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  • CW cancels ‘Batwoman’ after three seasons

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: “Batwoman” has been cancelled by The CW after three seasons, series showrunner Caroline Dries announced on Saturday. Dries shared the news on Twitter.

    “Just got the sad news that #Batwoman will not be seeing an S4. I am bummed, but full of gratitude.

    “What an honor to make 51 episodes. So many inspiring, brilliant people contributed to this series. Thank you producers, cast and crew. Thank you, fans! We love you,” she wrote “Batwoman”, based on DC comics characters, premiered on The CW in 2019, with Ruby Rose in the lead, but she exited after the first season.

    Just got the sad news that #Batwoman will not be seeing an S4. I am bummed, but full of gratitude. What an honor to make 51 episodes. So many inspiring, brilliant people contributed to this series. Thank you producers, cast and crew. Thank you, fans! We love you.
    — Caroline Dries (@carolinedries) April 29, 2022
    She later claimed that unsafe working conditions led to her exit, as well as issues with co-star Dougray Scott.

    Actor Javicia Leslie was roped in as a new character to take over the role of Batwoman.

    The show also featured Rachel Skarsten, Meagan Tandy, Nicole Kang, Camrus Johnson, Victoria Cartagena, Robin Givens, and Nick Creegan.

    Dries also served as the executive producer on the series along with Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter of Berlanti Productions as well as Geoff Johns, Chad Fiveash, and James Patrick Stoteraux.

    Warner Bros Television was the studio behind the project.

  • Actor Anna Lore joins cast of Gotham Knights

    By Express News Service

    Actor Anna Lore has joined the cast of CW’s upcoming series Gotham Knights. The actor joins the previously announced cast that includes Misha Collins, Fallon Smythe, Tyler DiChiara, Olivia Rose Keegan, Navia Robinson, and Oscar Morgan.

    The series hails from Batwoman executive producers Chad Fiveash and James Stoteraux. Written by Natalie Abrams (executive story editor of Batwoman), the series is based on the DC Comics characters created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger.

    In the story, in the wake of Bruce Wayne’s murder, his rebellious adopted son forges an unlikely alliance with the children of Batman’s enemies when they are all framed for killing the caped crusader. This renegade band of misfits must fight to clear their names. 

    But in a Gotham with no Dark Knight to protect it, the city descends into the most dangerous it’s ever been. However, hope comes from the most unexpected of places as this team of mismatched fugitives will become its next generation of saviours known as the Gotham Knights.

    Lore is set to play Stephanie, a young girl trying to survive a stressful living situation who blocks it all out by diving into the world of coding. Her genius on the topic makes sense as she grew up taking in a never-ending stream of brain-food games. With a sarcastic wit to match, Stephanie is a force to be reckoned with even on the mean streets of Gotham.

    Fiveash and Stoteraux will serve as executive producers alongside Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter and David Madden. Abrams co-executive produces the show. Gotham Knights will be produced by Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. Lore is best known for her role in Into the Dark: My Valentine. In the DC Universe, she previously starred in a recurring role in Doom Patrol. 

  • Ruby Rose alleges being fired from ‘Batwoman’, studio says there were ‘complaints about behavior’ 

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: Actor Ruby Rose has levelled allegations of heavy-handedness and inappropriate behaviour against the producers of The CW drama “Batwoman” and their co-star Dougray Scott more than a year after their exit from the superhero series, saying they were forced to leave the show by the management.

    Responding to their claims, Warner Bros Television, the studio behind “Batwoman”, confirmed while the actor was fired from the series it was the result of an internal probe into “multiple complaints about workplace behavior” against the actor.

    The Australian actor, who identifies as genderfluid, shared a series of posts on their Instagram Story Wednesday to ‘name and shame’ the channel, “Batwoman” showrunner Caroline Dries, and Berlanti Productions’ Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter.

    “I’m going to tell the whole world what really happened on that set. I will come for you so what happened to me never happens to another person again. And so I can finally take back my life and the truth. Shame on you,” they wrote.

    Rose, who was the first lesbian live-action superhero on TV, exited the series in a shock announcement in May 2020.

    They played the title role of Kate Kane/Batwoman in the first season of the show.

    At the time of their exit, the actor had called the decision to leave a “difficult” one.

    “This was not a decision I made lightly as I have the utmost respect for the cast, crew and everyone involved with the show in both Vancouver and in Los Angeles,” Rose had said.

    The actor, however, did not reveal the reasons behind their exit, but had expressed their gratitude to show’s producers Berlanti, Schechter and Dries for “this incredible opportunity”.

    There were reports that Rose was not happy with the long hours required on the show, which led to some friction on the sets.

    Now on their Instagram Story, the actor included footage of their surgery that they had for a stunt injury they had suffered and alleged they were forced to return to work by former head of Warner Bros TV Peter Roth.

    Rose claimed Roth threatened them into returning by claiming they would cost the production “millions” and that “the whole crew and cast would be fired.”

    The actor also accused Roth of inappropriate behaviour with a claim that he had asked women to steam his pants while he was wearing them, and alleged he had Rose investigated by a private investigator after they left the series.

    Rose also claimed that Scott, who played their father on the show, was abusive to women and even hurt a female stunt double.

    The actor also detailed what they described as unsafe working conditions on-set, including serious injuries to a “Batwoman” crew member who received “third degree burns over his whole body” during production.

