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Raph's Girl

09-24-2013, 10:07 PM

To compete with Agents of SHIELD, FOX is gonna be doing a Gotham PD show. Batman/Bruce won't show up, however it's being described as an "Origin Story for Comissioner Gordon and the villains" So yeah.. No Bruce but everyone else will pop up.

Wonder who they'll cast as Jim Gordon?

http://www.superheromoviesnews.com/2013/09/fox-moving-ahead-with-gotham-pd-tv.html

The Stryker

09-24-2013, 10:33 PM

DC and WB continue their "Us too!" game.

CyberCubed

09-24-2013, 11:07 PM

So its just going to be another generic cop show with a guy who vaguely resembles a younger Jim Gordon before he met Batman.

So its basically him in "name only," where as I said...it could be any other generic cop show.

Jester

09-25-2013, 12:27 AM

DC and WB continue their "Us too!" game.
This. If this isn't DC's attempt to "checkmate" Marvel's new Agents of SHIELD series, I don't know what it is.

Cure

09-25-2013, 12:30 AM

I'm almost a little embarrassed for DC at this point.

Zulithe

09-25-2013, 03:44 AM

Will watch.

Not exactly the Gotham show I dream about but it's enough to get me tuned in.

NinjaPug

09-25-2013, 06:39 AM

Gordon against Batman's rogues gallery without Batman. Not so sure about that.

ToTheNines

09-25-2013, 07:59 AM

I'm almost a little embarrassed for DC at this point.

Hahaha, yeah.

Oh well, I really enjoyed the Gotham Central comic book series, I thought it worked well with very limited actual Batman. I would just hope for the show to eventually nut up and have Batman be a recurring character. Or at least a presence.

dkram230

09-25-2013, 08:07 AM

I will give this series a try. Although I would really like a true live action Batman series to air. The closest we've got in recent decades was Birds of Prey. Which despite some questionable acting was still amazing. I just wish the rest of the world thought that too.

raph27

09-26-2013, 08:27 PM

DC and WB continue their "Us too!" game.

Is this all DC can do these days?:roll:

Raph's Girl

12-07-2013, 01:15 AM

So... Looks like we'll see Bruce Wayne in the series at least. But he won't be Batman yet as when we first meet him he'll be a recently orphaned 10 year old. The casting call says he'll be a series regular as well....fun...

Filming starts in March.

http://comicbook.com/blog/2013/12/07/gotham-tv-series-to-include-10-year-old-bruce-wayne-start-shooting-in-march-2014/

Krutch

12-07-2013, 03:00 AM

I really don't see why Marvel or DC don't have live action shows about their key players. Lois and Clark was a big hit back in the day and technology has only gotten better. All this Smallville and Birds of Prey dancing around showing us what we want to see is exhausting, and quite frankly I'm not even sure why it even exists. Even Aquaman was going to have a 'pre-Aquaman' show. And Robin a 'pre-Batman' Robin show. Just give us a damn supehero show! No twists! Arrow is on but much like Man of Steel and Smallville, it's like their almost too embarrassed to actually call them by their actual superhero name. Which is why I'm reserving judgement on The Flash. For all we know, now that he has it's own pilot, it might be him trying to figure out who he is and they'll all call him "the red streak" or some nonsense.

It just seems like such a wasted opportunity not to have these shows out while superheroes are big. Marvel, too. How come no live action X-Men series? Or Hulk? Really how hard would it be to make a Punisher series? It's mind boggling...:teek:

ZariusTwo

12-07-2013, 03:55 PM

This has the potential to go all kinds of wrong....nobody wants to consider Batman annoying so write Bruce well here.

Jester

12-07-2013, 04:04 PM

Executive #1 - Hmm, we have an Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. rip off in the works, but how can we make it a success?

Executive #2 - We could put Batman in it...

Executive #3 = BRILLIANT!!

