The Joker and Parallel Worlds Teased in New Spots for 'Gotham' and 'The Flash'

Warner Bros. may be lagging behind Marvel when it comes to feature films but they rule on the small screen. This fall sees the emergence of two more DC Comics series that seem to be building up a serious head of steam. One is Gotham, which stars Ben McKenzie, Donal Logue, Jada Pinkett Smith, and more in a sort of "Year One" version of Bruce Wayne's story. And then there's The Flash, a spinoff of Arrow and starring Grant Gustin as the Justice League speedster.

Two brief teasers have been released for both series, and they come with some surprises for eagle-eyed viewers. First up, the Gotham spot is very similar to the one we saw a few weeks ago with young James Gordon (McKenzie) entering a crime scene while colorful villains Fish Mooney, Oswald Cobblepot, Selina Kyle, and Edward Nygma eye him menacingly. But this one is slightly different and has a more overt reference to the Joker, Batman's arch-nemesis and undoubtedly a future villain Gordon will tangle with. Did producers think audiences missed out on the Joker reference before and decided to go with something obvious? Gotham premieres on Fox on September 22nd.

"My name is Barry Allen, and I am the fastest man alive". Am I the only one who thinks every episode of The Flash should start with those words? It would be a nice nod to Mark Waid's beloved run on the comic, but also a good way frame the speedster as unique. Heroes with super speed are nothing new and so it's imperative to remind audiences there's nobody quite like Flash, and this teaser hints at a greater power within him...

"Inside your body could be a map to a whole new world".

Is that a reference to the Speed Force, which is kinda like the Force from Star Wars but used only by speedsters? Or could it be referring to DC's Multiverse, alternate worlds first discovered by the Flash more than fifty years ago?  DC uses the Multiverse frequently to tell many different kinds of stories without the burdens of continuity, although I don't know why they bother since they reboot everything every few years anyway. The Flash debuts on the CW Tuesday night, October 7th.


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'Gotham' is a Ticking Bomb in New Trailer for the Fox Series

"This is my city. I've come back because I care what's happening to it. Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who cares. This town is at a tipping point: crime, corruption, ooze on every corner. Someone needs to take a stand against it all — and that is where we come in."

And so begins the latest trailer for Fox's new series, Gotham, taking place in the city we all know will one day be protected by Batman and his army of endangered child sidekicks. But before that ever happens the Gotham police force is on their own in battling the growing forces of evil, and the two leading the charge are James Gordon (Ben McKenzie) and Harvey Bullock (Donal Logue). Set to the sound of Aloe Blacc's track "Ticking Bomb" (everybody's using this song lately), the trailer show Gordon investigating a crime scene while Penguin (Robin Lord Taylor), Selina Kyle (Camren Bicondova) and Fish Mooney (Jada Pinkett Smith) watch.

Also starring David Mazouz as young Bruce Wayne and Sean Pertwee as Alfred, Gotham premieres on September 22nd.


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Full Trailer for Fox's 'Gotham' Series Introduces Bruce Wayne and Jim Gordon

As expected, Fox gave a "thumbs up" to the Batman prequel series, Gotham, picking up the show for at least 13 episodes, and now they've released a trailer to accompany the announcement. The show stars Ben McKenzie as Detective James Gordon, still a rookie on the police force who befriends a young Bruce Wayne (David Mazouz) after his parents are murdered. We know their deaths will ultimately lead to Wayne taking on the mantle of Batman, but this series chronicles the years leading up to that as Gordon fights to save Gotham from the crime ruling its streets.

The emphasis of the trailer is in that first meeting between Gordon and Wayne, but then it quickly goes into showing off the younger versions of Batman's future villains: Poison Ivy, Penguin, Riddler, and Catwoman...well, Catwoman is totally bad but you get the point. We even see a little bit of Jada Pinkett Smith as the colorfully-named crime boss, Fish Mooney. Will this be just another cop procedural with the occasional supervillain thrown in for good measure? That's kind of what's being hinted at here but there's a lot more we've yet to see.

Also starring Donal Logue, Barbara Kean, Jada Pinkett Smith, Robin Lord Taylor, Camren Bicondova, Sean Pertwee, Cory Michael Smith, and Zabryna Guevara, Gotham will debut on Fox this fall.

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'The OC' and 'Southland' Star Ben McKenzie to Lead Fox's 'Gotham' Series

In the span of a few weeks I've gone from not caring a bit about Fox's planned Gotham series to really wanting to see how it turns out.There's been a great deal of shifting on the initial premise, which began as a show centered on a young Jim Gordon with nothing Batman related planned. But that's since changed into something more Smallville-like, and thus potentially more interesting. With Fox having the confidence to make a series commitment before an actual pilot, the only thing left is to start casting. And right off the bat they've made a solid move with Ben McKenzie coming aboard to play Gordon.

McKenzie, who made an excellent cop on TNT's underrated drama, Southland, and starred in The OC before that, will play young Detective James Gordon. This is obviously before he eventually earns the rank of Commissioner and starts building giant bat signals on roofs and stuff, but his fate and that of Bruce Wayne will still be intertwined. Gordon will be an integral part in Wayne's development in the wake of his parents' murder, leading to the boy donning the costume and defending the city.

This is a pretty big step up for McKenzie, but hardly his first time being involved with the Batman universe as he voiced the Dark Knight himself in WB's animated Batman: Year One.  We should start hearing about more casting soon, especially who will be playing the young Bruce Wayne. Bruno Heller (Rome) will be writing the pilot and exec-producing, with Danny Cannon (Nikita) directing.

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