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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'Gotham' TV Series Finds Its Young Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle

Fox's upcoming Gotham TV series is planning to have two major storylines running parallel to one another, although either could probably support a show individually. One arc is the development of detective James Gordon into the Gotham City commissioner we all know he grows up to be, while the other plot involves the pre-teen Bruce Wayne immediately following the murder of his parents. While most of the adult characters have been cast, The Wrap reports that the young actors playing Bruce Wayne and future Catwoman Selina Kyle have been found.

14-year-old David Mazouz (Touch) has been cast as young Bruce Wayne, who is described as "serious and soulful". Taking on the role of Selina Kyle is newcomer Camren Bicondova, whose only big screen credit is a role in the kid dance flick, Battle America. The future DC Comics antihero is described as" a teenage orphan, street thief and skilled pickpocket who is suspicious and wholly unpredictable.", and "dangerous when cornered". They make up the final series regulars

Starring Ben McKenzie, Sean Pertwee, Jada Pinkett Smith, and more, Gotham is expected to air this fall with Bruno Heller (The Mentalist) as showrunner.

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