Gothammay be coming to an end on FOX next year, but the team behind the series will keep the Batman prequel ideas going.THRreports thatGothamshowrunnerBruno Hellerhas landed a 10-episode straight-to-series order forPennyworth, a show set within the DC Comics universe that tells the origin story of—you guessed it—Alfred Pennyworth. Yes folks, we’ve reached the stage of superhero saturation where we’re making a TV show entirely about Batman’s butler (funny enough, there’s a joke about thisin theTeen Titans Go to the Moviestrailer).
This new TV series willnotbe tied toGothamand thus is not a proper spinoff of that series, which began as a James Gordon prequel show but very quickly evolved into more of a Batman prequel series. FOX recentlyordered a fifth and final season forGotham, which will revolve around the transformation of young Bruce Wayne into Batman.
Sean Pertwee, who plays Alfred Pennyworth onGotham, is not involved inPennyworthand casting has not yet begun, but the show will take place in 1960s London and will explore the origins of the former British SAS soldier who forms a secret company and goes to work with billionaire Thomas Wayne.
Heller will be reuniting withGothamexecutive producerDanny CannononPennyworth, who will direct the pilot just as he did withGotham. This is a curious development for Warner Horizon and DC Entertainment, which has plenty of comics-based shows on the air on The CW but which has been branching out recently withKryptonon Syfy and of course the upcomingDC Universe streaming service, which is lining up a slew of original TV series based on DC comics.
Anyway, at this rate we’re in line for a Perry White Netflix series any day now.
