When Fox network premiered and
played host to five-season series “Gotham,” which chronicled the life and
misadventures of young Bruce Wayne after his parents’ death until becoming
Batman, audiences were expectant of certain elements in the Dark Knight’s
mythos that were ultimately unfulfilled. That was the abortive focus on certain
supporting characters within the Gotham City police outside of
Detective-later-Commissioner Jim Gordon. While certain Gotham cops did appear
in some seasons their portrayals were not so accurate to their
comic-book-originals. With the development of a GCPD-focused “Batman” spinoff
show for HBO Max, fans of the cops from the most-embattled police department in
DC Comics have expressed renewed, if cautious, excitement.
Comic Book Resources would have it that the director of Warner Bros
and DC’s “The Batman” film reboot is also working on a connected spinoff series
focused on the Gotham Police. Filmmaker Matt Reeves announced last week on
Friday, July 10, that this show is under parallel development with his movie.
While no title has been given the spinoff is supposed to showcase the various
officers and detectives of “Gotham Central” as they try to protect and serve the
city of Batman while struggling against super-villain foes and endemic
corruption.
The apparent source of plotlines
for this show on HBO Max is one of DC’s best-liked “Batman” spinoff comic
titles, “Gotham Central” which focused on GCPD personnel under Commissioner
Gordon, such as detectives Harvey Bullock and Renee Montoya. These good cops in
a figurative basket of bad eggs solve cases mostly without input from the Dark
Knight, and somehow prove that they could pull their weight in keeping Gotham
City safe without some costumed help. “Gotham” on Fox only put occasional
spotlights on the Gotham cops outside if Gordon and Bullock (and forensic guy
Edward Nygma became the Riddler anyway).
Matt Reeves will co-develop this
series with Terence Winter, who was executive producer of “Boardwalk Empire” on
HBO. Their fellow executive producers include Daniel Pipski, Dylan Clark and
Adam Kassam. So far, it would appear that the show will not completely overlap
storyline-wise with Reeves’ “The Batman” in terms of casting, as in it likely
will not see Robert Pattinson reprising his cinematic role as Bruce
Wayne/Batman. “The Batman” itself from Warner Bros Pictures and DC Films is
slated for an October 2021 premiere, while the spinoff has no definitive date
yet on when it will premiere on HBO Max.
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