NinjaPug

01-13-2014, 05:15 PM

Update on GOTHAM. Batman will be in it:

FOX's Gotham Is a Batman Origin Story and Will Have a Christopher Nolan-Esque Tone
"Gotham on the brink."

by Roth Cornet JANUARY 13, 2014

Back in September, it was announced that FOX had given a straight-to-series order to a new live-action television series entitled Gotham, which was purportedly an origin story for*Commissioner Gordon. Many of us were left wondering how the network planned to do a comic-based TV show without a superhero at its center. What would distinguish Gotham from another cop/detective series?

At today's TCA (Television Critics Association) press tour*Chairman of Entertainment at FOX Kevin Reilly revealed that this series would indeed function as an origin story for Batman.

"This is an origin story for young Bruce Wayne," Reilly said, promising that all of the classic Batman characters and villains would make an appearance, including: The Penguin, The Riddler, Commissioner Gordon, and The Joker. This is a series about "Gotham on the brink" he said, and "how they all became who they were, what events led up to these characters becoming Catwoman [and so on]." The Chairman described the series as "operatic" and "larger-than-life."

It will follow Bruce Wayne from childhood through his development into the Dark Night, with the final episode marking the moment when he puts on the cape. They're not certain what age young Bruce will be at this point, but Reilly estimates that he will be about 13 at the start of the series. "The actor will grow-up, if we do our job well he'll be a young man and ready [to be Batman] by the end," he said. "Which isn't to say we might not skip ahead."

Reilly followed up by saying that this would be a serialized show that will function on its own, separate from the Warner Brothers DC cinematic universe. "We own all the rights.That's what we're licencing," he said. "They brought us the entire franchise for a very healthy licence fee. We're not negotiating this piece meal. We have all of the underlying Batman rights for the entire franchise for this series."

He continued, saying, "That's what I like about this, it's not some sort of adjunct companion series. This is the Batman franchise, just backing it up. I think that gives it a real focus as to what the show is about and what stories we're telling."

There will be no connection to the Batman/Bruce Wayne that*Ben Affleck will be introducing in*Zack Snyder's Man of Steel 2, tentatively titled Batman vs. Superman. "Warner Brothers manages the entire franchise and its one of their top global franchises of all," Reilly said."So there will be an awareness of both and we'll have to coordinate when we're in the market place, but the productions are not piggy-backing off one another."

The series will be in the vein of the grittier tone that Christopher Nolan established in his Dark Knight trilogy, it will be very organic to that world, though Nolan will not have a direct connection to the production. We won't see Batman's*cape and cowl till the series' conclusion, as mentioned, and it will be a slow reveal on the Supervillains alter-egos as well. "We're arcing to that," Reilly clarified. "We're not starting in that world where the villains are in costume. You see markers for it that are kind of delicious. You begin to see the evolution of the eccentricities that become those characters, but you really sort of arc there. We don't start out in capes and costumes."

When asked if there is a possibility that they may spinoff additional characters, Reilly said that he "certainly hopes so." Adding, "Do I think we'll peel out The Riddler? I don't. There's a large tapestry of characters to service over many years. So I hope we can just keep it on for a long, long run."

As the the number of episodes, Reilly jokes that, "Warner Brothers would like it to be 22 because they'd like as many as they can get," but no decisions have been made in regards to either the length of the series or a premiere date.

The show begins staffing shortly, with scripts expected to quickly following.

We will keep you updated as details on this series emerge.

Slade

01-13-2014, 05:20 PM

So, this will be what they planned back in the day before Smallville. It also sounds exactly like Smallville.

CyberCubed

01-13-2014, 07:35 PM

This sounds stupid. Bruce Wayne will only be 13 and there will already be criminals like Joker, Riddler, and Penguin in Gotham City?

So we're going to have young 13 year old Bruce running around with Gordon while these supervillains already exist? And Bruce isn't going to become Batman till the series finale...?

How is this going to work?

NinjaPug

01-13-2014, 07:51 PM

Could be wrong but it sounds like the show will also tell the origins of the villains so they wouldnt be villains right off the bat.

