TNT’s “Titans” pilot has reached the casting stage, so we now know which iconic DC characters will be part of its line-up.
Cyborg, Beast Boy, Kid Flash, Aqualad, Wonder Girl and Speedy are apparently not part of the mix, at least not in the pilot. Who is? These guys:
* Dick Grayson is the former Batman sidekick Robin, who is now running his own detective agency.
* Barbara Gordon is the former Batman sidekick Batgirl, who now hacks computers from her wheelchair. (Gordon never had much to do with the Titans as a group, but she enjoyed a long relationship with Grayson.)
* Hank Hall & Barbara Granger are a couple who fight crime as Hawk & Dove. In the comics Granger has magically enhanced perception, healing and agility and the ability to fly. In the comics, Hall has magically enhanced agility, strength and speed.
* Rachel Roth is the demon daughter Raven. In the comics she can heal herself and others, manipulate time and energy and teleport.
* Koriand’r is an extraterrestrial princess known as Starfire. In the comics she has superstrength, can fly at supersonic speeds, and can fuck up evildoers with thick green beams called “starbolts.”
Akiva Goldsman, who wrote the two worst Batman movies to date (and the only two since 1966 featuring Grayson), wrote the "Titans" pilot.
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