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Post by Dame Bouncy Castle on Jan 14, 2020 18:57:16 GMT
E4 have secured the UK rights to the latest Arrowverse show, Batwoman. E4 parent Channel 4 said that the series would premiere on the channel in 2020.
Batwoman tells the story of Kate Kane, who, armed with a passion for social justice and a flair for speaking her mind, soars onto the streets of Gotham as Batwoman. She is 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.
The drama series, which is based on the DC character, stars Ruby Rose, Rachel Skarsten, Dougray Scott, Nicole Kang, Camrus Johnson, Meagan Tandy and Elizabeth Anweis.
In addition to Batwoman, this deal also gives E4 UK rights to DC Universe’s animated Harley Quinn series.
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Post by pandaeyes on Jan 15, 2020 10:52:09 GMT
I used to read the DC comics when I was young. In those days she was Commissioner Gordon's daughter, Barbara, a librarian if I recall correctly. Still have to go with the times I guess. Will give it a go. Harley Quinn sounds good, too.
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Post by Dame Bouncy Castle on Jan 15, 2020 12:07:16 GMT
Harley Quinn tells the story of the eponymous character who has finally broken things off once and for all with the Joker and attempts to make it on her own as the criminal Queenpin of Gotham City.
The animated comedy stars Kaley Cuoco, James Adomian, Jason Alexander, Diedrich Bader, Lake Bell, Briana Cuoco, Andy Daly, Giancarlo Esposito, Ron Funches, Tony Hale, Rahul Kohli, Phil LaMarr, Vanessa Marshall, Tisha Campbell Martin, Christopher Meloni, Matt Oberg, Jim Rash, Will Sasso, JB Smoove, Wanda Sykes and Alan Tudyk.
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Post by pandaeyes on Jan 15, 2020 14:19:07 GMT
I remember the TV series of Batman in the 60s, and Batgirl (as she was then) was played by Yvonne Craig. Some good names for the Harley Quinn series, too.
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Post by Dame Bouncy Castle on Jan 15, 2020 15:01:52 GMT
KAPOW!
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Post by yankee on Jan 15, 2020 15:56:41 GMT
Loved Batgirls red wig, karate kicks and that she zipped around Gotham City on a purple Vespa. Which thinking back, she must have stored in the parking garage of her apartment flat? She didn't have a Bat Cave. Her costume and utility belt etc. were behind the mirror of her changing table if I recall. I suppose its always best to never over think these things. Though I do remember being a kid and always wondering who would re set the "do not enter" barrier that the Batmobile always drove over when they left the Bat Cave or who would pick-up the parachute when the Batmobile needed to do an emergency stop. Then there was an episode where they showed a service vehicle come pulling up and collecting the parachute off of the street and the vehicle had a sign on the side which said something like "Gotham Parachute Recovery Service" or something.  Someone must have wrote in to ask similar questions since so many kids watched they didn't want Batman and Robin to promote littering. Same as how they always made a point for the camera to zoom in and show them fastening their seatbelts. Which at the time were something fairly new as standard equipment in passenger cars. |
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Post by hoodylover on Jan 15, 2020 19:10:05 GMT
Thank you, Dame Bouncy. I will definitely give Batwoman a go (big DC comics fan as a kid).
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Post by spinninghead on Jan 16, 2020 10:30:35 GMT
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Post by Dame Bouncy Castle on Mar 18, 2020 16:45:48 GMT
Sunday March 29th at 9pm.
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Post by hoodylover on Mar 18, 2020 19:20:50 GMT
Wonderful! Need something new and exciting to cheer us all up!  |
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Post by pandaeyes on Mar 19, 2020 9:31:15 GMT
Saw the trailer the other evening, will definitely give this a go.
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Post by pandaeyes on Mar 31, 2020 9:55:50 GMT
Good first episode. Will continue to watch. Wasn't it Bob Kane who created Batman? I wonder if her surname is in homage to him.
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Post by hoodylover on Mar 31, 2020 18:52:02 GMT
It was very good. I'll keep watching.
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Post by Dame Bouncy Castle on Apr 22, 2020 16:15:45 GMT
DC Universe’s animated Harley Quinn series will receive its UK premiere on E4 on Thursday May 7th at 10:30pm.
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Post by Dame Bouncy Castle on Jul 29, 2020 18:17:00 GMT
The second episode from the Crisis On Infinite Earths crossover event is (finally) getting a UK broadcast.
E4 have announced that they will air the Batwoman episode ‘Crisis On Infinite Earths: Part Two’ on Sunday August 9th at 9pm.
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Anymore to come?