Either way, this could be a pretty big mess. Of course I'll still watch it.

sdp

01-13-2014, 08:33 PM

[Well it'll probably be similar to Smallville who also encountered most of his rogues gallery before even becoming Superman, I don't know, it could be alright or it could be terrible.

CyberCubed

01-13-2014, 08:40 PM

The difference is Clark was already superpowered even if he wasn't Superman.

This Bruce Wayne is a 13 year old kid with no martial arts training and all the villains will probably be adults. This just feels wrong.

Redeemer

01-13-2014, 09:47 PM

Executive #1 - Hmm, we have an Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. rip off in the works, but how can we make it a success?

Executive #2 - We could put Batman in it...

Executive #3 = BRILLIANT!!

Didn't DC start or revive the live action comic based shows with Arrow???? So couldn't it be said that Agents of Shield was trying to get into the live action comic scene due to the success of Arrow???

ZariusTwo

01-14-2014, 04:56 PM

Not to mention Arrow is consistently awesome while Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D on it's best day is mediocre

Redeemer

01-15-2014, 03:21 PM

Not to mention Arrow is consistently awesome while Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D on it's best day is mediocre

Ive watched the first few episodes of Arrow, It was ok, But I can't believe how quickly They killed Deadshot, such a wast IMO
I haven't been able to get into the show.
Agents of shield is not on my radar, not interesting at all to me.

Raph's Girl

02-08-2014, 06:13 PM

Aaand we have a Commisioner (or future one anyways). Ben McKenzie has been cast as Lt. Jim Gordon in the upcoming young Bruce Wayne series "Gotham"

Now to see who they cast as Alfred, Brucie, Catwoman, Joker, Penguin, ect...

http://www.deadline.com/2014/02/ben-mckenzie-fox-batman-gotham-tv-show/

Raph's Girl

02-11-2014, 03:04 PM

More Gotham casting!! Now we have:
Robin Lloyd Taylor as Oswald Cobblepot/Penguin
Sean "My daddy's a time lord!" Pertwee as Alfred (awesome!!!)
Zabryna Guevara as Jim Gordon's boss at the Gotham PD, Captain Essen
Erin Richards as Jim's fiancee, Barbara Kean

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=114731

Raph's Girl

02-12-2014, 01:24 PM

Donal Logue (who just did his stint as Gen Donovan in "Copper") has been cast as Harvey Bullock!!! :o

http://www.rickey.org/donal-logue-joins-foxs-gotham/

plastroncafe

02-12-2014, 01:31 PM

Didn't DC start or revive the live action comic based shows with Arrow???? So couldn't it be said that Agents of Shield was trying to get into the live action comic scene due to the success of Arrow???

Which in turn was borrowing off of "Smallville" which arguably cribbed from "Buffy."

If this show is half as good as the GPD comic, it'll be a great ride.

Redeemer

02-12-2014, 03:18 PM

Which in turn was borrowing off of "Smallville" which arguably cribbed from "Buffy."

If this show is half as good as the GPD comic, it'll be a great ride.

I'll give you smallsville, but Buffy is a little bit of a stretch for me, especially sense The Buffy comics are based on the tv series unlike the rest list above which are based off comic book runs or comic book characters. So I feel like smallsville definitely started the genre

plastroncafe

02-12-2014, 03:38 PM

It's not a matter of "comics to tv" when it comes to my mention of Buffy, but the genre itself. If it wasn't for Buffy the WB, which then became the CW, never would have put Smallville on the air.

Redeemer

02-12-2014, 04:20 PM

It's not a matter of "comics to tv" when it comes to my mention of Buffy, but the genre itself. If it wasn't for Buffy the WB, which then became the CW, never would have put Smallville on the air.

Well if we are judging from a stand point of sci-fi genre then I am sure we could find something before buffy, but I was simply talking from the stand point of mimicking the success of Live action tv drama adapted from comics.

plastroncafe

02-12-2014, 05:43 PM

I think it's debatable that Buffy is considered Sci-Fi. Superhero, sure. Modern Fantasy, okay. But not Sci-Fi. There's too much magic, and not enough tech.

