Other Hero Shows on TV
There are a LOT of TV series featuring superheros these days, and more are coming. For TNT’s first venture into this genre, Titans, they wanted to make sure this series is different from all the other shows. TNT President Kevin Reilly talked with TV Line about how they wanted to make sure it wasn’t a copy, and instead was a groundbreaking show:
“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].”
“[Teen Titans] was a groundbreaking property when it first started. There were consequences to things that happened; it wasn’t somebody died and they moved on. There was the first superhero to be an addict [in Roy Harper’s Speedy]. It’s a coming-of-age story for Robin, who feels like Batman has betrayed him.”
He didn’t comment on the name of the show which some are claiming will be Blackbirds (here) but whatever it’s called, he added: “I think it’s going to end up being a very, very interesting offering. I think it’s going to be excellent.”