Batwoman Pilot.
Updated with change of director and castings.
It’s official.
Vancouver is Gotham City.
The CW’s Batwoman pilot with Ruby Rose is on the BC Production List.
Filming dates: March 1st to 25th.
Last week I reported the pilot was expected to film here.
Related: CW pilot Batwoman Expected to Film in Vancouver this March.
Maybe with Chicago’s gothic towers mixed in?
After all, that’s where we first met Gotham City’s lesbian hero in the Elseworlds Crossover.
Batwoman on Chicago’s Art Deco Carbide & Carbon Building (now St. Jane Chicago Hotel) as Wayne Enterprises.
We’ll learn about Kate Kane’s origin story — and maybe a bit more about all those tattoos — in a pilot directed by Marcos Siega not (as reported earlier) by the Emmy-winning David Nutter, who did a spectacular job on The Flash and Arrow pilots.
Siega directed The Vampire Diaries pilot for The CW and is part of the Berlanti Universe as well, having directed two episodes of the creepy good streaming hit You, including the season finale.
He can bring that dark sensibility to Kate Kane/Batwoman’s origin story.
Synopsis: Armed with a passion for social justice and a flair for speaking her mind, Kate Kane (Rose) soars onto the streets of Gotham as Batwoman, an out lesbian and highly trained street fighter primed to snuff out the failing city’s criminal resurgence. But don’t call her a hero yet. In a city desperate for a savior, Kate must overcome her own demons before embracing the call to be Gotham’s symbol of hope.
Showrunner: Caroline Dries.
Cast: Ruby Rose, Meagan Tandy, Camrus Johnson and Nicole Kang.
Kate Kane aka Batwoman is Bruce Wayne’s cousin and head of Wayne Enterprises (Batman has been missing for 3 years).
Meagan Tandy (Teen Wolf) is private security agent Sophie Moore, one of Gotham City’s staunchest protectors.
Camrus Johnson (Luke Cage) is Luke Fox, son of Wayne Enterprises’ R&D director Lucius Fox.
Nicole Kang (YOU) is Kate Kane’s step sister Mary Hamilton.
Related: and Gotham City in Chicago for The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl Crossover Elseworlds.
Batwoman cave in Vancouver studio.
Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane. Filmed at Riverview in the Vancouver suburb of Coquitlam.
Related: Reversed The Flash & Arrow, Supergirl & Batwoman at Riverview as Arkham Asylum.
Jack Rowand/The CW.
That’s not Batman.
Batwoman and Supergirl.
It’s a shame I have to go because I think we would have made a good team — Supergirl to Batwoman.
World’s finest — Batwoman.
Start: March 4th.