I'm not saying Buffy was the first Superhero drama on tv, there was Lois and Clark before it afterall, I'm just saying that the success of Arrow can be drawn back to the fan culture shift that Buffy helped start back in the mid 90s.

I don't think we would have had most, if not all, of the WB/CW supernatural dramas if Buffy hadn't been such a cult favorite.

The Cheese Phone

02-13-2014, 01:26 PM

this show completely somehow snuck under my radar. I'll be tuning into this one. SHIELD stinks horribly. I also couldn't get into Arrow after a few episodes either. When does Arrow actually pick up the pace where it becomes a must watch show?

JakeSully

02-13-2014, 01:51 PM

Sounds interesting to have Jim Gordon have his own show

Raph's Girl

02-13-2014, 03:09 PM

When does Arrow actually pick up the pace where it becomes a must watch show?

Arrow started off slow but it really picked up midway to season 1. Season 2 has been awesome!

SHIELD is also starting to really cook with steam.

Raph's Girl

02-19-2014, 01:19 PM

Well now here's something different... Jada Pinkett Smith has been cast as the big bad crime boss Fish Mooney in "Gotham"... She's eeevil and Penguin is one of her lacky's.

So the big bad is a woman. That's nice. Just wish it wasn't Jada Pinkett Smith... I just can't see her as an evil sadistic crime boss. :ohwell:

http://comicbook.com/blog/2014/02/19/jada-pinkett-smith-cast-in-gotham/

Raph's Girl

03-04-2014, 07:35 PM

Aaand we now have young Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle!!

Playing Bruce is the curly mop top silent kid from Touch, David Mazouz and Playing Selina is unknown actress Camren Bicondova.

Selina is described as "a teen orphan who is suspicious and wholly unpredictable. A skilled pickpocket and street thief, [she] is pretty dangerous when cornered."

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=115556

TigerClaw

03-04-2014, 07:38 PM

T-U-R-T-L-E POWA!

03-04-2014, 11:40 PM

I REALLY want this to not suck! It has a ton of promise but it will be just my luck that it doesn't work out!

TheCanadiandrome

03-05-2014, 01:00 AM

I REALLY want this to not suck! It has a ton of promise but it will be just my luck that it doesn't work out!
Agreed for sure

T-U-R-T-L-E POWA!

03-05-2014, 07:54 AM

Agreed for sure

From what I initially heard it was to focus on Gordon as sort of a rookie cop but they have now cast a Bruce Wayne so it will be interesting to see how much they use him. I actually think it could be cool to view Batman from a distance instead of as the absolute focus but you would need a really strong Gordon and Bullock to make that work. My fear is that people will want to see nothing but a Batman show and if he's not the main focus then people might just think of it as just another crime show.

TheCanadiandrome

03-05-2014, 04:03 PM

well who knows for sure right

T-U-R-T-L-E POWA!

03-05-2014, 09:45 PM

Yeah I'm definitely open to watching it. I just wish they would make a Burton-esque Gotham with that sort of noir like atmosphere. I actually thought Nolan's Gotham was the weakest aspect of his films. Well besides the ridiculous voice of Bane AND Batman for that matter. LOL.

Raph's Girl

03-11-2014, 03:41 PM

Whatswiththeheadbands?

03-11-2014, 03:58 PM

Raph's Girl

03-18-2014, 06:15 PM

Last couple days some behind the scenes images from the set of "Gotham" (currently filming in NYC) have popped up. I hadn't been impressed untill now. Dude with a "Dur WTF?" look on his face is Jim Gordon, fellow next to him lookin all bad arse is Harvey Bullock:

https://scontent-b-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1.0-9/1017707_808932799120418_1425962904_n.jpg

CyberCubed

03-18-2014, 07:06 PM

Harvey older than Jim Gordon? Whaaa?

