Jada Pinkett-Smith Talks GOTHAM, Reveals Spoiler

Jada Pinkett-Smith Talks GOTHAM, Reveals Spoiler

Jada Pinkett-Smith took to facebook to share her excitement about joining Fox's Batman prequel show, Gotham but in her enthusiasm, she may have inadvertently revealed a spoiler.

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By MarkJulian - Feb 21, 2014 05:02 AM EST
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Jada Pinkett-Smith Talks GOTHAM, Reveals Spoiler
Actress Jada Pinkett-Smith was recently confirmed to star as the lead villain on Fox's Gotham, a prequel to the Batman mythology that focuses on a young cop named Jim Gordon (Ben McKenzie) and an adolescent Bruce Wayne (not yet cast), recently bereft of his parents. Here's Jada's post:

To my Facebook family

Last night, I decided to accept the role of Fish Mooney, who is the sadistic villain in the upcoming Batman prequel, Gotham, for Fox TV. I’ve committed to a year to work alongside a very talented cast, a super cool, creative and talented head writer and an extraordinary director. This one…is going to be funnnnnn!

Stay tuned:)

J


The key piece of information here is that Pinkett-Smith is only committed to the show for a year, meaning it's likely that her character won't stay the top gangster in Gotham past the first season. Maybe Fish Mooney doesn't even stay alive past the first season? That would make a bit of sense actually, as we're reportedly going to see very young versions of the Riddler and Joker and the Penguin is confirmed to appear, as played by Robin Lord Taylor.

Jada Pinkett-Smith Talks GOTHAM, Reveals Spoiler


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BubSnikt
BubSnikt - 2/21/2014, 5:16 AM
First
BubSnikt
BubSnikt - 2/21/2014, 5:18 AM
There was someone in Arkham Origins named Tracey or Candy or something. One of Penguins assistants. She looks like she could be someone like that
MrReese
MrReese - 2/21/2014, 5:18 AM
A young Joker? Idk bout that.
Dildonis
Dildonis - 2/21/2014, 5:19 AM
Wouldnt it make more sense that they are perhaps waiting to see if they are getting picked up for a second season?
nikgrid
nikgrid - 2/21/2014, 5:20 AM
Good! I thoroughly dislike Jada Pinkett smith, and her whole brood.
Pasto
Pasto - 2/21/2014, 5:23 AM
Fish Mooney, sounds like an artist that does music similar to Drake.
4thDoctor
4thDoctor - 2/21/2014, 5:24 AM
I am confused on the whole "spoiler" idea. It's not a spoiler, it is mere speculation based on a comment that could simply be related to how the industry works.
Dildonis
Dildonis - 2/21/2014, 5:24 AM
@nikgrid

What, you dont like her philosopher of a son? Or her Marlon Brando like Husband?
loki668
loki668 - 2/21/2014, 5:26 AM
4thDoctor
4thDoctor - 2/21/2014, 5:28 AM
They are also playing it up like we are all supposed to know who Fish Mooney is.
loki668
loki668 - 2/21/2014, 5:29 AM
I'm just hoping that "Fish" is a nickname or else I'm pretty sure that she murdered her parents first.
Klone
Klone - 2/21/2014, 5:30 AM
Basically they are Smallville-ing Batman? ...Yaaay.....................
loki668
loki668 - 2/21/2014, 5:34 AM
The idea of "Young Joker" DOES give me the heebie-jeebies, though. I'm hoping that this is NOT a "Smallville" for Batman as that would be terrible. Getting a handle on what this show is going to be is pretty hard, though. Procedural cop-drama? Semi Super-Hero show? I need to know more before I feel better/worry.
capcyclopsftw
capcyclopsftw - 2/21/2014, 5:35 AM
Not a spoiler. Attention grabbing headlines. Ugh.
TelaVizion
TelaVizion - 2/21/2014, 5:35 AM
Can't wait to see all the hate this show will get for not having any big time real characters in it.
Jimmyquickfingers
Jimmyquickfingers - 2/21/2014, 5:35 AM
Just no
GeekyCheekyChic
GeekyCheekyChic - 2/21/2014, 5:39 AM
Fish...as a girl I can safely say that would not be my nickname...whether as a gangster or stripper or hooker...fish bad. Might as well call her henchwomen pink taco and clam chowder
QuestiontheAnswer
QuestiontheAnswer - 2/21/2014, 5:41 AM
This isn't Smallville-esque at all. Smallville was about Superman's rise to becoming a superhero and Gotham is going to be about a detective who would later become an ally of a superhero.
johnblake
johnblake - 2/21/2014, 5:42 AM
I THINK THIS SHOW IS STUPID. WE ALREADY HAD THE PERFECT BATMAN ORIGIN. ITS CALLED BATMAN BEGINS. SHOULDVE MAD A SHAZAAM SHOW
Tetrahedron
Tetrahedron - 2/21/2014, 5:47 AM
Don't be a [frick]ing moron. Do you think when Tom Welling was cast in Smallville he signed a 10 year contract. IT'S CALLED CONTRACT RENEGOTIATIONS YOU DIPSHIT!
MisterPL
MisterPL - 2/21/2014, 5:48 AM
@ Batmaniac

They're not going to spend years proving Batman isn't needed in Gotham. Quite the opposite. They'll spend years building up to the point that a police commissioner decides he could use some help outside of the law in the form of a masked vigilante. This show will lay the foundation for the relationship between Gordon and Batman, between Gotham and its Dark Knight.

