FOX has green lit Gotham, which meaning we’ll be getting a brand new television series in the fall set in DC Comics’ Batman universe (and four new shows based on DC Comics – how crazy is that!). Making this a Batman prequel is really pretty ingenious. The story telling potential here is really limitless. I can’t wait to see all the different characters they bring in to the show, so long as FOX gives Gotham a chance to succeed. Check out the show’s first official Season 1 cast photo above, and the extended first trailer below. What do you think!?!
Gotham stars Ben McKenzie as James Gordon, Erin Richards as Barbara Kean, Donal Logue as Harvey Bullock, David Mazouz as Bruce Wayne, Jada Pinkett Smith as Fish Mooney, Camren Bicondova as Catwoman, Robin Lord Taylor as The Penguin, Zabryna Guevara as Sarah Essen, Sean Pertwee as Alfred Pennyworth, Drew Powell as Butch Gilzean, Cory Michael Smith as The Riddler and Sara Paxton as Poison Ivy.
Synopsys: 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. 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.