New updates for the Batman prequel crime drama Gotham TV series have been revealed.
It seems that Gotham's executive producer Bruno Heller decided to change the origin story of one particular Batman villain, and her name is Poison Ivy (portrayed by actress Clare Foley). It was revealed that Poison Ivy name was changed to Ivy Pepper instead of her original name in the comics Pamela Isley.
According to reports from IGN, Bruno Heller explained his reasons for the changing the villains name and origin in the Gotham TV series.
"It's really about being able to tell the secret histories of these stories. If you just re-tell stories exactly as they've been told before, whilst you're being true to the created mythology, you're not really adding anything to it. So you have to find ways of finding more. And in this case, we've set up a situation in which Ivy Pepper, her mom is sick, her dad is dead... She's going to go to the orphanage. And she's a nice young girl; relatively undamaged. And she will find people to adopt her. And then we will start on the Poison Ivy story that people are familiar with."
While Heller didn't elaborate further information, there's some pretty obvious guesses one could make about Ivy Pepper's name possibly being changed by her new adoptive parents, and then her reclaiming the name Ivy down to Poison Ivy sometime in the series.
Meanwhile, former Fresh Beat Band star Jon Beavers will take on the role of Batman's archenemy The Joker in the show.
It was reported before that the new Gotham trailer sited a Joker "easter egg" as trailer shows an emphasis of what is "The Good. The Evil. The Beginning."
Ben McKenzie provided the voice-over for the trailer as he explains that Gordon will return to the city to fight crime and corruption before it consumes the city.
"This is my city, I've come back because I care what's happening to it. Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who cares. This town is at a tipping point. Crime and corruption ooze from every corner. Someone needs to take a stand against it all - and that is where we come in."
The trailer ends with Gordon holding a newspaper that says "War Hero Nakes Detective" with "Welcome Home" written in blood.
Comic fans debated about the blood written message is made by the joker, while others argued that wasn't him at all.
Comicbookvine reports that an allege Batman Facebook fan page claimed that this is Jokers work stating that DC did the same thing when they promoted Heath Ledger's Joker in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight.
BleedingCool has reported that possible comedians in each episode will likely be the Joker each emphasizing aspects of the character's iconography, a card sharp, a flower seller, a clown, or just a guy with a very big grin.
Heller further elaborates the Jokers purpose in the show saying that.
“We will be playing with… Not just with Joker. Half the fun with all of these characters is who is going to turn into what and when? Certainly the Joker is a good example. In the pilot, you see there’s a comedian there. People immediately leap… And that’s really letting the audience do our work for us. Because I haven’t said anything about that guy and people go there!”
Yeah, we’ll play with that down the line. Not over the course of one season, no, because people will still get tired of that. ‘Is that the Joker? Is that the Joker?’ No. In a subtle way, we’ll be doing that and hopefully we’ll fool them in the end.”
So what do you think of the new updates of Gotham TV series?
