Kam 243 Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 From Digital Spy: Gotham: The OC's Ben McKenzie to play Commissioner Gordon in Fox show The OC's Ben McKenzie has been cast in the lead role in Fox's series . McKenzie will be playing the Batman franchise's Detective James Gordon in the series, which will explore the character's journey to become Gotham police commissioner. James Gordon has famously been played in the past by Neil Hamilton, Pat Hingle and Gary Oldman. McKenzie is best known for portraying teen runaway Ryan Atwood in The OC, as well his more recent tenure in the police drama Southland. The actor expressed excitement to begin work on the pilot on Twitter on Saturday (February 8). All I can promise is I will do my best not to screw this up. Can't wait to get to work. — Ben McKenzie (@ben_mckenzie) February 8, 2014 Gotham will explore the origins of the Batman franchise's most popular characters, including the villains The Riddler, The Penguin and Catwoman. A young Bruce Wayne will feature in Gotham as well. The Mentalist's Bruno Heller is writing the one-hour pilot, and Danny Cannon has signed on to direct once production begins in March.I guess this will be similar to Smallville then, there seems to be so many superhero shows made/being made at the moment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC 536 Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 It's going to be interesting to see how they handle the villains without Batman and without trampling on established canon too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edgehead Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Hmm interesting. Not sure what I think about that but I'll definitely check it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kam 243 Posted March 4, 2014 Author Share Posted March 4, 2014 David Mazouz (14) has been cast as Bruce Wayne, he was in 'Touch' previously, here's an interview with him discussing that show: [video=youtube;B6gHCdSuQQs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6gHCdSuQQs Seems Bruce will be a little younger than I thought he would be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ciaran The King Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Sound interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC 536 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 They've also cast Camren Bicondova as a young Selina Kyle, while the rest of the cast looks like this -: Ben McKenzie (Jim Gordon) Donal Logue (Detective Harvey Bullock) Zabryna Guevara (Captain Essen) Erin Richards (Barbara Kean) Sean Pertwee (Alfred Pennyworth) Robin Lord Taylor (Oswald Cobblepot aka The Penguin) Jada Pinkett Smith (Fish Mooney) The official memo to news outlets about the tone of the series states "David Mazouz (Touch) has been cast as the preteen Bruce Wayne, sentenced to a solitary life after the tragic murder of his wealthy parents. Serious and soulful, young Bruce relies on the guidance and protection of Alfred Pennyworth and James Gordon. (Note: As has been reported previously, GOTHAM is the origin story of Commissioner James Gordon and not a “Batman” show. Please note for stories that David is playing the young Bruce Wayne — not Batman.)" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ciaran The King Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Concepts like this are interesting and could be pretty good but because all the characters come from the Batman story then people could be left expecting more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRM 220 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 The Doctors son is Alfred!! If Batman is to appear in the final episode as expected can we really imagine a 14 year old donning the cape and cowl? Or is Mazouz one of several actors who will portray Wayne through the years as the show progresses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC 536 Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 I thought this trailer had been posted, but I can see that it hasn't. [video=youtube;0d1zpt6k5OI] First official cast photo -: http://i58.tinypic.com/bjhoc5.jpg Character-wise, we have (from l-r) Oswald Cobblepot (small time gangster), Fish Mooney (gangland boss), Edward Nygma (a forensic scientist within GCPD who speaks in "a cryptic language"), a young Pamela Isley, Harvey Bullock (gruff veteran cop and partner to), Jim Gordon, a young Bruce Wayne, his butler Alfred and, above them, a young Selina Kyle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Boyo Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 That looks brilliant; the trailer's really done its job :P. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edgehead Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 Really looking forward to this, bring it on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC 536 Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 The early reviews of the pilot are all very positive, with Robin Lord Taylor's turn as Oswald Cobblepot being praised as a stand-out role. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC 536 Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 While it's been confirmed that The Joker will appear at some point in the series, Bruno Heller (the showrunner for the series) had some interesting information relating to it. Credit: Uproxx He revealed the real Joker will be introduced in a later episode, but several possibilities will be introduced in episodes throughout the season. He wasn’t subtle about it when he said, “You do not want to miss an episode, because you may miss meeting The Joker for the first time.” Credit: Bleeding Cool Every episode in the first season will introduce a character that might be a future Joker, each emphasizing aspects of the character’s iconography: a card sharp, a flower seller, a clown, or just a guy with a very big grin. All relatively unknown actors. All potentially a Joker. [video=youtube_share;yV2RUFJIT4k]http://youtu.be/yV2RUFJIT4k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC 536 Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 [video=youtube;gCr0swgwhVg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCr0swgwhVg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC 536 Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 The showrunners have revealed that Hugo Strange (as the driving force behind Arkham Asylum being re-opened) and Harvey Dent (who will be of a similar age to Jim Gordon) will be characters in the show. [video=youtube;O2kFn-FPgLM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2kFn-FPgLM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC 536 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 [video=youtube_share;loXe2ybxABQ]http://youtu.be/loXe2ybxABQ [video=youtube;nitt8NdnQFk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nitt8NdnQFk [video=youtube;pexzkGXnusE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pexzkGXnusE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC 536 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Keep up-to-date with all the latest news at The Gotham Chronicle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC 536 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 [video=youtube_share;5S_bodvIBG4]http://youtu.be/5S_bodvIBG4 The last line hints at some serious menace to come and it appears a familiar hood may also in the show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul 584 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 The last line hints at some serious menace to come and it appears a familiar hood may also in the show. Cobra Commander... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC 536 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Cobra Commander...No, Red. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul 584 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 No, Red. http://www.sideshowtoy.com/mas_assets/jpg/26142_press01-001.jpg Edit: Lets be fair, it would be interesting to see. Though GI Joe comics were Marvel not DC I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxximus 353 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Yeah GI Joe was Marvel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC 536 Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 David Zayas (Angel Batista from Dexter) has been cast as Sal Maroni. With Harvey Dent confirmed as a character as well, it looks like we may getting a more comic-book faithful origin for Two Face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC 536 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 [video=youtube;Muu4YGrFKS0] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ciaran The King Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 I believe this starts very soon in the UK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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