Late last June, the second season
of “Batwoman” came to an end on The CW. This follow-up to the inaugural season
back in 2019 had a tough job selling a new lead character to don the titular
hero’s suit, with Javicia Leslie’s Ryan Wilder replacing Ruby Rose’s Kate Kane.
Then the plot developments allowed for a new actress in Wallis Day to take over
the role of Kate, while still cementing Ryan as the new Batwoman. All in all,
the “soft reboot” did as the production hoped. Plans are now underway to
introduce new characters for season 3. One of which, Renee Montoya, is being “reprised”
by her “Gotham” actress.
Deadline tells us that The CW is looking at a cast member from a
separate Batman-related series that aired on Fox, to portray the supporting character
she played there. That would be Victoria Cartagena, who is being cast as Gotham
City detective Renee Montoya in the next season of “Batwoman.” That was also the
role she played in Fox’s “Gotham,” a non-Arrow-verse show set in the
aftermath of the murders of Bruce Wayne’s parents, and the events that would lead
to his becoming Batman. As expected, their backstories are different.
In “Gotham,” Cartagena’s Montoya
is an active GCPD detective, while her version on “Batwoman” will be one who left
the force owing to its endemic corruption. She is currently part of a police division
tasked to investigate “freaks,” of which many will soon arise in Gotham City
following the finale of season 2. Nonetheless, both Montoya’s retain common
elements of the character from DC Comics (herself adapted from the original
version in “Batman: The Animated Series”). That means Renee Montoya, regardless
of series, is an LGBT+ social crusader with a pragmatic mindset, and will clean
the streets of freaked-up criminality by any means deemed necessary.
Victoria Cartagena acknowledged
her casting on her Twitter page this past Tuesday, July 20, phrasing it as
having “unfinished” business with the Montoya character, which she played for (and
appeared in) only season 1 of five-season “Gotham.” Her new version on “Batwoman”
will be truer to the comic text too, being an adult contemporary of Batman and
his related characters. What is not known is if the series will touch on a
later print development where Montoya takes up the costumed identity of The
Question. Fans will just have to wait for “Batwoman” to resume.
I guess #Reneemontoya and I have some unfinished business❤️ So very excited to join this new group of talented artists, writers & crew who are doing their thing over here! They have welcomed me wholeheartedly! Grateful, humbled, hype AF… #batwoman #fullcircle https://t.co/eeNCmptT7v
— Victoria Cartagena (@VickiCartagena) July 20, 2021
Cartagena is joined in the
upcoming casting by Robin Givens as Jada Jett, CEO of Jett Industries and
possible birth mother of Ryan Wilder/Batwoman 2 (Javicia Leslie). The CW has
given no date yet for when “Batwoman” season 3 premieres.
Image from Comic Book Resources
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