The much awaited Batman origins TV series recently had its premiere at the New York Public Library on Monday, September 15. The Fox TV series event was attended by none other than Ben McKenzie (The OC), who is playing the lead role of Jim Gordon, in his younger days before ever becoming Gotham's Commissioner. The event was also graced by McKenzie's co-stars David Mazouz, Jada Pinkett Smith, and the show's executive producer Bruno Heller.

From the Gotham TV series trailer that has fans excited about how this TV series will explore the world of Gotham even before Bruce Wayne became the hero known as Batman.

The villains will also be present, among them, Penguin (Robin Lord Taylor), Riddler (Cory Michael Smith), Fish Mooney (Jada Pinkett Smith) and Catwoman (Camren Bicondova). Working alongside James Gordon is Detective Harvey Bullock (Donal Logue).

Recently, Ben McKenzie shared to fans what they could expect see in the upcoming first season of the Gotham TV series.

"The way that they talked about it with me is that Gotham is on this knife's edge and it's going to fall apart," McKenzie shared to Entertainment Weekly. "It's falling apart because society in general is falling apart. Society's fallen so much that everybody feels as though they must participate in the morally collapsed society. All the cops are on the take; the judges are on the take; everybody is a part of this thing. And so James, who grew up in the city but then left when his father died, comes at it from the tried-and-true device but [with] fresh eyes. He served overseas; he was in a war. And he comes back and he's got a real moral rigidity to him, which is tested immediately and tested deeply."

This is what we can also conclude from the Gotham TV series trailer, where the focus is not on the caped crusader, but Gotham as a city on the edge. The Gotham TV series will premiere on TV screens on September 22. If you haven't seen the exciting Gotham TV series trailer, watch it here!