Tag: Batman

GOTHAM Casts HARVEY DENT

Batman and Robin #23.1 Two-Face courtesy DC Comics
Batman and Robin #23.1 Two-Face courtesy DC Comics

Producers add another classic Batman character to Gotham.

 

Nicholas D’Agosto (Masters of Sex, Heroes) will play Harvey Dent according to Deadline. He will be a recurring player with an option become a series regular in Season Two.

 

Dent is the idealistic young lawyer who becomes District Attorney and the “White Knight” of Gotham City. In the comics mob boss Salvatore Maroni throws acid   which disfigures Dent and drives him insane creating a second personality. Dent becomes the super villain Two-Face. Continue reading GOTHAM Casts HARVEY DENT

GOTHAM Season Preview

Ben McKenzie as Jim Gordon in GOTHAM courtesy Warner Brothers Entertainment
Ben McKenzie as Jim Gordon in GOTHAM courtesy Warner Brothers Entertainment

Gotham reveals the origins of Jim Gordon and Batman’s greatest enemies.

 

The premiere set the stage for Gordon’s friendship with young Bruce Wayne, partnership with Harvey Bullock, the beginnings of future super villains and the power struggle under Carmine Falcone and Fish Mooney (Jada Pinkett Smith) and especially the twisted transformation of Oswald Cobblepot (Robin Lord Taylor) into Penguin.

 

Fox shared an extended trailer for the series via YouTube.

 

A major Batman villain seizes the stage, plans for Arkham Asylum are revealed and more classic enemies are teased.

 

Watch and enjoy: Continue reading GOTHAM Season Preview

GOTHAM Our Top Burning Question

courtesy Warner Brothers
courtesy Warner Brothers

Gotham premiered last night.

 

The new series explores the origin stories of Batman’s greatest ally and enemies. The first episode was packed with the Dark Knight’s most infamous rogues before they went bad but there’s one burning question and it’s not about the Riddler.

 

In the first episode Jim Gordon and Harvey Bullock pursue who killed Thomas and Martha Wayne. The trail leads to Fish Mooney (a new character created for the series) and Oswald Cobblepot, a scary Robin Lord-Taylor. A young street thief named Selina Kyle and troubled young girl named Ivy are introduced. Gordon and Bullock turn to forensic scientist Edward Nygma for help on the case. There’s even an appearance by….

 

Before I continue here’s a SPOILER ALERT. Continue reading GOTHAM Our Top Burning Question

MOST WANTED For GOTHAM

Ben McKenzie as Jim Gordon in GOTHAM courtesy Warner Brothers Entertainment
Ben McKenzie as Jim Gordon in GOTHAM courtesy Warner Brothers Entertainment

Gotham reveals the early origins of the Dark Knight’s allies and enemies. The new television series focuses on rookie detective Jim Gordon (Ben McKenzie) with Harvey Bullock (Donal Logue) fighting crime in the city that gave birth to Batman.

 

Robin Lord Taylor portrays Oswald Cobblepot as he’s on the path to becoming the Penguin. Cory Michael Smith is Edward Nygma before he becomes the Riddler. Camren Bicondova plays Selina Kyle as a teen thief before she’s Catwoman. The future Poison Ivy and Mr. Freeze are scheduled to appear this premiere season. The Falcone and Moroni mobster familes are sure to appear.

 

Which other future Batman rogues should appear in the prequel series?

 

Here are our Gotham‘s Most Wanted: Continue reading MOST WANTED For GOTHAM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADAM WEST

courtesy DC Entertainment
courtesy DC Entertainment

Happy Birthday to a Living Legend.

 

Adam West is 86 today.

 

For generations of comic book fans, the Batman series of the 1960’s was our “in” to the wonderful world of comic book superheroes. I still remember running off the school bus to catch reruns of the classic show before I did my homework.

 

A new generation will soon experience the Dynamic Duo as the Batman series finally arrives on blu-ray and dvd. The Adam West groove lives on in the new Batman ’66 digital comic book series. Continue reading HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADAM WEST