“I am an actor who can transform the film with the final cut. Who am I?”
Gotham has its Nygma, its Edward Nygma!
Cory Michael Smith has been confirmed to play Edward Nygma (aka the Riddler) in the Fox TV series Gotham. We are looking forward to what types of riddles, puzzles, rhymes, conundrums and brainteasers he may unleash on the city of Gotham and hope he becomes a season or series regular on the TV show.
Update 12/05/2014:
Renee Montoya (Victoria Cartagena) and Cripus Allen (Andrew Stewart-Jones) have been confirmed as series regulars for Gotham Season 1. This decision brings the show even closer to Gotham Central which, if you’ve been following our review podcasts, makes us both really happy.
Original Story 02/04/2014:
New on-set images of Ben McKenzie as Jim Gordon during filming in Manhattan are captured.
With Jim Gordon are fellow Gotham P.D. detectives Renee Montoya and Crispus Allen, played by Victoria Cartagena and Andrew Stewart-Jones. Both Montoya and Allen feature in the Ed Brubacker and Greg Rucka comic series “Gotham Central” that recently showed up on a tweet by Ben Mckenzie. The first 10 issues of “Gotham Central” will be reviewed in our next podcast in two weeks time.
In these shots, on the steps of what appears to be G.C.P.D. headquarters with all the uniformed police in the shots, it seems like Montoya and Jim are squaring up to one another until finally Allen steps in to calm the situation. What is the heated exchange about? Are accusations flying? Why does Crispus Allen step in? We can’t wait to find out!
D&J
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2nd April 2014
A Big Happy Birthday Batman in 2014
Issue #27 of Detective Comics saw the creation of the Batman published 75 years ago and aren’t we lucky. The creation of the Batman by Bob Kane and his development by Bill Finger and others, notably Frank Miller, Alan Moore, Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale, Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo but also many more artists, inkers, pencillers and writers, have brought a truly iconic figure to the world of comics that has left a lasting impact in the imaginations of many many people.
D&J
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“Batman Year One” – Zero Year E03
Show Notes
Derek and John return for Zero Year, Episode 3 with a full spoiler filled Batman Year One review.
News
It was a big week this week with the release of the officIal photos for the majority of the main cast of characters of the Gotham TV show. We discuss our impressions of the look of the actors and what we think this means for the show. We also discuss some connected news from the wider DC universe.
As DC move the release date of the untitled Superman – Batman to the same day as Captain America 3 – May 6th 2016 – the cast of Captain America: The Winter Soldier ignite a brand new Marvel Vs DC fight. You can watch the interview here.
The majority of the episode is given over to our review of the animated movie Batman Year One.
Starring Ben McKenzie as Bruce Wayne and Brian Cranston as Jim Gordon, this animated film brings to life the seminal 1986 Frank Miller graphic novel. As we discover why Jim Gordon comes to the Gotham City Police Department and how Bruce Wayne takes his first steps to clean up Gotham. Both protagonists meet the corruption in Gotham head-on leading ultimately to the emergence of the partnership between Jim Gordan and the Batman.
The review is full of spoilers so if you haven’t read the graphic novel or watched the movie, grab a copy from your local comic book shop or you can read it digitally at Comixology and join us.
Let us know your opinion on the story, graphic novel or movie and we’ll discuss any feedback on the next episode.
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Thanks for listening next time we will be talking about the first three arcs (up to issue 10) of the comic series Gotham Central by Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka and Michael Lark. Get reading and we’ll talk to you in two weeks.
Intro music for the show is Crime Scene Part 1 by The Afghan Whigs
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D&J
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Genres: TV, Comics, Fantasy, Crime, Drama, Operatic Soap, DC
Date recorded: 26/03/2014
Date published: 29/03/2014
MP3, 1 hr 25 mins 55 secs, 128kbps, 78.6 MB
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The young Bruce Wayne (David Mazouz) and is parents have finally been revealed in some new on-set images, via hitflix.com and starburstmagazine.com.