Unless, of course, you're insisting on being a Negative Nancy in which case, yeah, THEY'RE DOING IT ALL WRONG!!! WAAAHH!!!
loki668
loki668 - 2/21/2014, 5:48 AM
@TheBaroness89

LMAO!! Yeah. It would have been pretty funny (though AMAZINGLY sexist) if they introduced her as "Sausage-Wallet" Mooney.
ProfessorX
ProfessorX - 2/21/2014, 5:51 AM
"The key piece of information here is that Pinkett-Smith is only committed to the show for a year, meaning it's likely that her character won't stay the top gangster in Gotham past the first season."

Wut? No, it just means she signed a 12 month contract... which may or may not be renewed later...
Growler
Growler - 2/21/2014, 5:55 AM
The simple reason for the one-year contract is that the show has yet to be made and aired and could well fail, so a contract beyond one season could end up being pointless.
MercwithMouth
MercwithMouth - 2/21/2014, 6:02 AM
This show looks very bad. Pinkett-Smith is a terrible actress. She should stick to being a metal band frontwoman. Constantine should be great, but it seems WB is overloading themselves.
AlibiBreakfast
AlibiBreakfast - 2/21/2014, 6:21 AM
I have a feeling this will horribly suck like Agents of Shield, and largely for the same reason: people just don't care about the background characters (Sure, AoS has terrible writing, too). General audiences don't go see a Batman movie for the side characters like Harvey Bullock or Luscious Fox-- they go to see Batman being Batman.

If the concepts and plots behind these type of shows were interesting enough to stand on their own, rather than just being naked and generic attempts by corporate parents to cash in, they wouldn't need to piggyback off the good will already felt toward their comic properties by hiding the shows behind their second-tier or largely unknown characters.
TimL
TimL - 2/21/2014, 6:27 AM
She is only commited for 1 year because they usually NEVER have contracts going past the first season before airing the pilot? They first wait and see if they get picked up again.
MisterPL
MisterPL - 2/21/2014, 6:28 AM
@ Batmaniac

"Gordon doesn't enlist Batman though. Batman ENLISTS Gordon's help, so that concept is already shady and [frick]ed up, and that's why this show will be trash!"

I never said he'd actively enlist Batman. I'm just suggesting that showing Gordon struggling with Gotham's criminals – and their escalating behavior – is a smart way to illustrate why the city's top cop will be okay teaming up with a vigilante.

But if your Magic 8 Ball™ says otherwise, who are we to disagree? We'll both watch it anyway.
rabid
rabid - 2/21/2014, 6:35 AM
I have no doubt that "Fish" will become food for the "Penguin".
SpiderFraud
SpiderFraud - 2/21/2014, 6:47 AM
Since when is Jada Pinkeet Smith terrible? Some of you guys really let a actor/actress life cloud your judgment on acting.

F*ck this show regardless.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 2/21/2014, 6:50 AM
The casting is interesting and solid. Enough to pique my interests. I'm a huge Batman fan and have followed the comics and movies for years. Exited to see this interpretation. Although, I do want emphasis on Gordon. He is a dynamic character. He's the relatable character for the viewers
MercwithMouth
MercwithMouth - 2/21/2014, 6:57 AM
I would love for this show to succeed like Arrow and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., because I love Batman's Rogues Gallery. To see younger versions of Riddler, Penguin, Joker, Zsasz(sp?), would be interesting. But the new they keep releasing is just not exciting in any way. And it being on Fox does not raise the interest.
MisterPL
MisterPL - 2/21/2014, 7:00 AM
@ Batmaniac

"They seem more interested with Batman villains in their younger years than active criminals in Gotham, like Carmine Falcone or Rupert Thorne. Now, as I said, if Gordon can take down Batman villains without Batman, Gotham doesn't need a Batman. If he doesn't stop them, it's just going to be a show about an incompetent cop."

It's about name recognition. Of course they're going to publicize the casting of Batman's most popular foes. That doesn't mean the mob bosses we all know and hate won't show up.

And Gordon's not just up against proto-rogues. He's also up against corruption within the GCPD. I suspect he'll be a very competent cop who's undermined at every turn by his own bosses and the corrupt politicians who appoint them. Gordon will become very frustrated that few of his collars stick for long if at all.
tumpai
tumpai - 2/21/2014, 7:06 AM
The SMith family are a bunch of crazy nutty weirdo's. Just watch the Oprah episode when they were on.
rabid
rabid - 2/21/2014, 7:08 AM
@Batmaniac
This would be before Falcone's time running the city. At this point he'd have been an underling working for Lee Moxon, the guy who ordered the assassination of the Waynes. Thorne would probably just be choosing a role in politics at that point, but hopefully they'll use him.
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