TNT Close to Order for Teen Titans Pilot

<p>DC Comics is exploding all over television with <em><strong>Arrow<&sol;strong><&sol;em>&comma; <em><strong>The Flash<&sol;strong><&sol;em>&comma; <em><strong>Constantine<&sol;strong> <&sol;em>and <em><strong>Gotham<&sol;strong><&sol;em>&period; There is even early talk of a <em><strong>Supergirl<&sol;strong> <&sol;em>series currently in development&period; The latest comic franchise DC is developing is a new <em><strong>Teen Titans<&sol;strong><&sol;em> which <strong>TNT<&sol;strong> is very close to ordering a pilot for&period; The script for said pilot is being developed by Akiva Goldsman and Marc Haimes which according to Deadline will&&num;8230&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8230&semi;revolves around the eponymous group of young Super Heroes-to-be from the DC Universe&period; The action series centers on Dick Grayson &lpar;probably best known for his alter ego as Robin&rpar;&comma; who emerges from the shadow of Batman to become Nightwing&comma; the leader of a fearless band of new Super Heroes including Starfire&comma; Raven and many others&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The pilot seems like it will be more like the <em><strong>New Titans<&sol;strong><&sol;em> comics which were much more gritty and dark than the <strong><em>Teen Titans<&sol;em><&sol;strong> animated series those not as familiar with the comics will recognize&period; This raises questions&comma; though&comma; about how much overlap there will be will be between the pilot and the other DC Comics movies&sol;TV series&period; Members of the <em><strong>Teen Titans<&sol;strong><&sol;em> have included Cyborg &lpar;appearing in <em><strong>Batman V Superman<&sol;strong><&sol;em>&rpar; and <strong>Kid Flash<&sol;strong> &lpar;possibly an appearance in <em><strong>The Flash<&sol;strong><&sol;em>&rpar;&period; Their nemesis was also <strong>Deathstroke<&sol;strong> &lpar;<em><strong>Arrow<&sol;strong><&sol;em>&rpar;&period; These characters could show up or make brief cameos&period; If approved&comma; there may even be a possibility of this being DC&&num;8217&semi;s <em><strong>Agents of SHIELD<&sol;strong><&sol;em> for having major crossover with the movies&comma; but now I&&num;8217&semi;m getting ahead of myself&period; The pilot isn&&num;8217&semi;t even officially ordered yet and there is a chance it may never be expanded past that if approved&period; Still&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s a tantalizing idea that would certainly stick out from the already crowded crop of superhero TV series&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;deadline&period;com&sol;2014&sol;09&sol;titans-show-dc-comics-tnt-pilot-order-833189&sol;">Deadline<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;