Batwoman will be the latest superhero to have her own show and become a part of the Arrowverse. She has made already her small screen debut in the 2018 crossover “Elseworlds”.
So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about the upcoming show!
- Batwoman is an upcoming American superhero television series
- It is developed by Caroline Dries and Greg Berlanti
- It is based on the DC Comics character Kate Kane / Batwoman
- A costumed crime-fighter created by Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid, and Keith Giffen
- The series is set in the Arrowverse
- Sharing continuity with the other television series of the universe
- It is scheduled to air on The CW
- There it will air on Sunday nights
- In May 2018, it was announced that Batwoman would appear in “Elseworlds”, the Arrowverse series’ 2018 crossover
- With an announcement two months later that a series centered on the character was in development from Dries
- In January 2019, the series received a pilot order from the CW, to be considered for a series order in the 2019–20 television season
- By the end of the month, Meagan Tandy, Camrus Johnson, and Nicole Kang had been cast to appear alongside Rose in the pilot
- The show was picked up to series in May 2019
- The series is set to debut on October 6, 2019
- Set in a timeline where Batman has abandoned Gotham City, Kate Kane, Bruce Wayne’s cousin, must overcome her demons in order to protect the streets as Batwoman
- And become a symbol of hope
- In May 2018, The CW president Mark Pedowitz and Arrow lead Stephen Amell announced at The CW’s upfront presentation that Batwoman would be introduced in the Arrowverse series’ 2018 crossover, “Elseworlds”
- Which aired in December 2018
- Fighting alongside the other Arrowverse heroes, with Gotham City also appearing
- In July 2018, it was reported that the CW was planning to develop a series around the character
- To air in 2019 if picked up
- The series, said to only be a “script-development deal”
- It was written by Caroline Dries
- Who would also serve as an executive producer with Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schecter, and the character’s co-creator Geoff Johns
- The series would be produced by Berlanti Productions and Mad Ghost Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television
- The following month, Pedowitz noted the pilot would be completed “for mid-season”
- In December 2018, Dries submitted a “strong” script for a potential pilot episode, according to Nellie Andreeva of Deadline Hollywood
- That led to the series receiving a pilot order from the CW the next month
- To be considered for a series order in the 2019–20 television season
- As of April 2019, the series was considered “a lock” at The CW
- And reportedly had a writing staff in place
- On May 7, 2019, The CW ordered the show to series
- Casting for Kate Kane was expected to begin after the announcement of the intended series in May 2018
- With the intention of casting an out lesbian actress
- In August, Ruby Rose was cast as Kate Kane/Batwoman
- In late January 2019, Meagan Tandy, Camrus Johnson, and Nicole Kang were cast in the series regular roles as Sophie Moore, Luke Fox, and Mary Hamilton, respectively
- This was followed shortly by the casting of Rachel Skarsten as Alice, Dougray Scott as Jacob Kane and Elizabeth Anweis as Catherine Hamilton-Kane
- The casting of Ruby Rose as Batwoman was met by backlash on social media and received intense criticism
- DC Comics, which owns the rights to the longtime comic book superheroine Batwoman, reintroduced the character in 2006 as a lesbian of Jewish descent
- Some online commenters attacked Rose for not being Jewish
- While the main focus of the criticism was the assertion that the fact she identifies as gender fluid made her “not gay enough”
- Ruby Rose left Twitter and deactivated public commenting on her Instagram account following the backlash
- Production on the pilot episode began on March 4 and concluded on March 25, 2019, in Vancouver, British Columbia
- Additional filming took place in Chicago, Illinois
- David Nutter had been chosen to serve as director and executive producer on the pilot in January 2019
- But by mid-February, left the project for personal reasons
- Nutter remained an executive producer on the episode
- With Marcos Siega replacing him as director and also serving as an executive producer
- Filming for the rest of the season began on July 4 and is scheduled to conclude on December 2, 2019
- On May 16, 2019, The CW released the first official trailer for the series
- The trailer received a negative reaction on YouTube
- With viewers accusing it of an overemphasis on feminism
- The trailer received 64,000 “likes” compared to 241,000 “dislikes” by May 21, 2019
- Comic Book compared the backlash against a perceived agenda to that suffered by 2019’s Captain Marvel and its actress Brie Larson
- Alex Dalbey of The Daily Dot noted how the trailer received a range of angry reactions
- But nonetheless felt that criticism of the trailer’s focus on the protagonist being a woman was valid
- Which she found to be “forced” and “hamfisted” via the dialogue and choice of song
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