What we can say from the photos is that David Mazouz looks like he is having a blast, he can be seem smiling from ear-to-ear with his on-screen parents, Thomas and Martha Wayne (played by Grayson McCouch and Brette Taylor), and the future Catwoman (Camren Bicondova). Why wouldn’t he have a grin on his face, he’s the future Batman! Some of the other images captured during filming show the tragic beginning of the young Bruce Wayne’s emotional journey that leads ultimately to the creation of the Dark Knight.
We were also treated to some new action shots of the young Selina Kyle sliding down a fire escape. Is she trying to escape from someone or is she rushing to get somewhere? We think the answer has something to do with the carton of cream tucked away in her jacket, as it appears it is feeding time for the local alley cat or cats. These are such a great collection of images and really cements the young Selina Kyle to her future persona – Catwoman.
The tone of the show is looking very stylised and brooding, with its mix of prohibition era costumes and present day setting. We can’t wait to see the more of the cast, especially Fish Mooney and maybe some unannounced villains.
D&J
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22nd March 2014
Gotham fans, Batman fans we are being indulged…not that we’re complaining…
From the shadows of Gotham a few of Batman’s villains were teased out by RockSteady in the awesome trailer for Arkham Knight. These images gave a hint of the villainy and scum that Batman will need to face in RockSteady’s forthcoming game this Autumn.
On the back of the trailer some very atmospheric and exciting pictures have been released of three of Batman’s dark acquaintances, via Gameinformer.com – The Riddler (Edward Nygma), The Penguin (Oswald Cobblepot) and Two-Face (Harvey Dent).
Of course we’re interested to see how all of these characters play-out in the game. But we are really intrigued to see how the portrayal of Oswald Cobblepot compares with the new, younger character exploration by Robin Lord Taylor in the the TV series Gotham. Also, the ever present Riddler from the other games (Arkham Asylum, Arkham City, Arkham Origins) finally looks set to get a full in-game story. We really want to see what they do with this great Batman adversary.
Watch this space as we are expecting to see further rogues, like Harley Quinn and The Scarecrow, who will feature in Arkham Knight.
What are your thoughts on these new pictures? Let us know and share your thoughts below.
D&J
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21st March 2014
Very exciting first look images of the new Jim Gordon (Ben Mckenzie) in action whilst filming for the new Fox TV show Gotham were posted by comicbookmovie.com. The pictures show the young Jim Gordon, revolver in hand, on a chase across Gotham and firing at an unknown adversary. Who was he after? Did he catch him or her? These will become clear when the first season gets up-and-running in Autumn of this year. The pictures revealed that the new Jim Gordon, at least initially, does not have a mustache and he is not wearing his trademark glasses.
In quick succession we got more cool images, this time of Oswald Cobblepot (Robin Lord Taylor) on set which were also released via comicbookmovie.com. The criminal Oswald looks dapper and sophisticated with the famous bow tie and we are enjoying the sinister shades that he is wearing. Whilst we don’t see an umbrella in these images, we do see the Gotham Gazette newspaper that may contain spoilers.
If we hadn’t been treated enough to these little snippets from on-set Fox then went and released the first official photo of Donal Logue as Harvey Bullock. With his G.C.P.D. detective badge on display and his gun holstered, he perfectly personifies Gotham and looks every bit the world-weary, hard-edged partner to Jim Gordon. You teach that rookie detective some new tricks.
Another official photo was released by the Gotham Website today, our first look at Camren Bicondova as a young Selina Kyle the future Catwoman. Note the strategically placed Gotham skyline above her head…they sure look like kitty ears!
We’re certainly looking forward to more images from the show and we’ll post them here as soon as we find them. We can’t wait to see official photos of Jim Gordan and Oswald Cobblepot and how Fish Mooney and Alfred Pennyworth are going to turn out for Gotham.
