THE BATMAN TV Series Will Reportedly Be "The James Gordon Show" Rather Than GOTHAM CENTRAL

THE BATMAN TV Series Will Reportedly Be "The James Gordon Show" Rather Than GOTHAM CENTRAL

Gotham Central comic book writer Ed Brubaker has shared what he knows about The Batman spinoff series coming to HBO Max, revealing that, from what he's been told, it will focus primarily on James Gordon...

By JoshWilding - Apr 17, 2021 05:04 AM EST
Filed Under: The Batman
Source: Fatman Beyond Podcast

Warner Bros. is clearly confident that fans will embrace Matt Reeves' vision for the DC Universe in The Batman because a small screen spinoff is already in the works for HBO Max. Joe Barton (The Ritual) is the current showrunner after some creative differences behind the scenes, and it's been revealed that the plan is for the series to take place during Batman's "Year One" in Gotham City.

That likely means the Dark Knight will have a role to play, but as little more than a myth at this stage, he'll probably be somewhere in the background. The focus will primarily be on the Gotham City Police Department, with Reeves confirming that it takes place from the POV of a corrupt cop. 

Appearing on Kevin Smith's Fatman Beyond podcast, Gotham Central writer Ed Brubaker shared what he's been told about this untitled series, and he seems confident that Jeffrey Wright's Jim Gordon will be key.

"I was like, 'Maybe they’re really going to make Gotham Central this time,’ and so I reached out to a producer who works for Matt Reeves and he says, ‘No, that’s not really Gotham Central,'" Brubaker revealed. "They’re making sure that they don’t call it Gotham Central and it’s more of a spinoff from the movie. It’s like the James Gordon show."

Perhaps Gordon will get caught up with this corrupt cop, but the priority for HBO Max surely has to be making sure this doesn't feel like another Gotham (in more ways than one). 

Hopefully, we'll have more details to share soon! 

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AtakanKaratas
AtakanKaratas - 4/17/2021, 5:24 AM
This show seems so uninteresting to me but hopefully it'll prove me wrong.
Se4M4NSt4ine
Se4M4NSt4ine - 4/17/2021, 5:31 AM
@AtakanKaratas - I mean... any project in its earliest stages of being made would come across as uninteresting - due to lack of information about the project.
kazuma
kazuma - 4/17/2021, 6:08 AM
@Se4M4NSt4ine - And that this show just ended a couple years ago.
Se4M4NSt4ine
Se4M4NSt4ine - 4/17/2021, 10:20 AM
@kazuma - by that logic, no one should be interested in another Batman movie 😃
kazuma
kazuma - 4/17/2021, 10:40 AM
@Se4M4NSt4ine - Well Batman is the actual character people care about. And even then people don't like that we're getting ANOTHER Batman reboot.

So, yes... no... and Batman isn't Gordon.
Se4M4NSt4ine
Se4M4NSt4ine - 4/17/2021, 3:32 PM
@kazuma - saying Batman isn’t Gordon is like saying Laurel isn’t Hardy, they come hand in hand with the lore.
Kman
Kman - 4/18/2021, 3:11 AM
@kazuma - I’m a huuuuuge Batman fan.... and I’d be very unhappy if they WEREN’T rebooting him.
kazuma
kazuma - 4/18/2021, 7:04 AM
@Kman - and?
Kman
Kman - 4/18/2021, 8:53 AM
@kazuma - pointing out that “people” are likely not as upset about another Batman reboot as you may think
TheMandalorian
TheMandalorian - 4/17/2021, 5:28 AM
Why??? Ugh... we just had Gotham.. it really does not need a reboot so quickly!?
Se4M4NSt4ine
Se4M4NSt4ine - 4/17/2021, 5:37 AM
@TheMandalorian - somehow, judging from the tone of The Batman trailer, I don’t think this is gonna be like Gotham... especially since they originally went for the Boardwalk Empire show runner.
Poopmaster89
Poopmaster89 - 4/17/2021, 9:12 AM
@Se4M4NSt4ine - I'm all for it, watch these same guys who don't seem interested now, but when it comes out a completely different story.
Saintsinnister
Saintsinnister - 4/17/2021, 11:40 AM
@TheMandalorian - This will be nothing like Gotham. My hope is that it’s a show based on the Year One comic. Batman is getting recognized, Gordon is tasked with taking him down. But he’s new and has a lot of corruption to deal with. Batman eventually helps him and they get to a place of trust. Hence why Batman is walking around the crime scene in the movie.
solskulldeath
solskulldeath - 4/17/2021, 8:01 PM
@TheMandalorian - there will be not like the shit show.try hard to include all the fantastical element and ends like nothing but shit
Blergh
Blergh - 4/17/2021, 5:28 AM
So...'Gotham' essentially?