Raph's Girl

03-18-2014, 07:17 PM

Harvey older than Jim Gordon? Whaaa?

Yep. In this one Harvey is Jim's older rough around the edges partner and mentor.

Raph's Girl

03-21-2014, 04:32 PM

More pics from the set:

Batboy?!
http://i0.wp.com/batman-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/gotham-set-pics-young-bruce-wayne.jpg

Selina Kyle aka Steampunk Catgirl
http://i2.wp.com/batman-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/gotham-set-pics-catwoman-2.jpg

http://i1.wp.com/batman-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/gotham-set-pics-catwoman-1.jpg

http://i0.wp.com/batman-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/gotham-set-pics-catwoman-4.jpg

The Wayne's:
http://i1.wp.com/batman-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/gotham-set-pics-wayne-parents-death.jpg

More images here:

http://batman-news.com/2014/03/21/first-look-selina-kyle-wayne-family-new-gotham-set-photos/

TigerClaw

03-21-2014, 04:52 PM

I wonder if the show will have Bruce Wayne befriending Selina Kyle, Though she never knew that Batman was Bruce Wayne, even though shes fallen in love with Batman.

So i bet we will see hints of there future romance.

ZariusTwo

03-21-2014, 04:59 PM

I wonder if the show will have Bruce Wayne befriending Selina Kyle, Though she never knew that Batman was Bruce Wayne, even though shes fallen in love with Batman

That's not entirely accurate. Selina knew who Bruce was in the latter days of the Silver Age and in the post-2000 era comics, although that was recently retconned with the New 52. In most versions of the alternate world/future known as "Earth 2", she and Bruce marry and end up conceiving a daughter, Helena, aka The Huntress, who was the star of the last live-action Bat show Birds of Prey.

CyberCubed

03-21-2014, 09:45 PM

Honestly this series is starting to sound really bad. I wouldn't be surprised if it gets canceled in one season.

I don't understand why we can't just have a Batman show like they did with Green Arrow, Flash and previously Smallville. Who the hell wants to see 10 year old Bruce with a young Gordon?

Redeemer

03-21-2014, 10:54 PM

Andrew NDB

03-22-2014, 12:17 AM

I don't mean to be a hater... but this looks like complete ass. And seems fundamentally wrong, from conception.

CyberCubed

03-22-2014, 08:27 AM

I don't mean to be a hater... but this looks like complete ass. And seems fundamentally wrong, from conception.

It literally feels like some truly bad fanfiction being put into production.

Raph's Girl

03-24-2014, 02:08 PM

And today we have the first image of Sean Pertwee as Alfred! Sean is a spitting image of his dad!! :o

http://media.comicbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/alfred-gotham-sean-pertwee-e1395684285863.jpg

http://comicbook.com/blog/2014/03/24/gotham-first-look-at-sean-pertwee-as-alfred-pennyworth/

CyberCubed

03-24-2014, 05:10 PM

Hm, that's the one good casting I've seen.

Raph's Girl

04-01-2014, 03:29 PM

FYI. This is NOT an April Fools Joke as I actually heard about Edward Nygma being a forensic scientist several weeks ago...but there hadn't been any casting then. Cory Michael Smith has been cast in the role. He's a relative unknown (only been in a couple things) so I don't know if he's a good actor or not. Cory is a cutie tho!

Nygma will be in the pilot with possible recurring character status.

Now if what I heard a couple weeks ago is true then...we'll be seeing the casting of Renee Montoya soon.

http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/i/2014/04/01/Cory-Michael-Smith.jpg

http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/04/01/gotham-riddler/

blindturtle02

04-01-2014, 04:49 PM

Plot synopsis of Gotham (as well as the show's logo) is revealed!

http://media.comicbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Gotham.jpg

"Although the crime drama will follow Gordon’s turbulent and singular rise through the Gotham City police department, led by Police Captain SARAH ESSEN (Zabryna Guevara, “Burn Notice”), it also will focus on the unlikely friendship Gordon forms with the young heir to the Wayne fortune, who is being raised by his unflappable butler, ALFRED (Sean Pertwee, “Camelot,” “Elementary”). It is a friendship that will last them all of their lives, playing a crucial role in helping the young boy eventually become the crusader he’s destined to be."

