Fox Gives A Put Pilot Commitment To DC/Vertigo’s Lucifer

Early in the run of the popular Mature Readers comic book Sandman by Neil Gaiman, a character calling himself “Lucifer Morningstar” first appeared in the pages of the series… and after Sandman’s run was done, the Lucifer character was tried out in a Vertigo Comics miniseries of his own, which led to his own comic which lasted for 75 issues.

Now, Variety and others are reporting that FOX has put in a “put pilot commitment” to a TV adaptation of Lucifer, which Variety describes as centering “around the Lord of Hell after he grows bored and unhappy with the position, resigns his throne and abandons his kingdom for the gorgeous, shimmering insanity of Los Angeles, where he opens an exclusive piano bar called Lux.”

Us? We just want to know if he outdoes John Glover’s excellent “Lucifer” on Brimstone.

Lucifer is the latest DC or Vertigo series to be adapted for TV. During the 2014-2015 season, we’ll have Arrow, The Flash, Constantine, Gotham, and iZombie; other projects including Preacher, DMZ, Lucifer, Supergirl, and Titans are at various stages of development.