Batwoman star Javicia Leslie discussed taking on the role, tackling the physical challenges, and more (and no, she hasn't seen the costume).
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After news broke last month that The Batman filmmaker Matt Reeves was expanding his footprint in the DCU with a series commitment for a DC Comics drama for HBO Max set in the Gotham City police department, fans were hoping for more details at this weekend's DC FanDome- and they weren't disappointed Stemming from Reeves,[...]
With a major change at lead heading into the second season of The CW's Batwoman, we're seeing Ruby Rose's Kate Kane shuffling off to stage and Javicia Leslie's Ryan Wilder taking the spotlight as Gotham's newest protector Since the news dropped at the beginning of July, fans have been waiting for when they would get[...]
Famed Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy discussed playing a "dark" Bruce Wayne on Batwoman, the "Crisis" backlash to his role, and more.
Arrow writer Maya Houston took to Twitter on Friday to announce that she was joining the Batwoman writers room for the second season.
And since we know our current zeitgeist is consumed with questions of defunding the police, could Gotham be the next place to see a Black Lives Matter uprising? Focusing on the Gotham PD, their corruption, their ineptitude, could provide a valuable social commentary that Batwoman has sometimes hinted at and danced around, but never landed[...]
On Friday, HBO Max announced a series commitment for a DC Comics drama set in the Gotham City police department from Reeves, Boardwalk Empire creator Terence Winter (The Sopranos, The Wolf of Wall Street), The Batman producer Dylan Clark, and Warner Bros Television Set to be written by Winter, the series will be set in[...]
Television, The CW, and Berlanti Productions announced that Javicia Leslie (God Friended Me, The Family Business) would be taking on the role of Ryan Wilder and the mantle of Batwoman, fans are learning how Gotham City's previous protector feels about the matter. With her casting, Leslie becomes the first Black actress to portray Batwoman in a[...]
And I just think it helps the audience a little bit too, that we are not asking them to not address the elephant in the room."
Ruby Rose as Kate Kane/Batwoman — Photo: Jack Rowand/The CW
While inspired by Batwoman, Dries emphasized that "Ryan Wilder" is a "whole new character who in her past was inspired by[...]
That, to me, is the fun part of the job."
Batwoman takes place three years after the mysterious disappearance of Batman, with Gotham a city in despair Without the Caped Crusader, the Gotham City Police Department is overrun and outgunned by criminal gangs Armed with a passion for social justice and a flair for speaking her[...]
But will Gotham be better for it, or is this just the beginning of a far, far worse fate for the city?
Rachel Skarsten as Alice and Sam Littlefield as Mouse in Batwoman, courtesy of The CW.
Ruby Rose as Batwoman in Batwoman, courtesy of The CW.
Nicole Kang as Mary Hamilton and Ruby Rose as Kate Kane[...]
He's in Hush mode now:
Gabriel Mann as Hush in Batwoman, courtesy of The CW.
Meagan Tandy as Sophie Moore and Christina Wolfe as Julia Pennyworth in Batwoman, courtesy of The CW.
Rachel Skarsten as Alice, Gabriel Mann as Hush, Linden Banks as Professor Carr, and Sam Littlefield as Mouse in Batwoman, courtesy of The CW.
Ruby Rose as[...]
With The CW's Batwoman returning Sunday night with "If You Believe In Me, I'll Believe in You," Kate (Ruby Rose) enlists the help of Luke (Camrus Johnson), and Julia (Christina Wolfe) to go undercover in the middle of the hottest club in Gotham City to retrieve something painfully vital You may have noticed that Mary's[...]
Considering the last episode involved a serial bomber, double-dealings, murder confessions, and Alice (Rachel Skarsten) and Mouse (Sam Littlefield) running Arkham. Our other takeaway from "A Narrow Escape"? I'm not sure if Kate (Ruby Rose) originally had this in mind when she decided to protect Gotham City differently than how her cousin Bruce did[...]
