Natalie Abrams, James Stoteraux, and Chad Fiveash serve as writers for the Gotham Knights series, each possessing relevant experience for their continuous work on the CW’s Batwoman series. The Gotham Knights series focuses on characters created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, but it will come with unique iterations of its own. Gotham Knights will not be attached to the current Batwoman series, equally walking a different path from the upcoming similarly titled video game, but the overall premise embedded in the game will stay consistent in the series.
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According to Deadline, Gotham Knights will center around Bruce Wayne’s adopted son, who forms an unlikely alliance with the children of his father’s enemies when they realize blame for Batman’s death has fallen on them. The unlikely team of misfits must fight to clear their damaged names, while Gotham descends further into the darkness with no Dark Knight to protect it. Hope, however, comes from an implausible source, as the team of heroic fugitives becomes the next generation of saviors of Gotham, hailing themselves as the Gotham Knights.
The absence of Batman presents an interesting dilemma for the conflicting characters, who each must put their differences aside to reach a collective goal. No casting decisions have surfaced for Gotham Knights, but one can anticipate developments to come as the pilot begins to materialize. If successful, Gotham Knights would be the second series on the network housed in Gotham City, following behind Batwoman, which already has three seasons attached to its belt. Warner Bros. TV and Berlanti Productions, the company responsible for the networks Arrowverse, will produce the project.
Gotham Knights, however, wasn’t the only project given the pilot order for the CW’s 2022 cycle. The network looks to be taking a third leap into Supernatural spinoff waters, ordering a pilot for The Winchesters, which hopes to meet a different fate compared to the previous two failed spinoff attempts. The CW also gave pilot orders to Walker: Independence and the live-action Powerpuff Girls series, which is being repiloted after Chloe Bennet, the show’s Blossom, stepped down from the role in August. In addition, the CW asked the upcoming Zorro series to provide six additional scripts to the network, which could signify a future of development, but nothing concrete is in stone yet.
The pilot order for Gotham Knights is promising, but more has to be done before the CW orders the DC project to series. The anticipation centered around the video game has been massive, and one can assume the same would be valid for the series. Gotham Knights would add something different to the network’s DC catalog, but only time will reveal what the writers behind Batwoman can create.
Gotham Knights has received a pilot order from the CW.
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Source: Deadline