D'awww.... they is BFF's.... :P

http://comicbook.com/blog/2014/03/11/gotham-tv-series-synopsis-and-logo-revealed/

Best friends, huh? That's sweet. My my, would you look at that? A cop and a bat, sleuthing together. When you're the best of friends, kicking so much a$$ together. Sorry for The Fox and The Hound stuff. Well I'll give the show a go. Have to see what wacky antics little Brucey gets up to. I love Batman, so I'll be tuning in for sure. Yeah yeah, even though he won't be in the suit. I can't resist this. It'll be interesting to see how they spin Joker. Hope they leave his origins a mystery. Also hoping for some villain teamup stories over the years. Well that's assuming this show lasts. They cancel so blasted much these days.

arkangel

04-01-2014, 06:02 PM

I like that it's going to be an origin, prequel-like imagining of the Batman and not just a generic cop show with loose ties, like someone mentioned. Like always, I'll reserve judgement until I see the first few episodes, but so far, it looks very promising. I'm a fan of Arrow, but find the rest of the CW's programming to be simple, cheesy, cookie-cutter teen dramas. Same corny crap just plugged into a different setting/genre. (vamp diaries, the 100, reign, tomorow people, blah, blah, blah). The fact that this is going to be a FOX project gives me hope that it will have a grittier, more adult tone.

TigerClaw

05-05-2014, 08:18 PM

Here's the first Trailer for Fox's Gotham series.
http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/05/05/gotham-trailer/

CyberCubed

05-05-2014, 10:27 PM

This show just seems wrong. 10 year old Bruce Wayne and all the villains are double his age except for Catwoman?

ZariusTwo

05-06-2014, 06:27 AM

The vibe I get routinely from this, from my own perspective and a gradual consensus on other forums, is fan trailer. I'll keep an open mind regardless though.

Redeemer

05-06-2014, 08:46 AM

This show just seems wrong. 10 year old Bruce Wayne and all the villains are double his age except for Catwoman?

I always assumed the villains like Penguin and Riddler were a few years older than bruce. I think Ten is appropriate, but Poison ivy should be about the same age as bruce.

Raph's Girl

05-06-2014, 01:17 PM

Poison Ivy (who's name is now Ivy Pepper...ugh) looks to be about 8 or 9. So she's at least somewhat close in age to Bruce. Bette Kane (original Batgirl) is also in the series apparantly...but she's in her mid 20's! The heck?!

CyberCubed

05-06-2014, 02:19 PM

I always assumed the villains like Penguin and Riddler were a few years older than bruce. I think Ten is appropriate, but Poison ivy should be about the same age as bruce.

Riddler is usually around the same age as Batman. Penguin is older a bit.

Whatswiththeheadbands?

05-06-2014, 02:36 PM

I smell the familliar stench of 'Elseworlds' about this.

TurtleTitan97

05-06-2014, 06:01 PM

Thought the trailer was alright. I'll check out the first episode when it comes.

sdp

05-08-2014, 10:39 PM

I was interested in this show until they announced it'd also have a 10 year old Bruce, that makes no sense and does kind of ruin the show for me. With that said the trailer did seem oddly promising and I liked the villain cast choices, this would've been much better without Bruce or having a teenage/early 20's Bruce who'd show up from time to time if they really wanted Bruce.

Raven

05-09-2014, 03:12 PM

The vibe I get routinely from this, from my own perspective and a gradual consensus on other forums, is fan trailer. I'll keep an open mind regardless though.

Thats how it keeps coming across to me as well, but there have been better fan films put together on youtube then this.

