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"Pennyworth" Prequel Series about Alfred Pennyworth coming to Epix
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Well the series has been in development since Gotham was at S2.
It was originally going to be a spinoff airing on Fox.
They could always create another mutant, one that deages instead of ages. I am not joking it was a thing on Gotham
I don't get it, it will be super far removed from anything Batman, what's the point? Without Batman Alfred is kind of just a guy
Until Alfried runs up against Ra's al ghul, and The Cult of Azeral
Just wait until it turns out young Alfred had his own superhero alter-ego, and he's the one who gave Bruce the idea and inspiration!!
Jokes aside, this is almost not related to Batman with how distant it is. If you took a dartboard and threw a dart at it and it hit the very edge of the board, barely making it on, that's where this concept is. It could be good, though. 1960's London spy sounds kind of James Bond-ish.
Jokes aside, this is almost not related to Batman with how distant it is. If you took a dartboard and threw a dart at it and it hit the very edge of the board, barely making it on, that's where this concept is. It could be good, though. 1960's London spy sounds kind of James Bond-ish.
Show is so ridiculous that their excuse to age up Ivy was perfectly normal when I saw it haha
They've recast her twice now
Eh to me it's still like the story ends with the dude becoming a butler for Batman, like it ends with him being hugely overshadowed so it makes it hard for me to invest I guess. I'm sure Bullock had some crazy stories as a young cop but Jim Gordon is the one people will remember and would want to see
But I can't lie, I'll watch this shit. At least the first few episodes, an Alfred prequel will never happen again
How about a show about Thomas going to college and be friends with a Jonathan Kent. Who happens to live across the street from a Ben Parker
It's crazy, DC has stuff that would be perfect for tv and grow the brand
I assume some of this... most of this is out of their control.
Like on their app doing stuff like Swamp Thing and Doom Patrol.
But when partnering with another company, they probably want a brand and Batman is probably a lot cheaper than Superman.
I mean even with the success of the MCU, there's only what 2 Marvel shows that air on actual TV?
(Not counting the X-Men stuff since that's Fox)
I mean... I imagine someone wanted a spy show and its an easy enough brand to attach
Gotham version of Alfred at least is the one actually making him Batman.
trained him since episode 1
protected him from assassins and a supervillain
helped hammer in the no kill rule
is a father to him
got him a Batmobile
tought him about theatrics, disguises, etc.
is typical radio support on mission.
Gotham Alfred makes me interested in a series in a heartbeat.
Gotham universe would be better but oh well.
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Hey, Mr.Heinz, you're nicknamed the condamint king and living a good life. But your son has a knack of getting in trouble...
I mean we've already had Batman's daughter in a series with Barbara Gordon,
They've been trying to do Grayson/Nightwing since mid Smallville.
Robin/Nightwing is already on Titans
Nobody wants solo Catwoman tv series
Arrow had the other Huntress, who can't carry a series
Red Hood or Jason Todd is supposedly on Titans.
That leaves Batwoman who would be either too niche or too derivative of Batman(like Arrow already was) for WB.
And lastly WB won't allow a full Batman series because it would possibly take interest away from a movie.
This.
Gotham's Alfred is the best live action depiction of the character by far.
I mean, what you typed seems like a pretty standard comic book plot.
We are talking about an universe where a guy is actually called "Ed Nygma" who is all about riddles, a cat burglar dressed as a cat whose real name is Selina, one letter short for "Felina", and a dude called Victor Fries (pronounced "freeze") goes on to become an ice-themed villain...
Let's not pretend that the base story is super clever.
