While all attention has been on the cancelation of DC shows at The CW, it shouldn’t be forgotten that there are still several new shows coming to the network, one of which is Gotham Knights. Now, with The CW CEO’s promise that superhero shows are not completely leaving the network, a first look image and new synopsis of the brand new series have been released. While one Batman-related series is ending with the cancelation of Batwoman, Gotham Knights is coming in the new season to take its place and it looks like it means business.
The new, lengthy logline for the series released by The CW can be seen below.
“Batman is dead, and a powder keg has ignited Gotham City without the Dark Knight to protect it. In the wake of Bruce Wayne’s murder, his adopted son Turner Hayes (Oscar Morgan, “De Son Vivant”) is framed for killing the Caped Crusader, along with the children of some of Batman’s enemies: Duela (Olivia Rose Keegan, “Days of Our Lives”), an unpredictable fighter and skilled thief who was born in Arkham Asylum and abandoned by her father, Harper Row (Fallon Smythe, “grown-ish”), a streetwise and acerbic engineer who can fix anything, and her brother Cullen Row (Tyler DiChiara, “The Virgin of Highland Park”), a clever transgender teen who is tired of being polite and agreeable. With the charismatic and hard-charging District Attorney Harvey Dent (Misha Collins, “Supernatural”) and the GCPD hot on their trail, Turner will rely on allies including his best friend and formidable coder Stephanie Brown (Anna Lore, “All American”), and unlikely Batman sidekick Carrie Kelley (Navia Robinson, “Raven’s Home”). But our Knights will soon learn there is a larger, more nefarious force at work within Gotham City. This team of mismatched fugitives must band together to become its next generation of saviors known as the GOTHAM KNIGHTS. From Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, GOTHAM KNIGHTS is written by Chad Fiveash, James Stoteraux and Natalie Abrams. Fiveash and Stoteraux will serve as showrunners and executive produce the series alongside Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter. Abrams also serves as co-executive producer. Danny Cannon directed and served as an executive producer on the pilot, along with David Madden. GOTHAM KNIGHTS is based on characters created for DC by Bob Kane with Bill Finger.”
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Gotham Knights Stands Alone and is Not Connected to Batwoman
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Although Gotham Knights is coming to The CW after the demise of the Batwoman series, and indeed shares some of the same creative team, the show will not have any link to that series or any other on the network. After the Arrowverse has slowly disbanded over the years, it seems that The CW’s future is more about stand-alone shows, especially with the belief that The Flash will be coming to a conclusion in the not too distant future, all but ending the Arrowverse.
There has been a lot of speculation about where The CW is heading following its recent wave of cancelations that have included Legends of Tomorrow and new series Naomi, but The CW’s CEO Mark Pedowitz has said there are no plans for the network to stop putting out superhero series or working with Greg Berlanti, the brain behind the DC Universe on The CW.