Show looks interesting, but I'm more intrigued on how it will evolve. It kind of feels like there shoe horning all these bat villains in to get people to watch.

Raph's Girl

05-09-2014, 09:44 PM

Check out this cast photo for Gotham: From left to right Penguin, Fish Mooney, Riddler, Poison Ivy, Harvey Bullock, Jim Gordon, Bruce Wayne, Alfred, and Selina Kyle/Catwoman (she's above Bruce and Alfred).

http://www.comicbookresources.com/imgsrv/imglib/0/0/1/gothamcast-e0497.jpg

CyberCubed

05-09-2014, 09:48 PM

I still can't wrap my mind around a Batman show with no Batman. I don't see how this concept can extend beyond a single season.

sdp

05-09-2014, 10:24 PM

Haha, the trailer does feel like a fan film but like one of those fan films that you want to see more of, like that "Grayson" fan film even though it's not the version you want for that character.

You can have a show without Batman set in his universe which is what this show is trying to be, but didn't probably felt like it wasn't good enough to sell the series so now we have a 10 year old Bruce that ruins everything. It could've been a Gotham before Batman showed up, but a Gotham when Bruce is only a kid is a bit silly if you have his rogues running around. Maybe it can work for one season but if not it'll run into the problem that Smallville had where he met all his rogues before he was Superman, but at least he wasn't 10...

Raph's Girl

05-12-2014, 01:39 AM

Ok the cast has now grown larger! Renee Montoya is now confirmed and has been promoted to series regular. She will be played by Victoria Cartagena. Cory Michael Smith's Riddler has also been promoted to series regular. And in an interesting twist....another new series regular is Andrew Stewart Jones as Crispus Allen aka The Spectre! So um... while we're not getting a Batman series we are getting one featuring The Spectre.... :teek:

http://comicbook.com/blog/2014/05/12/gotham-promotes-the-riddler-renee-montoya-and-crispus-allen-to-series-regulars/

Raven

05-12-2014, 05:46 PM

The Spectre? Really?

Or are they just doing Crispus Allen and no Spectre? their most likely doing some kind of build up, I don't see them having the spectre this soon. Possible none at all.

Having Renee is a plus, I've always loved her character especially from the animated series. I wouldn't be against them adapting some of the stories from Gotham.

Raph's Girl

05-12-2014, 05:49 PM

FOX released their fall schedule today. Gotham will air monday nights at 8pm.

Whatswiththeheadbands?

05-13-2014, 03:51 AM

What I wan is a series very similar to Batman: The Animated series, but in live action.

electric_sheep

05-13-2014, 04:48 AM

What I wan is a series very similar to Batman: The Animated series, but in live action.

Sorry, you won't be getting Batman in this any time soon...

Whatswiththeheadbands?

05-13-2014, 04:51 AM

Sorry, you won't be getting Batman in this any time soon...

I know, it's stupid.:tsad:

sdp

05-13-2014, 10:11 PM

I'd be 100% on board if we didn't have 10 year old Bruce, if we could assume he's already training and this is a few years before Batman appears it'd be great, but him still being a kid messes things up if his rouges are showing up every week. Hell wouldn't it prove that the city doesn't need Batman if the police can take care of the problems?

This does seem like another Birds of Prey, a Batman show without Batman. I enjoyed it for what it was but oh well.

Zulithe

05-13-2014, 10:17 PM

It may not be a "batman" live action show but it's one step closer.

they have done really well with Arrow. And I'm more excited about The Flash than Arrow. I really think a show ABOUT Batman could work using the same formula and we very well could see it in our lifetimes so I'm not in a hurry :)

i'm just going to enjoy this for what it is.

Whatswiththeheadbands?

05-14-2014, 06:12 AM

So I watched the trailer, and what struck me was the tone of the trailer made it seem that it was alluding to Bruce becoming Batman in the near future (which won't happen)

Anyone else feel the same way?

Raph's Girl

07-06-2014, 04:25 PM

So in a strange twist they've cast Penguin's mother!

