Prime Video, which recently has been the home of some of the best comic book-inspired series with shows like Invincible and The Boys, is currently casting a live-action adaptation of the comic book series El Gato Negro by Richard Dominguez. (El Gato Negro translates to “The Black Cat,” so we wouldn’t be surprised if there is a title change to avoid Marvel’s Black Cat.) With the working title El Gato, the showrunners include veterans from Supergirl and Smallville.
Eric Carrasco wrote several memorable episodes of Supergirl between Seasons 2 and 4 and eventually served as a story editor on the series. He wrote the Justice League vs. the Fatal Five animated feature and is a producer for Zack Snyder’s upcoming Twilight of the Gods. He’s also been an Uber — err Ride Me Now driver for two stoners from New Jersey in their reboot movie. What’s also very cool about Eric is that one of his earliest industry jobs was working on a TV series called Smallville. Perhaps you’ve heard of it.
The other two showrunners need no introduction when it comes to Smallville – Alfredo Septien & Turi Meyer were among the most prolific writers for the show, on the team for six seasons with episodes including “Vengeance,” “Labyrinth,” “Bride,” “Salvation,” and “Finale Part 1.” Turi Meyer also directed two episodes of Smallville, and the two of them returned to the DC Universe with DC’s Stargirl on The CW in recent years.
The series will star Diego Boneta as the main character, Frank Guerrero, who returns home to Mexico after the death of his father and finds himself neck-deep in a nest of vipers – his estranged family – who are vying for control of his father’s business empire. But Frank’s grief is interrupted when he learns his only inheritance, a seemingly worthless parcel of land on the border, sits atop the lair of a famous costumed vigilante — his father, “El Gato.” Now, Frank is in the crosshairs. To survive, he’ll have to solve mysteries decades in the making and unravel the truth about his father’s connections to a modern-day terror plot.
“This is a pulp thriller,” Eric Carrasco said in a quote posted by Variety earlier this year. “It’s a family drama, it’s everything I love about spies and masks and secret identities. A lot of us on this team – Diego, and Andrew Mittman, and Steve Stark, and Carla Gonzalez Vargas, and I – have been at this for a long time now, and it’s a genuine thrill to finally make the show with MGM Television and Prime Video.”
El Gato will be produced by MGM Television which is part of Amazon MGM Studios. Hopefully we’ll learn more about this project as development progresses! For now, though, congratulations to Eric, Al, and Turi!
KET
May 18, 2017 at 7:26 am
Well, it’s now official…#Karamel is still an ongoing thing for next season. :)
bbussey
May 18, 2017 at 8:37 am
Based on this season 3 description, is Calista Flockhart returning as a regular?
KET
May 18, 2017 at 9:03 am
It certainly looks like it! Calista probably has more time to devote to the show, now that hubby Harrison Ford is done filming the new Blade Runner movie.
Of course, one lingering question is the absence of Floriana Lima’s name. Maybe she’s changing her status to ‘recurring’ instead?
vantheman77
May 18, 2017 at 1:51 pm
Cat will likely recur more in the 3rd season than the 2nd season.
Maggie is not mentioned. Either she dies in the finale or she breaks up with Alex and moves to Metropolis. She is likely to recur best if she returns, but her story supports Alex not Kara’s and maybe that’s why they decide to get rid of those who don’t support Kara’s storyline.
They’re continuing James as Guardian, so either he works for the DEO or Cat Grant could give him some wisdom like she did with Supergirl.
Notice that producer Ali Adler is not mentioned either. I think she had a lot to do with the first two seasons being political, especially the 2nd season.