Rueben's Ramblings

Here is the list of pilots under consideration at The CW for the 2014-2015 TV season:

Flash: This is a spin-off of Arrow, based on characters published by DC Comics, where Central City assistant police forensics investigator Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) is given the power of super-speed after a freak accident that transforms him into the Fastest Man Alive.

THOSE BEHIND THE SHOW: Greg Berlanti, Geoff Johns, Andrew Kreisberg and Melissa Kellner Berman (all from Arrow)

CAST: Grant Gustin (Glee), Danielle Panabaker (Necessary Roughness), Jesse L. Martin (Law & Order), Rick Cosnett (The Vampire Diaries), Candice Patton (The Game), Tom Cavanagh (Ed), John Wesley Shipp (Dawson’s Creek and the 1990’s The Flash), Michelle Harrison (Emily Owens M.D.) and Patrick Sabongui (upcoming Godzilla movie)

Identity: This pilot is about a young woman asked to investigate a powerful family in exchange for help with an organ transplant.

THOSE BEHIND THE SHOW: Corinne Brinkerhoff (Elementary), Alon Aranya (Hostages), Heather Kadin, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (all from Sleepy Hollow)

CAST: Ahna O’Reilly (The Help), Matt Barr (Hatfields & McCoys and Hellcats), Mehcad Brooks (Necessary Roughness), Patricia Wettig (Brothers & Sisters and thirtysomething) and Irish actor Stephen Hagan (BBC series Injustice)

iZombie: A med student-turned-zombie takes a job in the coroner’s office to gain access to the brains she must reluctantly eat to maintain her humanity, but what happens when she starts inheriting the corpse’s memories? With the help of her medical-examiner boss and a police detective, she solves homicide cases to quiet the disturbing voices in her head. Based on the DC Comics series.

THOSE BEHIND THE SHOW: Rob Thomas, Diane Ruggiero, Dan Etheridge and Danielle Stokdyk (all from Veronica Mars)

CAST: Rose McIver (Once Upon a Time), Malcolm Goodwin (Breakout Kings), David Anders (Once Upon a Time and Alias), Robert Buckley (One Tree Hill and 666 Park Avenue), Alexandra Krosney (Last Man Standing), UK native Rahul Kohli and Nora Dunn (Saturday Night Live alum)

Jane the Virgin: This is an adaptation of the Venezuelan telenovela Juana La Virgen about a young Latino woman who accidentally finds herself pregnant.

THOSE BEHIND THE SHOW: Jennie Snyder Urman (Emily Owens M.D. and 90210) and Ben Silverman (Ugly Betty)

CAST: Gina Rodriguez (The Bold and the Beautiful), Mexican actor-singer Jaime Camil (in US debut), Yael Grobglas (Reign), Brett Dier (Ravenswood), Andrea Navedo (Golden Boy), Ryan Devlin (Cougar Town and Veronica Mars Season 3) and Ivonne Coll (Switched at Birth and Teen Wolf)

Supernatural: Bloodlines: This is a spin-off series that will explore the clashing hunter and monster cultures of Chicago.

THOSE BEHIND THE SHOW: Jeremy Carver, Adam Glass, Eric Kripke, Bob Singer, McG and Phil Sgriccia (all from Supernatural)

CAST: Nathaniel Buzolic (The Vampire Diaries), Lucien Laviscount (Episodes and Skins), Sean Faris (Pretty Little Liars and Reunion), Bryce Johnson (Pretty Little Liars and Popular), Danielle Savre (Heroes), Stephen Martines (The Vampire Diaries and The Closer) and Melissa Roxburgh (Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules)

The Messengers: When a mysterious object crashes down to earth, a group of seemingly unconnected strangers die from the energy pulse, but then awaken to learn that they have been deemed responsible for preventing the impending Apocalypse.

THOSE BEHIND THE SHOW: Ted Humphrey (The Good Wife and The Unit), Basil Iwanyk (The Town and The Expendables) and Kent Kubena (Akeelah and the Bee)

CAST: Sofia Black-D’Elia (Skins), Joel Courtney (Super 8), British actor Jon Fletcher (The Good Wife), Diogo Morgado (The Bible mini-series) and Shantel VanSanten (One Tree Hill)

MOST LIKELY TO BE PICKED-UP: Flash and Supernatural: Tribes

COULD MAYBE GET AN ORDER: The Messengers

LONG SHOT (but it sure would be cool to see it): Identity

RIP-OFF OF THE SEASON: iZombie (it’s Tru Calling but with a zombie (oh joy!) Sorry Rob Thomas, I LoVe Veronica Mars, but I just can’t buy into anything with zombies).

NOT GONNA HAPPEN: Jane the Virgin