Gotham

[Neon Ignition]

The upcoming new DC TV series is slowly building pace

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/29957/tv-news-wolf-gotham-louis-ck-jamestown

Word is that the opening episode will have Officer Gordon dealing with the case of the Wayne's double homicide

[Neon Ignition]

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/30434/fox-s-gotham-includes-batman-villains

The showrunners confirm the series is taking a Nolanesque style but a Smallville format whereby the show will end when Wayne first puts on the costume. However, the villains of the Batman universe are very much present.

[Neon Ignition]

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/31217/fox-unveils-gotham-lengthy-synopsis-logo

Synoposis is:

"Everyone knows the name Commissioner Gordon. He is one of the crime world's greatest foes, a man whose reputation is synonymous with law and order. But what is known of Gordon's story and his rise from rookie detective to Police Commissioner? What did it take to navigate the multiple layers of corruption that secretly ruled Gotham City, the spawning ground of the world's most iconic villains? And what circumstances created them – the larger-than-life personas who would become Catwoman, The Penguin, The Riddler, Two-Face and The Joker?


"Gotham" is an origin story of the great DC Comics super villains and vigilantes, revealing an entirely new chapter that has never been told. From executive producer/writer Bruno Heller ("The Mentalist," "Rome"), "Gotham" follows one cop's rise through a dangerously corrupt city teetering on the edge of evil and chronicles the birth of one of the most popular super heroes of our time.


Growing up in Gotham City's surrounding suburbs, James Gordon (Ben McKenzie, "Southland,""The O.C.") romanticized the city as a glamorous and exciting metropolis where his late father once served as a successful district attorney. Now, two weeks into his new job as a Gotham City detective and engaged to his beloved fianc?e, Barbara Kean (Erin Richards, Open Grave, "Breaking In"), Gordon is living his dream – even as he hopes to restore the city back to the pure version he remembers it was as a kid.


Brave, honest and ready to prove himself, the newly-minted detective is partnered with the brash, but shrewd police legend Harvey Bullock (Donal Logue, "Sons of Anarchy," "Terriers," "Vikings," "Copper"), as the two stumble upon the city's highest-profile case ever: the murder of local billionaires Thomas and Martha Wayne. At the scene of the crime, Gordon meets the sole survivor: the Waynes' hauntingly intense 12-year-old son, Bruce (David Mazouz, "Touch"), toward whom the young detective feels an inexplicable kinship. Moved by the boy's profound loss, Gordon vows to catch the killer.


As he navigates the often-underhanded politics of Gotham's criminal justice system, Gordon will confront imposing gang boss Fish Mooney (Jada Pinkett Smith, The Matrix films, "HawthoRNe," Collateral), and many of the characters who will become some of fiction's most renowned, enduring villains, including a teenaged Selina Kyle/the future Catwoman (acting newcomer Camren Bicondova) and Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin (Robin Lord Taylor, "The Walking Dead," Another Earth).


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."

[charlesr]

Well this looks "officially" like it might be good!

Trailer!

http://www.superherohype.com/news/301305-the-trailer-for-foxs-gotham-is-here#/slide/6

[bash]

Not sure I would've done Gordon in parallel with a young recently orphaned Bruce as well as young Catwoman, poison ivy etc.

[charlesr]

Different though. Maybe fresh?

[originalbadboy]

It basically just follows the Smallville formula, I guess they think it worked for that, which it did for the most part, so it should for this as well.

The trouble is people see things like this and they assume Batman will be in it .. Which obviously he won't till the very end.

This looks more like Jim Gordan CSI than anything else. It could work, but I can see people switching off pretty quickly once they realise Batman isn't going to be around.

[Neon Ignition]

If they use Arrow more as a direction it could be good, the last thing it should rely on is being a Batman themed police procedural week in week out. It looks decent though, understandle but still a shame I'm still waiting for a true modern day imagining on screen of the city rather than dull anywhereville

[VR46]

Saw a five minute trailer for this on the usual dodgy download sites this morning, don't know it was on Channel 5 last night, looked pretty decent though.

[Asura]

This looks more like Jim Gordan CSI than anything else. It could work, but I can see people switching off pretty quickly once they realise Batman isn't going to be around.

Either that, or getting sick of it a bit later on. A lot of people I know had a similar attitude about Smallville:

"oh, it's just starting slow, next season he'll finally be Superman and it'll really take off"
"oh, it's just starting slow, next season he'll finally be Superman and it'll really take off"
"oh, it's just starting slow, next season he'll finally be Superman and it'll really take off"
"oh, it's just starting slow, next season he'll finally be Superman and it'll really take off"
"oh, it's just starting slow, next season he'll finally be Superman and it'll really take off"
"seriously krytonite-fuelled cars? f*ck that noise"

[VR46]

The trailer, edit, or not, it's region tied to the US.

[VR46]

Anyone watching this? think it's pretty good, little bit slow going at times, just caught up with episode seven.

Casting of Penguin is great.

[Brad]

YES! I love it. Waiting for the season to re-start. Great casting all round.

[Mayhem]

Yeah, on the mid season break now. Started slow, but gradually gotten into it, and it's nice seeing all the little Batman villains in waiting pop up heh.

[VR46]

Just watched episode twelve, show is really hitting it's form, getting better each episode and once again, great casting and acting from everyone involved, Penguin really makes the show.