Will the producers of ‘Gotham’ plan to create their own spin-off series or settle with HBO’s upcoming Batman spin-off?
The upcoming Batman spin-off centered on the ‘Gotham’ Police Department feels very similar to their Fox series, and ‘Gotham’ producers Danny Cannon and Bruno Heller agree. And they also have a positive take on it despite it being a competitive series for them. ‘Gotham’ focusses on the early life and career of James Gordon (Ben McKenzie) and his journey to becoming a detective within the GCPD. It first premiered in 2014.
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- What ‘Gotham’ producers said about HBO Max’s upcoming Batman spin-off?
- Batman spin-off has an advantage over ‘Gotham’, how?
Will the producers of ‘Gotham’ plan to create their own spin-off series or settle with HBO’s upcoming Batman spin-off?
What ‘Gotham’ producers said about HBO Max’s upcoming Batman spin-off?
While offering the opportunity to dig into ‘Gotham’’s seedy underbelly, it also delved deep into how Batman villains like the Penguin (Robin Lord Taylor) and the Riddler (Cory Michael Smith) originated. This summer, we heard the wonderful news that Matt Reeves is developing an HBO Max series focusing on the ‘Gotham’ PD from the film Batman. There is very little known about the show, save for the fact that it will be set before The Batman. The series will help kick off an entire Batman universe.
The conversation inevitably turned to The Batman’s GCPD spin-off and its similarities to ‘Gotham’ when Heller and Cannon recently sat down to discuss their other Batman-adjacent television series, Pennyworthwith ComicBook.com.
Batman spin-off has advantage over ‘Gotham’, how?
Both the producers offered a more positive outlook and reflected that it’s hard not to acknowledge how the two shows line up. Heller told ComicBook.com that Matt has a lot of resources owning to his film background that he will bring out the real nastiness of ‘Gotham’.
“We were the last big network battle cruiser to leave the harbor, but we were very much a network show. I think now that we’ve realized that streaming is the new god, I think Matt’s going to have a much easier time selling the kind of show that we wanted to do, because he’s got a movie with movie stars to back it up.” Then, Cannon added, “It’s going to be truer to the nastiness of what ‘Gotham’ should really be, I guess,”
Heller said.
One can’t but agree with ‘Gotham’ producers because in being created at HBO Max, the Batman spin-off will have more freedom in how it can depict ‘Gotham’’s darker side. ‘Gotham’had to limit its grittiness and was always beholden to network standards. On the other hand, the spin-off to be created by Reeves can reach new depths within the famed city. To add to this, its connection to The Batman movie can weave broader storylines that perhaps could even include a more fully-formed Bruce Wayne.
Batman spin-off comes with a streaming twist but is going to be essential ‘Gotham’, according to the insights shared by TV enthusiasts. However, we must remember that it is still early on in the development process and there are so much fans don’t know about it. So it is impossible to judge the series before it is released. ‘Gotham’ couldn’t utilize its full potential because of its placement on Fox, according to Heller and Cannon. We hope Reeves and everyone else involved with the spin-off will meet our expectations and the expectations of ‘Gotham’’s producers.
We hope that they could make a truly compelling and unique Batman series that justifies its existence.