Gertrude Cobblepot will be played by Carol Kane. I remember her from "Taxi"!

http://moviepilot.com/posts/2014/07/04/penguin-s-mother-cast-in-gotham-tv-show-1673682

BubblyShell22

07-06-2014, 05:42 PM

I've seen previews for this show and it looks interesting for sure though I'm not sure how long it'll last. I'm not sure if I'll watch it or not as it's on at the same time I'm usually watching wrestling, but if I can, I'll take a look at it.

Raph's Girl

07-14-2014, 01:25 PM

Heads up Canadians. The show will air on CTV and here's a brand new trailer from CTV!

At 2 min long this one focuses on the Wayne Murders (boy that kid can scream!) and some of the villains (Penguin hates being called Penguin...alrighty then!)

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Leo656

07-14-2014, 08:46 PM

(Penguin hates being called Penguin...alrighty then!)
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That's canon. Bullies used to pick on Oswald as a kid and call him that because he was chubby and always wore a tuxedo. Once he got older and became a vicious thug/criminal as an adult, he just kinda decided to "own" it.

Neat/obscure thing for the show to work in. That's promising.

CyberCubed

07-14-2014, 10:25 PM

Electric

07-17-2014, 12:00 AM

So the first live-action Batman TV show since the 60's one is a show with a 10 year old Bruce Wayne. This is what they come up with in the 50 year gap between the 60's show ending till now.

Yeaah. I reeaaally hope this show gets canceled after one season.

Ugh, you.

There's been so many batman movies and cartoons, there's no room for a live action batman tv show, as it would look like crap next to the movies. This isn't a batman tv show. This is a new show, that takes place in Batmans realm, about people becoming what we know them as. It's is not a batman show because batman will not be in it Til the ending.

Leo656

07-17-2014, 01:55 AM

I'unno, I think a Batman show could work if they were clever about it. They'll do one one day, and he'll probably be more a detective than a super-hero. He'll investigate a case and then beat up the bad guys in the last ten minutes.

But I agree, judging this as a Batman show isn't fair because it's not even trying to be that. As long as they get the characters right it can be pretty good.

That would be the distinction between this show and Smallville, which got most of the characters entirely wrong but looked very pretty long enough to trick people into sitting through ten seasons of it. I doubt this will last anywhere near as long, but it'll kill some time between Batman movies and keep the mythology fresh in people's minds.

Raph's Girl

07-20-2014, 10:12 PM

Ok now tell me why this show is called "Gotham" again?? They should just rename it "Arkham". Apparantly season 1 will be focusing mostly on 2 things: The origins of Arkham Assylum and Penguin's backstory.

Also, Hugo Strange and Harvey Dent will be in it. Only Harvey is more closer in age to Jim Gordon. WTF?! :ohwell:

Oh and Poison Ivy's name is now explained. She's an orphan so her name will change from Ivy Pepper to Pamela Isley as the show goes on.

http://www.superheromoviesnews.com/2014/07/hugo-strange-set-to-appear-on-gotham.html

ZariusTwo

07-21-2014, 06:45 AM

Ivy Pepper...ohh my brain hurts with the overwhelming sensation of stupid....:ohwell:

BubblyShell22

07-21-2014, 07:44 AM

Yeah, Ivy Pepper does sound stupid. I think it would be better to call her Pamela Ivy.

ObiWanFan4life

07-21-2014, 07:50 AM

Yeah, Ivy Pepper does sound stupid. I think it would be better to call her Pamela Ivy.

Heck, Lilly Ivey would suffice.

CyberCubed

07-21-2014, 08:27 AM

It bothers me that in this show Batman's rogues gallery is a good 15-20 years older than he is. Makes no sense at all.

So when Bruce finally becomes Batman...all his rogues will be in their 40's. lol.

Leo656

07-21-2014, 08:54 AM

Yeah, it already is sounding like they're making a lot of the same mistakes they made with Smallville. :ohwell: