Fox Plans On Using Gotham
To Build The Bat!
To Build The Bat!
Back in September Fox announced
that they were developing a Gotham TV Series that
will follow Detective James Gordon
and tell his origins and those of the famous city’s villains that have defined
it for the last 75 years.
that they were developing a Gotham TV Series that
will follow Detective James Gordon
and tell his origins and those of the famous city’s villains that have defined
it for the last 75 years.
The original show announcement
was described as an origin story for Commissioner
Gordon and the villains with Batman
not being a part of the series. During their Television Critics Association panel Fox Chairman Kevin Reilly announced yesterday that
the series will include all of the classic Batman villains and heroes,
including a young Bruce Wayne.
was described as an origin story for Commissioner
Gordon and the villains with Batman
not being a part of the series. During their Television Critics Association panel Fox Chairman Kevin Reilly announced yesterday that
the series will include all of the classic Batman villains and heroes,
including a young Bruce Wayne.
“The
show will arc a young Bruce Wayne from a child (around 12)
into the final episode of the series, when he will put on the cape.”
– Kevin Reilly, Fox Chairman
DC
Comics is currently exploring Batman’s origins in the Scott Snyder Zero Year
story arc in Batman. Whether or not Snyder’s arc will influence any of Gotham isn’t known. What we do know is that we can also look forward to seeing
villains like The Riddler, Catwoman, The
Penguin, and the Dark Knight’s most known rogue, The Joker.
Comics is currently exploring Batman’s origins in the Scott Snyder Zero Year
story arc in Batman. Whether or not Snyder’s arc will influence any of Gotham isn’t known. What we do know is that we can also look forward to seeing
villains like The Riddler, Catwoman, The
Penguin, and the Dark Knight’s most known rogue, The Joker.
“We
will see how they get to become who they are as Gotham is teetering on the edge. It is an operatic soap that
has a slightly larger-than-life quality.”
– Kevin Reilly,
Fox Chairman
Fox Chairman
Reilly
also confirmed that Gotham has a greenlighted pilot with Danny Cannon directing it. The series is from Warner Brothers TV with The Mentalist creator Bruno Heller at the helm is setting up
a writer’s room in mid-February with the full intention to go to series.
also confirmed that Gotham has a greenlighted pilot with Danny Cannon directing it. The series is from Warner Brothers TV with The Mentalist creator Bruno Heller at the helm is setting up
a writer’s room in mid-February with the full intention to go to series.
Gotham isn’t the only TV series that WBTV has in the works with the Flash racing over to The CW this fall and as Comic Related
recently reported that NBC Greenlights Constantine Series.
recently reported that NBC Greenlights Constantine Series.
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