When Harley Quinn returned for a second season to the DC Universe streaming service, neither the series nor the anti-hero hero (Kaley Cuoco) had any
With The CW's Batwoman set to return Sunday, April 26 (a week earlier than her partner in crime-fighting Supergirl), The CW is offering viewers a set of preview images for next "A Narrow Escape." After the last episode found family secrets literally being buried by Jacob (Dougray Scott), Kate (Ruby Rose), and Alice (Rachel Skarsten), a[...]
Considering everything that happened the last time we checked in with The CW's Batwoman, it's understandable that Kate (Ruby Rose), Alice (Rachel Skarsten) and the folks over at Gotham would need to grab a few weeks off for a breather We had family secrets literally being buried, a father-daugher/sister-sister double-cross that actully had us feeling[...]
We literally open on the two of them, along with Daddy Kane (Dougray Scott) burying Cartwright under an overpass in some forgotten corner of Gotham But Alice still needs to find Mouse, and enlists Kate's help to find him It all ends with a break-in to Arkham and heartbreak and betrayal, but that's what you[...]
Well, unless there's some alt-reality, post-"Crisis" vibes in play that we haven't seen yet, The CW's Batwoman took Kate (Ruby Rose) past a line that no
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Riverdale, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) and Greg Berlanti's (You, Batwoman) The Brides has rounded out Count Dracula's (Goran Visnjic) three brides – with Gotham alum Erin Richards set for the final lead role The actress joins Visnjic, Gina Torres, Katherine Reis, Chris Mason, and Sophia Tatum on what ABC describes as a "vampire soap" about empowered,[...]
What's making this stand out for us? The title of the episode and the fact that the "big bad" attacks their faces with a blade has us feeling a "Joker vibe" in all of this.
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In the following clip, Lucious (Camrus Johnson) grills Kate on her Sophie (Meagan Tandy) status – but news of a[...]
"Batwoman" Season 1 "Grinning From Ear to Ear": Gotham's Newest Threat Gives Us Joker Vibe [PREVIEW]
With The CW's Batwoman returning this Sunday, March 8 (with "Grinning From Ear to Ear"), we have two thoughts rambling around in our head. First, we're
A swordsman of Gotham.
Fighting on top of steam trains and zeppelins… which places the timeline quite some time ago Is this Ra' Al Ghul? Is this ? Or further back? Could this be Zorro? Zorro has a rich history as far as Batman is concerned, a major inspiration for the masked crimefighter, it was a[...]
Taking out Gotham's rich and powerful to feed her need for human blood to treat a rare disease, the season's new "big bad" finds herself gaining the unwanted attention of both sides of the law.
Here's a look at the promo and preview images for next episode "Drink Me":
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We've officially reached the end of the year, folks - which means The CW's "Arrowverse" shows are taking a brief winter's nap. Arrow is shuffling off the
Quinn has said goodbye to The Clown Prince of Crime (watching Alan Tudyk's Joker laugh as it happens is pretty sweet) and is set on being the "queenpin" of Gotham City's underworld.
Three small problems: she has the Joker as a constant threat… she has Batman patrolling the streets and rooftops… and there's a pretty good[...]
Quinn has said goodbye to The Clown Prince of Crime (watching Alan Tudyk's Joker laugh as it happens is pretty sweet) and is set on being the "queenpin" of Gotham City's underworld.
Three small problems: she has the Joker as a constant threat… she has Batman patrolling the streets and rooftops… and there's a pretty good[...]
Quinn making her first moves to put together her own "legion of doom"… or will that end up being "legion of doomed"?
After last episode's pheromone-fueled Bar Mitzvah brouhaha, you would understand while we're feeling a little "cautious"…
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Bleeding Cool has run a number of articles of late as more and more people have pointed out that Batman could be the problem not the solution to Gotham's crime wave, from The Patriot Act on Netflix, the UK Labour Party activist group Momentum and Alfred Pennyworth himself in The Batman's Grave.
In the new Batman[...]
Quinn has said goodbye to The Clown Prince of Crime (watching Alan Tudyk's Joker laugh as it happens is pretty sweet) and is set on being the "queenpin" of Gotham City's underworld.
Three small problems: she has the Joker as a constant threat… she has Batman patrolling the streets and rooftops… and there's a pretty good[...]