What do you think of the released images. Share your thoughts on the images in the comments section below.
D&J
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21st March 2014
Fox TV has launched their official social media presence. Their website is now up and running at https://www.fox.com/gotham/
Fox have also launched their official twitter account @gotham and an official Facebook page.
We’ll be following them all so hopefully we’ll get even more updates about the show through all of these channels.
Just thought we’d share the official news with you as well.
You can hear our thoughts of about what we expect to see in the new series from the cast and production notes we’ve heard so far by listening to our Zero Year Podcasts.
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Show Notes
Derek and John return for Zero Year, Episode 2. This time we have a much longer episode that focuses on all the details about the announced cast and characters so far and introduces for the first time the “News” section of the podcast .
News
We begin this week discussing some of the news that has come out since the last episode.
Casting and Characters – Links
Ben McKenzies homework for playing Jim Gordon. We’ve been able to identify the following from his tweet:
pic.twitter.com/ujRRy6YL1v
Gotham Central: Book 2 – Jokers and Madmen and Book 4 Corrigan and the Dead Robin by Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka
Batman Earth One by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank
Batman Year One by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli
Batman Dark Victory by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale
Carmen Bicondova’s dance video for Happy. Was this Camren confirming that she had the part of Celina Kyle before the world knew…pay special attention to her hat.
Intro music for the show is Crime Scene Part 1 by The Afghan Whigs
Next time on Gotham TV Podcast we’ll be doing our first review show. Derek and John will be discussing their thoughts on the original Batman Year One comic by Frank Miller and the 2011 animated movie adaptation of the same name. This adaptation stars Ben McKenzie as Bruce Wayne/Batman and will hopefully serve as a great introduction to a younger cast of Characters from the Gotham Universe. Expect the episode towards the end of March.
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If you have any questions or comments or you have anything you would like us to cover about BATMAN YEAR ONE you can get us any of the following ways:
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As always thanks for listening.
D&J
Genres: TV, Comics, Fantasy, Crime, Drama, Operatic Soap, DC
Date recorded: 08/03/2014
Date published: 11/03/2014
MP3, 53 mins, 128kbps, 50 MB
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Welcome to Gotham: An Introduction to the Gotham TV series
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Season: ZeroYear [S00.1]
Episode: E01
Date recorded: 27/02/2014
Date published: 03/03/2014
MP3, 29 min, 128kbps, 27 MB
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Intro music for the show is Crime Scene Part 1 by The Afghan Whigs
Show Notes
The announcement by Fox Networks of an up-and-coming TV series based around the City of Gotham in the DC Batman Universe was received with excitement and interest by fans of the DC Universe and all things Batman including us.
Based around characters established by Bob Kane and developed by Bill Finger the TV show is set to follow the origin of the young Jim Gordon in the Gotham City P.D. and explore the origin stories of the villans that have made Gotham infamous.
With the show set to be produced by Warner Bros Television and currently in pre-production with Director/Executive Producer – Danny Cannon – and Writer – Bruno Heller – established to guide and develop the Gotham series in its first season.
In this Gotham TV Podcast episode Derek and John discuss our early impressions and thoughts on how this show may develop and pose some questions about the show, such as: How will Gotham function without Batman?
Some major cast announcements have already been made and include Ben McKenzie as the young Jim Gordon, Jada Pinkett-Smith as a new crime boss Fish Mooney, Sean Pertwee as Alfred and Robin Taylor as Oswald Cobblepot (aka the Penguin). These casting choices will be further explored in our next podcast.
D&J
Genres: TV, Comics, Fantasy, Crime, Drama
We’re just working on setting up our website about the brand new TV Show Gotham. Check back soon for regular updates and great Podcasts about this exciting TV show.
In the meantime you can follow us @gothamtvpodcast on twitter or on google+ at Gotham TV Podcast
You can also email us at [email protected]
We’re looking forward to hearing from you and sharing our excitement for the show.
Derek & John
