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DC Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns just retweeted a Wall Street Journal report on Twitter suggesting that a Titans TV series could be coming to TNT — and in doing so, name-dropped Nightwing.

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The report suggests that the series would be based loosely on (or at least resemble) Marv Wolfman and George Perez’s The New Teen Titans, in which the original Titans “sidekick” Titans were members but many of them had moved past their sidekick roles to adopt personalities and identities of their own. Robin became Nightwing, Wonder Girl eschewed a secret identity altogether and just became Donna Troy, etc.

Akiva Goldsman, who wrote Batman Forever and Batman and Robin as well as less-awful films like The Da Vinci Code and A Beautiful Mind, will write the pilot. Goldsman had previously been attached to a film version of the property that never went forward, although recently rumors started to circulate that a Teen Titans movie was back in development. It seems likely those rumors were confused and that the TV series isn’t being co-developed with an unrelated feature film (although anything is possible).

A kid-friendly animated version of the property, Teen Titans GO!, currently airs on Cartoon Network. It replaced Young Justice on the schedule, reportedly because it appealed more to younger kids and had more merchandising potential. It will probably only be a matter of minutes before Young Justice fans start to speculate the move is related to building the Titans brand for a live-action show.

A younger, Titans-inspired version of the Justice League appeared on The CW’s Smallville.

Cyborg is named in the article specifically, which is interesting considering that the character has already been cast for Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice. While Bruce Wayne is appearing on Gotham, it’s been made clear that he won’t be Batman and character for whom DC has “other plans” have been left out of Arrow and The Flash, suggesting that the studio remained reluctant to have two different versions of the same superhero existing in live-action at the same time.

Recently, reports surfaced that a Supergirl TV series was being developed by The Flash’s Greg Berlanti. A number of fans have wondered how that show would work without being tied directly to a version of Superman. It would seem that the idea of Dick Grayson operating in a universe without an on-camera Batman would raise some of the same questions.

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Supergirl could soon join Arrow and The Flash and a number of other DC heroes on the small screen.

Warner Bros. Television is teaming with Greg Berlanti and Ali Adler to adapt the popular DC Comics hero for a potential TV series, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Adler, who worked with Berlanti on ABC’s superhero dramedy No Ordinary Family, will pen is expected to pen the script, with Berlanti on board to produce via his WBTV-based Berlanti Productions banner. DC’s Geoff Johns is also expected to have a role in the Supergirl project, which is in the early stages of development and expected to be taken out to networks soon. Johns exec produces Arrow and The Flash.

Also unclear is if it will be an hour or half-hour as well as a potential title for the project, which is based on the DC Comics character created by Otto Binder and designed by artist Al Plastino in 1959. She first appeared in Action Comics as a female counterpart to Superman. Adler and Berlanti’s take is expected to be a new interpretation of the character and her story. Sources tell THR that the project will not be called Supergirl.

The Supergirl entry comes as comic book adaptations are poised to have a major presence on the upcoming fall schedule. In addition to Berlanti’s CW series Arrow, he has spinoff The Flash at the network. Both hail from WBTV and DC Entertainment, which also are behind Fox’s Batman/Jim Gordon prequel Gotham, NBC’s Hellblazer take Constantine and The CW’s iZombie adaptation. On the Marvel side, ABC has Agents of SHIELD and Agent Carter.

For its part, WBTV and The CW also took two stabs at bringing DC’s Wonder Woman to the small screen with a 2012 origin story coming a year after NBC passed on its David E. Kelley take on the iconic female hero.

Berlanti, meanwhile, already has one sale this development season. He’s prepping Blindspot, a naked amnesiac drama for NBC, expanding his relationship with the network behind his adaptation of fall drama The Mysteries of Laura. Adler’s credits include Glee and NBC’s The New Normal.

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Despite Liam Neeson saying last week he would reprise the role of Ra’s al Ghul “in a heartbeat,” The CW has announced (via star Stephen Amell) that the leader of the League of Assassins will be played by actor Matthew Nable. It was revealed back at the San Diego Comic-Con that the character would be the primary antagonist in the upcoming third season of “Arrow,” and now we have a face for the name.

A former professional rugby player, Nable has appeared in a number of television shows internationally but also the 2011 action thriller Killer Elite as well as alongside Vin Diesel in 2013?s Riddick.

Though he has been mentioned in a number of episodes in the last season of “Arrow,” the third season will mark his official debut on the series where he will be going toe-to-toe with Oliver Queen. The character has appeared in countless comics over the years, as well as the Christopher Nolan Batman films and the most recent “Arkham” titles.

In addition, a new trailer for the upcoming third season of the series has debuted online, which you can check out below.

Also starring Katie Cassidy, David Ramsey, Emily Bett Rickards, Colton Haynes, Willa Holland, Paul Blackthorne, and John Barrowman, “Arrow” airs Wednesdays at 8 P.M. ET/PT on The CW with the new season set to premiere on October 8.