Fox's Gotham Series Casts Penguin, Alfred, and Gordon

A joker without Batman? That would be extremely displeasing for me. I mean.. I always go see Batman movies for the villains tbh, and this seems like a great cast. But no Batman = very low expectations. I will go into it with an open mind, though. Id be fine with other villians showing up prior. Most anyways.

I honestly just want a nightwing show. And I will wait as long as it takes. Lol.

remember how everyone reacted to heath ledger as joker ??and they were all wrong ..i agree... its better to wait and see.

Now I'm really excited for this show!!!

And they just cast Donal Logue as Harvey Bullock, which is a bit of inspired casting if I do say so.

I have no idea when you'll see him.

I know none of these people.

So it's Smallville all over again.

@evilpenguin543: I think it would be cool if it grew over time

@dernman: But we can still see Joker later on, right?!

Is it weird that I'm more excited for Gotham and Flash than any 2014 CBM?

@alertcircuit: Theres a pretty big gap in time between the 2. bruce is like 13 in this but like 40 something in the movie

Robin lord taylor looks like he should be playing Ignatius Ogilvy

@ccraft: Arrow is awesome, one of my favorite shows. I didn't think it would be. I started watching season 1, 3 weeks into season 2. I couldn't stop watching, until i was caught up.

SHIELD got a lot better in the last four episodes. They were slow to develop it. But they started tying everything together. I almost dropped it, but the payoff was worth the wait. Think about how Arrow was slow in season 1, with a lot of seemingly unconnected story-lines. Then they drew it together for season 2, which is an amazing season!

As for Gotham, i can't wait for this. And then there is The Flash, Constantine, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, Cage, and the Defenders! It's a great time for comic book fans.

Am I the only one who think Erin Richards and Zabryna Guevara's role should have been switched?

@alertcircuit: why would it be concerning? I've alwys wonders why/how people have problem with the representation of a single character by multiple actors sometimes at the sametime. Like c'mon this is driven from comics it's the kinda thing that should be sooo easy to except from the comic base.

@alertcircuit: No, the head of Fox's Programming said they aren't connected to the movies.

Is this in the same universe as the movies? Sean Pertwee being Alfred and then abruptly switching to Jeremy Irons would be concerning.

Robin Lord Taylor as a young Cobblepot is probably the most perfect piece of casting I've ever seen. Look at the dude's face!

Oh god, I thought this wasn't actually happening. I thought it was a joke.

so far, impressive casting :)

This is a pretty great cast my hype for this show is slowly increasing . My only concern is how they are going to use the Joker

This show might actually be good... McKenzie being the main reason I'll watch this.

What age is Bruce Wayne supposed to be in this?

That's a good sign.

I'm liking this more and more every day!

Nice.

Ben mckenzie is a very good and underrated actor

dont know any of these people....

This was exactly my main problem with Smallville. He fought nearly all of his major villains before he became Superman. I would have preferred the show created serious, long running antagonist out of a few 'meteor freaks'. Hopefully, this show doesn't make the same mistakes as smallville.

I'm sorry you can not have joker.... Unless its the last ep when Bruce Wayne finally is batman and stops his first bad guy

Excellent!! I can't wait till the show starts!

Heres hoping its just as good or better then Arrow

He needs a goatee.

He really doesn't, that mustache would look weak on him.

It's more and more seeming like this is going to be a young Bruce Wayne helps out Gordon and dose Batman like things minus the Batman imagery and less of a Gordon working his way throuh the ranks series like the original press release indicated. Not surprising but originally Gotham sounded a lot like the GCPD series everyone ahd always seemed wishful for.

Ahhh, now this is fanatic casting compared to all the other casting new recently!! A breath of fresh air really. Although, I hope Ben can grow a proper Jim Gordon mustache haha. If they can hit the tone right, this will be a fantastic show!

Great casting. But even though it takes place in the past, McKenzie NEEDS to grow a 'stache in order for his take on Gordon to work.

Actually I think Batman vs Superman has a pretty solid cast and since we haven't seen them in their roles yet, its better to wait and see.

... Why do they have better casting directors on their TV shows than their movies?

Yeah that's true and DC/WB have a rather rich legacy with putting their characters on TV (both live action/animation) so its a good thing and it will allow them to capture new fans while they make a slow process but hopefully good progress with their movies. And in some way TV is better as comic books sort of work like TV anyway.

@tommyjones1945: @jonny_anonymous: Thanks.

Great casting would have been concise...

Nice. Can't wait to see it.

great casting, unlike that Batman/superman movie

There are a lot of people on this site that know more than I when it comes to the Comic Genre. But I really see DC/WB making a full throttle push with Arrow; Flash and Gotham. I watch Arrow regularly and I know the show has captured the attention of many "non comic" fans. If DC/WB can get a few more eyes on their shows as long as they are quality, it will go a long way.

The casting choices are interesting enough I suppose. I was hoping that Cobblepot would be Bruce's age though.

Yes. As a young Bruce Wayne though.

@ccraft: just Bruce Wayne as a child