TV
- Ruby Rose’s lesbian Batwoman series is officially on – here’s
your first teaser
Batwoman
is coming to a small screen near you
Last
year, Orange Is The New Black star Ruby
Rose made her debut as Batwoman in The CW’s
annual crossover event, which brings together
characters from the network’s DC Comics shows
including The Flash and Supergirl.
It
marked the first time the fictional superhero had
appeared in live-action form on any screen.
Ruby
clearly made an impact with viewers, as The CW
gave a pilot order in January, with Emmy-winning
director David Nutter (Game Of Thrones) on board,
alongside writer Caroline Dries (The Vampire
Diaries) and executive producer Greg Berlanti.
It’s
now been confirmed that a full standalone Batwoman
series is coming, although a release date hasn’t
been announced. The CW have also released a short
teaser for the show, which promises that it’ll
be “coming soon”.
Staying
true to her depiction in the comics, Batwoman’s
primary identity will be a lesbian called Kate
Kane, meaning that the series will be the first
live-action superhero series with an openly gay
lead character – who’s also played by a gay
actress.
The
show’s synopsis describes “out lesbian” Kate
as having “a passion for social justice and a
flair for speaking her mind”, while her
alter-ego Batwoman is a “highly trained street
fighter primed to snuff out the failing city’s
criminal resurgence”.
But
before she can become the hero that Gotham City
needs, Kate has her own “demons” to overcome.
After
she was cast as the DC Comics superhero in August
last year, Orange Is The New Black star Ruby Rose
faced backlash – with some falsely claiming she
isn’t a lesbian – and eventually deleted her
Twitter account because of it.
“Where
on earth ‘Ruby is not a lesbian therefore she
can’t be Batwoman’ come from – has to be the
funniest most ridiculous thing I’ve ever read,”
she wrote before leaving Twitter.
“I
came out at 12? And have for the past 5 years had
to deal with ‘she’s too gay’ how do y’all
flip it like that? I didn’t change.”
