New Batwoman photo reveals first look at Batman suit and Luke Fox
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Batman’s legacy looms over Batwoman — literally.
On Thursday, the CW released a new image from the forthcoming Ruby Rose-led Arrowverse drama that reveals its version of the Batman suit, which hasn’t been worn for some time, and Luke Cage’s Camrus Johnson as Luke Fox, the son of Wayne Enterprises’ tech guru Lucius Fox who will help Kate Kane (Rose) on her crusade to save her city.
Check out the image above.
As EW revealed ahead of Rose’s debut as Batwoman in last year’s crossover “Elseworlds,” Batman has been missing for three years in the Arrowverse’s conception of Gotham City. In the wake of his mysterious disappearance, Gotham essentially became a failed city.
“Our approach is: What does Gotham look like after the Batman has been gone for three years? So if you have the law and order, protector, and hope gone, what happens as a result?” Batwoman showrunner/executive producer Caroline Dries told EW last year. “Some people are thriving in his absence because now they can start to do their own thing without the oversight. A lot of other people are suffering and they’re losing hope, and the city itself and infrastructure is falling apart. So it’s not a happy place.”
The complete synopsis for Batwoman sheds even more light on Gotham’s depressing state and the series as a whole. Check it out below:
“Kate Kane (Ruby Rose) never planned to be Gotham’s new vigilante. Three years after Batman mysteriously disappeared, Gotham is a city in despair. Without the Caped Crusader, the Gotham City Police Department was overrun and outgunned by criminal gangs. Enter Jacob Kane (Dougray Scott) and his military-grade Crows Private Security, which now protects the city with omnipresent firepower and militia. Years before, Jacob’s first wife and daughter were killed in the crossfire of Gotham crime. He sent his only surviving daughter, Kate Kane, away from Gotham for her safety. After a dishonorable discharge from military school and years of brutal survival training, Kate returns home when the Alice in Wonderland gang targets her father and his security firm, by kidnapping his best Crow officer Sophie Moore (Meagan Tandy).
“Although remarried to wealthy socialite Catherine Hamilton-Kane (Elizabeth Anweis), who bankrolls the Crows, Jacob is still struggling with the family he lost, while keeping Kate –– the daughter he still has –– at a distance. But Kate is a woman who’s done asking for permission. In order to help her family and her city, she’ll have to become the one thing her father loathes –– a dark knight vigilante. With the help of her compassionate stepsister, Mary (Nicole Kang), and the crafty Luke Fox (Camrus Johnson), the son of Wayne Enterprises’ tech guru Lucius Fox, Kate Kane continues the legacy of her missing cousin, Bruce Wayne, as Batwoman. Still holding a flame for her ex-girlfriend, Sophie, Kate uses everything in her power to combat the dark machinations of the psychotic Alice (Rachel Skarsten), who’s always somewhere slipping between sane and insane. Armed with a passion for social justice and a flair for speaking her mind, Kate soars through the shadowed streets of Gotham as Batwoman. But don’t call her a hero yet. In a city desperate for a savior, she must first overcome her own demons before embracing the call to be Gotham’s symbol of hope.”
Batwoman will air Sundays at 8 p.m. on The CW.
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