Not really hyped for this then. Why is it so hard to make a Batman show?
The guy has such a rich catalogue of villains that they could fill 10 entire series with them.
I get it, Batman is 'too big' for TV as far as WB is concerned but TV isn't what it used to be. It's a new space for extended storytelling.

Make the Batman movies as the more 'blockbuster' type movies that have the guy go up against villains like Bane or the Joker while also making a 6 episode long series where he goes up against smaller adversaries.
SupremeNative
SupremeNative - 4/17/2021, 10:58 AM
@Blergh - Not Gotham at all. I wish people would make a clear distinction between measly cable television show & the potentiality of this Matt Reeves Gotham show being like Boardwalk Empire, The Killing or The Wire.

The writers, director, & overall curators of this film are clearly going for a overall different aesthetic & more ambitious tone than what you saw on Fox's Gotham. Overall, I do agree with your statement. But I don't wish for Batman to fight these villains. Would love to flesh out Police & Sidekicks by giving them thugs & villains they can handle without Batman.
Darkknight2149
Darkknight2149 - 4/17/2021, 11:12 AM
@SupremeNative -
This.

Although, I would be lying if I said I didn't wish this was more about Gotham Central than another James Gordon show.
r4dagast
r4dagast - 4/17/2021, 5:30 AM
I’ll be a lot more interested if this is like a 1 season and done kind of thing instead of dragging it on for multiple seasons making up whatever the [frick] you feel like that week like Gotham. If there’s a good story to tell it would be a good way to flesh out Gordon, like they are doing with these marvel tv shows
dragon316
dragon316 - 4/17/2021, 5:33 AM
Wasn’t Gotham James Gordon show begin with? That’s what Gotham mainly focus on Gordon very little showing Wayne in every episode
LiteraryJoe
LiteraryJoe - 4/17/2021, 5:34 AM
Peacemaker and now this... tryna catch up to D+ lol.
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 4/17/2021, 5:36 AM
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 4/17/2021, 5:46 AM
I hope this is just a normal cop show that besides the named police characters doesn't rely on the Batman mythos.

We just had that with Gotham, so this time I wouldn't mind if it's just Gordon investigating a crime that doesn't involve a dressed up and self-named villain.
RageDriver2401
RageDriver2401 - 4/17/2021, 5:52 AM
Here's the thing, Batman's supporting characters are really not much without Batman. So I don't really get the point of all these spin-offs.
KWilly
KWilly - 4/17/2021, 6:19 AM
@RageDriver2401 - I disagree to an extent. I feel Batman is one of the only characters that has supporting ones that can carry their own show. But this is the second Jim Gordon show in a decade lol
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 4/17/2021, 7:33 AM
@RageDriver2401 - IDK I think plenty of the villains work without Batman. And while characters like Robin and Nightwing are certainly tied to Batman with their origin, I feel they can work in a TV show without his influence.
RageDriver2401
RageDriver2401 - 4/17/2021, 10:21 AM
@Nightwing1015 - Nightwing and Robin can work on their own, but I really don't see the point of shows based on Gordon or Alfred if they don't include Batman.
Darkknight2149
Darkknight2149 - 4/17/2021, 11:22 AM
@RageDriver2401 -
Objectively untrue.





















Repian
Repian - 4/17/2021, 12:31 PM
@Darkknight2149 - Wow!! I love "The eye of the beholder". I have that comic.
KWilly
KWilly - 4/17/2021, 6:16 AM


Eh, then it really is just a reboot of Gotham. But with this, I highly doubt we'll even see Bruce Wayne in this show, whereas Bruce was a main character in Gotham.

Could still be a great show, but just lacks originality.
99OPTIMISTPRIME
99OPTIMISTPRIME - 4/17/2021, 7:38 AM
@KWilly - That's basically what Ben McKenzie said. "Dude, we already did that". But since it's obviously connected to the movie, the show could be used as a way of really world-building.
KWilly
KWilly - 4/17/2021, 7:48 AM
@99OPTIMISTPRIME - Yeah, I remember watching some interview he did with Michael Rosenbaum, and he didn't seem all that impressed by it. Kinda gave it a sly remark, lol
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 4/17/2021, 12:27 PM
@99OPTIMISTPRIME - If WB takes their Batman reboot seriously as a way to build out a cinematic universe of its own, then a Gotham PD series could be really useful for that. As you say, it's a way to do worldbuilding.

But more likely it will be more like a traditional one-way spin-off. Essentially Agents of SHIELD for Batman. Which is fine if someone is desperate for more Batman-adjacent media (the way so many of us were for anything with a glimmer of MCU-ness in 2013), but I'd really love to see an actual universe built around Battinson, not just another splinter franchise in the big confusing chaos of DC's live-action muddleverse.
MasterMix
MasterMix - 4/17/2021, 6:39 AM
Already exists, it's called Gotham.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 4/18/2021, 7:52 AM
@MasterMix - and it was mediocre at best, next!
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