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Gotham TV Show Coming to Fox

Will we finally get the GOTHAM CENTRAL show we've all been asking for?

Here's some fitting news for today. It's being reported that Fox won a bidding war for Gotham, a live-action TV show set in Batman's hometown. The show is supposed to explore James Gordon's story as well as some of the villains that have made the city so well known.

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Warner Bros. TV and Mentalist creator Bruno Heller are on board to bring about a show where Gordon is still a police detective in the Gotham City Police Department. In other words, don't expect Batman anytime soon.

No further information has been released. We'll definitely keep an eye out for more details.

Source: Deadline

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This could work.

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Give DC a try. There doing good Animated programs and now TV Shows. I know some people do not like the show called Arrow. I watch that show because it is DC. I do not watch show like Marvel or read there comics because there comics are lame and boring to me and there own by Disney. DC Comics are much better. There just doing there best to make good TV Shows and Movies just give them a chance.

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I like the Idea of Gotham, DC seem to be playing their current movie slate (BBegins, TDK, TDKR, MOS) and a revitalized live TV Slate (Arrow) on a more serious take than Marvel and ALL they are doing right now.
Gotham cannot be done like Marvels Agents of Shield, which is more camp, aesthetic and suited for Gen Z contemporary audiences (Got to give it props though, it does know what it is, which is its most fearsome weapon, and why I will watch it). Gotham demands a serious take, call it dark, call it gritty, it cannot be all flashing blue and red tones with perfectly manicured people whom are very difficult to believe as being agents. Gotham needs to be a dark place of nightmares (No not the Scarecrow kind), crime and corruption. Jim Gordon needs to be the shining light in this darkness, he needs to be incontrovertible, hopefully the program will beat the hell (physically and mentally) out of him to get to this point.

I am excited at the idea of introducing Renee Montoya, Harvey Bullock, Barbara Gordon et al into the mix, there is great drama there already.

You could see an introduction of a young Harvey Dent, Penguin, the Falcones, even a misguided GCPD doctor by the name of Victor Von Freeze. Origins could be rewritten to fit. Ras Al Ghul and the league of shadows could make an appearance as a shadowy hand behind dark occurrences in the city.

The Flying Graysons could be plying their trade (obviously Dick has not been thought of yet), a world champion boxer by the name of Ted "Wildcat" Grant may swing by. A renowned physicist named Al Pratt may show up as well.

The show could highlight Thomas Wayne, it could even create a relationship between Wayne and Gordon, both idealists trying to create a better society in the Hell they live in.

Agents of Shield has the potential to become mired in a "Freak of the Week" style show which can wear its welcome out quickly. Gotham could become a very adult serialised tv show with the ability to throw in some super powered types (Freeze) in if needed.

Gotham could be in a shared universe with Arrow and MOS, I saw a great comment on IGN regarding Gotham and a DC shared universe, which answered the question brilliantly

"With Gotham starring a younger Jim Gordon and Batman vs. Superman featuring an older, more experienced Dark Knight, it’s possible that the show could be considered the early canon for that universe without ever overtly expressing it. Instead of confirming it, they could simply never contradict it, and I would think most fans would be happy to connect the dots themselves."

I rest my case for Gotham...