A Lucifer spin off mini series and film idea (could be good if done right)
So, it’s basically a Lucifer and Blacklist crossover where Lucifer Morningstar meets the Raymond Reddington
Set before the events of Lucifer Season 5 and before Blacklist Season 10. It begins in LA, Raymond Reddington arrives in LA for a quick vacation while out hiding and gets caught up in a crime (you can decide which one) and Lucifer and Chloe are on the scene investigating; Ella says how this all traces back to, Raymond Reddington (Lucifer adds a funny quip to that) and how he’s called “The Concierge of Crime”; Lucifer adds he has a cute nickname and says, how he’s nicknamed, “The Prince of Darkness”; he sees some similarities between him and Reddington both being kings of their own empires (for Red his criminal empire and for Luci, his empire in Hell) and tries to draw parrals between them.
It doesn’t take them long to find them because Red surrenders himself in the LAPD building (just like how he surrendered in the FBI building because he needs their brief assistance with finding someone who could be responsible for the so called crime) Lucifer sees him and thinks he’s a man of class. He visits Red in the interrogation room alone, and then this scene becomes gold. It’s the Concise of Crime going face to face the Prince of Darkness. Lucifer and Reddington engage words and quips trying to one up each other and prove which one is intellectually superior playing a game of Cat and Moose.
Red tells them, about a criminal he wants to him to catch, Lucifer says, “Why the bloody hell, would I be your little errand boy.” Red offers him something valuable. Red says, he’s gonna need his help for this; if he’s gonna do something. You’re gonna do it with me. So, Red and Lucifer become partners in crime and Red tells him not to tell the Detective, this is top secret.
So, then Red and Lucifer drive together to catch the guy. Red says, he tracked him down all the way to LA, he’s part of the Blacklist. So, Red and Lucifer work together side by side, always trying to prove each other wrong, have a fun dynamic and catch the bad guy (and both of them have a pissing contest on their trauma and who’s had it worse) of course, Red doesn’t believe Lucifer is the Devil. They never do.
But, he doesn’t find out til the second to last episode, which lets Red the man who’s usually composed and calm to anything, falter a bit in shock before saying, “Well, that makes sense.”
If done with good writing and with both James Spader and Tom Ellis (the two powerhouses) it could draw so many audiences, be compelling and draw a lot of money (but money isn’t the main priority, it’s the writing and acting but it would draw a lot of fans)
If done right, and that’s the most important part of it all. It would need Good writers. Would good writers, I’m sure we could pull it off.
It might seem like a bad idea at first, but with the right vision it could be good. Imagine, James Spader and Tom Ellis in the same screen. Two good actors. It’s a million dollar idea (but with good writing and heart is the key)