    “I wouldn’t return for any amount of money nor if a gun were to my head. NOR DID I QUIT. I DID NOT QUIT. They ruined Kate Kane and they destroyed Batwoman, not me. I followed orders, and if I wanted to stay I was going to have to sign my rights away. Any threats, any bullying tactics or blackmail will not make me stand down,” Rose wrote.

    In their response, Warner Bros Television dismissed Rose’s comments as “revisionist history”, adding the studio exercised its right not to renew Rose’s contract for season two of “Batwoman” in light of the actor’s alleged misbehaviour on set.

    “Despite the revisionist history that Ruby Rose is now sharing online aimed at the producers, the cast and crew, the network, and the Studio, the truth is that Warner Bros.

    Television had decided not to exercise its option to engage Ruby for season two of Batwoman based on multiple complaints about workplace behavior that were extensively reviewed and handled privately out of respect for all concerned,” Warner Bros Television said in a statement as shared by Deadline.

    Scott said his former co-star Rose’s side of the story is “entirely made up”.

    “As Warner Bros.Television has stated, they decided not to exercise the option to engage Ruby for season two of Batwoman based on multiple complaints about her workplace behaviour. I absolutely and completely refute the defamatory and damaging claims made against me by her; they are entirely made up and never happened,” Scott said in a separate statement.

    On Rose’s accusations against Roth, a source close to the production of “Batwoman” said the claims were “slanderous and unfounded”.

    Roth, a respected veteran TV executive, retired last year.

    After Rose’s departure, Javicia Leslie signed on to play the title role ahead of season two, although not the same character as Kate Kane.

    Leslie plays Ryan Wilder, who takes on the mantle of Batwoman.

    Wallis Day joined the show midway through season two as an “altered version” of Kate, who suffered injuries in a plane crash at the start of the season.

  • Bridget Regan cast as Poison Ivy in ‘Batwoman’ Season 3

    By ANI

    WASHINGTON: Actor Bridget Regan has joined the cast of ‘Batwoman’.

    As per Variety, Bridget will essay the role of Pamela Isley, also known as Poison Ivy, in the superhero series.

    Bridget’s character has been described as a “passionate, brilliant scientist with a mind for changing the world for the better”. But her plans shifted when she was experimented on by a colleague, injected with various plant toxins which turned her into the infamous Batman villain Poison Ivy.

    Bridget has shared the same news on her Instagram account with a caption, “this is going to be fun.”

    Also, Bridget is the latest actress to play a live-action version of Poison Ivy. Earlier Uma Thurman played Ivy in the 1997 film ‘Batman and Robin’ while several actors played her in ‘Gotham’.

    Before ‘Batwoman’, Bridget has featured on several hit shows like ‘The Last Ship’, ‘Jane the Virgin’, and ‘White Collar’. 

  • ‘Batwoman’ casts Wallis Day as Kate Kane

    By PTI
    LOS ANGELES: “Batwoman” has found a new Kate Kane in Wallis Day, known for shows like “Jekyll and Hyde” and “Krypton”.

    The British actor has been tapped for the role, initially played by Ruby Rose, in the second season of The CW superhero show which has Javicia Leslie as the new Batwoman.

    According to The Hollywood Reporter, in Sunday’s episode of “Batwoman”, the character of Kane was revealed to be alive yet unrecognisable due to injuries she sustained in a plane crash at the beginning of season two.

    She is shown bandaged and being held hostage.

    Day will play this “altered version” of Kane moving forward.

    To be clear, Leslie, who is the first Black actor to play the superhero, will continue to be Batwoman.

    Leslie plays Ryan Wilder/ Batwoman, who also hails from the LGBTQ community like Rose’s Kane.

    The rest of the season will explore where Kane has been, and what that means for her character.

    The show will also continue Wilder’s journey as Batwoman.

    “Batwoman” premiered on The CW in 2019, but its first season was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic.

    The second season premiered on January 17, 2021, and a third season has also been ordered.

    Day recently wrapped the feature film “Infinite”, directed by Antoine Fuqua which also stars Mark Wahlberg and Chiwetel Ejiofor.

  • Ruby Rose steps in for Elliot Page in gamer comedy ‘1Up’

    By PTI
    LOS ANGELES: Former “Batwoman” star Ruby Rose has joined “1Up”, the underdog comedy set in the world of esports, after Elliot Page’s exit from the project.

    According to The Hollywood Reporter, Kyle Newman is directing the movie from a script by Julia Yorks.

    “1Up” follows a young woman named Valerie Lee, who quits her college team of esports, a form of sport competition using video games, after she is fed up with gaslighting from her male counterparts, and soon realises her decision comes at the cost of her scholarship.

    “But, she discovers a loophole to save her collegiate future: if she can find a coach and assemble a whole new varsity-caliber team capable of reaching the State Finals.

    “Valerie turns to her professor, Parker Nesby, and together with Valerie’s best friend and fellow gamer Sloane, they form and train a rag-tag women’s team committed to taking down the boys that tried to shut them out of gaming in the first place,” as per the film’s official logline.

    Rose will play Professor Nesby to Paris Berelc’s Valerie in the film hailing from Lionsgate and BuzzFeed.

    “The Kissing Booth 2” breakout Taylor Zakhar Perez, Hari Nef of “Assassination Nation” fame, and “Dora and The Lost City of Gold” actor Nicholas Coombe also round the cast.

    Production on “1Up” is underway in Toronto.