LUCIFER: Fox Orders DC Comics Pilot From UNDERWORLD Director

With Gotham being renewed for a second season, it looks like Fox wants to continue the trend of adapting comic book material for the small screen. Variety reports that they've ordered a pilot for Lucifer, a comic spin-off of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman, with Underworld and Total Recall remake director Len Wiseman directing the pilot and Jerry Bruckheimer executive producing.

In the comic, Lucifer abandons his place in Hell and moves to Los Angeles, where he owns and operates a piano bar and opposes God's predestination. But in the show, he's going to help the L.A.P.D. punish criminals. What else did you expect from a network series? They turn practically everything into either a medical drama or a cop show, so it's not too surprising that they're looking to make Lucifer an aid of the police...despite the fact that it makes almost no sense for his character to do that.

I don't know about you guys, but I don't have a ton of faith in this. If it was on FX or AMC or a cable channel that allowed it to really tackle some of the comic's more interesting thematic material instead of trying to appeal to the broadest possible audience, then maybe I'd be looking forward to it. But Fox? I'm not convinced. What do you think?