As the premiere screening of the show comes closer and closer, the promotional machine behind it has been working overtime. Clearly, Gotham's a big deal to Fox network. They released not just one, but four Gotham TV Series trailers to further hype up their Gotham origins show.
Gotham TV series is of course the prequel story of how the city of the caped crusader became what it was during Bruce Wayne's coming of age and eventual transformation into Batman.
But this show will revolve around a young James Gordon before he became the Commissioner of Gotham, and Batman's main man in the police force. In one of the first Gotham TV series trailer that was released, we do see Bruce Wayne, but he is young and has just experienced the horrific random crime that catalyzes much of the choice
The series stars The O.C.'s Ben Mc Kenzie as a young James Gordon, and it follows his story as he makes journey to becoming the city's commissioner. It will also tackle the origin story of the city's most infamous villains, and trace their roots before becoming the monstrous menaces that people have come to know them as.
Now the four part Gotham TV series trailer that debuted online shows much of the background of the Gotham world that the series will explore. Aside from James Gordon, we also catch a glimpse of Catwoman, Penguin, The Riddler, Two Face and The Joker.
Bruno Heller (The Mentalist), the creator of Gotham the TV series on Fox, addressed criticisms and questions about his origin series at the recent Television Critics Association summer press tour earlier in the year.
One of the things Heller talked about was how his series revolves more around the real, ordinary popular people that populate the Batman universe, as opposed to superheroes and villains.
"As soon as you're into capes and costumes, it's less interesting than seeing how these people got there," Heller explains.
"If there is a superhero in the show, it is Gotham," Heller explains. "That's a larger than life character that's a central part of the show. To me, heroes are more interesting than superheroes because the difference is superheroes do the impossible and drama is really about the physically possible. This is about people and people trying to overcome real problems versus trying to learn how to fly."
Watch the four-part Gotham TV series trailer below:
