What Is It?
This is a new series arriving on The CW that will focus on Kate Kane who has put on the guise of Batwoman to defend Gotham City after Batman has disappeared. She was first introduced in last season’s Arrow-verse Elseworlds crossover event and will be part of that superhero universe. Following is the synopsis for the series premiere:
Kate Kane (Ruby Rose) never planned to be Gotham’s new vigilante. Gotham is a city in despair, the Gotham City Police Department have been overrun and outgunned by criminal gangs. Enter Jacob Kane (Dougray Scott) and his military-grade Crows Private Security, which now protects the city with omnipresent firepower and militia. Years before, Jacob’s first wife and daughter were killed in the crossfire of Gotham crime. He sent his only surviving daughter, Kate Kane, away from Gotham for her safety. After a dishonorable discharge from military school and years of brutal survival training, Kate returns home when the Alice in Wonderland gang targets her father and his security firm by kidnapping his best Crow officer – and Kate’s ex-girlfriend – Sophie Moore (Meagan Tandy). Although remarried to wealthy socialite Catherine Hamilton-Kane (Elizabeth Anweis), who bankrolls the Crows, Jacob is still struggling with the family he lost, while keeping Kate –– the daughter he still has –– at a distance. But Kate is a woman who’s done asking for permission. In order to help her family and her city, she’ll have to become the one thing her father loathes –– a vigilante. With the help of her compassionate stepsister, Mary (Nicole Kang), and the crafty Luke Fox (Camrus Johnson), the son of Wayne Enterprises’ tech guru Lucius Fox, Kate Kane continues the legacy of her missing cousin, Bruce Wayne, as Batwoman. Still holding a flame for Sophie, Kate uses everything in her power to combat the dark machinations of the psychotic Alice (Rachel Skarsten), who’s always somewhere slipping between sane and insane. Armed with a passion for social justice and a flair for speaking her mind, Kate soars through the shadowed streets of Gotham as Batwoman.
Batwoman will be part of this year’s Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover event. More on that at this link.
Trailer
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Credits
Cast: Ruby Rose, Meagan Tandy, Camrus Johnson, Nicole Kang, Rachel Skarsten
Production: Caroline Dries (Showrunner / Executive Producer), Greg Berlanti (Executive Producer), Warner Bros. Television (Studio)
Series Premiere
The show will air Sundays at 8 PM EST and will have its series premiere on October 6th.
Status
This is a highly anticipated addition to the Arrow-verse shows and could help turnaround the sagging ratings for the network’s superhero shows. I would expect this one to have a decent chance of sticking around for a second season and possibly more.
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