Gotham

[number8]

Ben McKenzie cast as Gordon.

lol demoted from Batman.

[number8]

Holy shit, Sean Pertwee as Alfred.

They've also cast The Penguin, Captain Essen, and Gordon's wife Barbara.

[Winston*]

Ben McKenzie cast as Gordon.

lol demoted from Batman.

Initially read Bret McKenzie. :sad:

[number8]

[number8]

If anyone's curious, it's Gotham Central: In the Line of Duty, Gotham Central: Soft Targets, The Long Halloween, Dark Victory, Batman: Year One, and Batman: Earth One. That last one's inclusion is silly.

[number8]

Holy shit, terrier's Donal Logue is Bullock. Now I can't ignore this show, shit.

[Watashi]

I'd be excited if this show was on any other network.

[slqrick]

I'd be excited if this show was on any other network.

Yep.

[number8]

The little kid from that Kiefer show Touch is Bruce Wayne.

[number8]

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 fiancée, 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.

GOTHAM is based upon characters published by DC Comics and is produced by Warner Bros. Television. Executive producer Bruno Heller (“The Mentalist”) wrote the pilot, which will be directed and executive-produced by Emmy Award nominee Danny Cannon (the “CSI” series, “Nikita”).

[Grouchy]

I wish I could get more excited for this. That all sounds really lame and sort of like we've seen it already.

[Winston*]

But what is known of White's story and his rise from rookie journalist to editor of the Daily Planet?

[megladon8]

I was totally searching for the obligatory Bat symbol somewhere in that logo.

[number8]

Donal Logue as Bullock.

[Dead & Messed Up]

Logue as Bullock is a good pull.

[Skitch]

I've always really liked that guy.

[Morris Schæffer]

[Skitch]

YES.

[Morris Schæffer]

Based on that, I will totally give it a chance, but it could all be merely okay too.

[MadMan]

Eh, although that cast is good. I guess The Joker won't come along until later. I wonder if they'll have Mr. Freeze or The Mad Hatter.

[megladon8]

Jesus that looks awful.

Also, I know this is a stupid question but it's a legitimate one - why is this on Fox?

[Grouchy]

That looks very bad. Good cast, though.

[Irish]

Jesus that looks awful.

What looked awful about it, aside from the CGI'd cityscapes?

Warners really perfected the prequel "before they were hero/villains" model with Smallville. This just looks like a Gothic version of that.

Not really that interesting but given Smallville and now Arrow, Gotham looks like exactly what I expected it to be.

[EyesWideOpen]

I really hope we can expect more out of WB then the Smallville/Arrow model because if not that's incredibly disappointing.

[number8]

Apparently the show features "'40s architecture, '70s fashion, '90s phones and computers." That's kind of interesting.