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Misha Collins to Play Harvey Dent in The CW’s ‘Gotham Knights’

Misha Collins is making a return to The CW.

The former Supernatural star has signed on to the network’s Gotham Knights pilot, where he’ll play Gotham City District Attorney Harvey Dent.

Written by the Batwoman trio of Chad Fiveash, James Stoteraux and Natalie Abrams, Gotham Knights is set in a Gotham City reeling from the murder of Bruce Wayne. His rebellious adopted son (Oscar Morgan) forms an alliance with the children of Batman’s enemies when they’re all framed for killing the Caped Crusader. With Gotham as dangerous as it’s ever been, the group of fugitives could be the city’s next saviors.

The pilot is not a Batwoman spinoff and is also unrelated to an upcoming Warner Bros. Games release of the same title. It’s based on DC Comics characters created by Bob Kane with Bill Finger.

The Gotham Knights cast also includes Olivia Rose Keegan, Navia Robinson, Fallon Smythe and Tyler DiChiara.

Collins announced his casting on Twitter on Wednesday morning: “I’ve asked if my version of the character could be wearing a beige trench coat over the grey suit. (I’m just not sure I’ll be comfortable in front of a camera without one.),” he wrote, referring to his signature wardrobe on Supernatural. He joins a roster of actors who have played the character — who in DC lore later becomes the villain Two-Face — that includes Billy Dee Williams (1989’s Batman), Tommy Lee Jones (1995’s Batman Forever), Aaron Eckhart (2008’s The Dark Knight) and Nicholas D’Agosto (Fox’s Gotham in 2015-16).

This version of Dent is described as “dashing, with a swagger” and a hard-charging district attorney. His idealism and single-minded quest for justice will tragically and ironically transform him into Two-Face.

Collins played Castiel on Supernatural across 12 of the show’s 15 seasons, appearing in more episodes (147) than anyone but leads Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki. Other TV credits include 24 and ER; he also stars in and executive produces the fiction podcast Bridgewater.

Warner Bros. TV and Berlanti Productions are behind Gotham Knights. Fiveash and Stoteraux executive produce with Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter and David Madden. Danny Cannon will direct and exec produce the pilot; Abrams (who is married to The Hollywood ReporterWest Coast TV editor Lesley Goldberg) is a co-EP.
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I started to fall back into my DCAU-related autism and found a YT channel covering all sorts of shit from the shows and tie-in comics, and one of the dudes on there just goes on a tangent about how J'onn J'onnz shape-shifting into different genders and nationalities while he's hanging out on Earth means he's canonically genderqueer. Not the DCAU autism I was looking for, but thankfully he doesn't harp on it for too long.
 
I don’t know how I missed this, but recently it came to my attention that Green Lantern The Animated series is now tied to the Young Justice canon. Honestly, it was pretty cool of them to try and fill lose ends like this seeing as GLTA was only gifted a season thanks to Reynolds, yet was a very good series.
 
Diversity win!


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i feel like Batman v superman is an under rated movie. Does anyone know why people have problems with Synder cut. I notice that he makes a lot of people angry. Also i like Ben Affleck's batman
 
crows in guns said:
Does anyone know why people have problems with Synder cut. I notice that he makes a lot of people angry.
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Bad characterization. Most people don't want to see a gun-wielding Batman who curses and kills. Sort of goes against everything that's been consistently established about the character for decades. You have a small fringe of people who like those "refreshing" takes but anything as divergent as Snyder/Affleck's version is bound to draw criticism. That and a lot of people find the tone of the film to be so grimdark edgy gritty that it borders on ridiculous.

I've only seen bits of the film, but those are the most common critiques I hear from other DC fans. And from what I have seen, I'm inclined to agree.
 
Arizona Tea said:
Bad characterization. Most people don't want to see a gun-wielding Batman who curses and kills. Sort of goes against everything that's been consistently established about the character for decades. You have a small fringe of people who like those "refreshing" takes but anything as divergent as Snyder/Affleck's version is bound to draw criticism. That and a lot of people find the tone of the film to be so grimdark edgy gritty that it borders on ridiculous.

I've only seen bits of the film, but those are the most common critiques I hear from other DC fans. And from what I have seen, I'm inclined to agree.
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you should try watching BVS if you can its not bad i promise. My only real complaint is lex Luthor being Mark Zuckerberg and honestly Batman has some badass lines in the movie,
 
crows in guns said:
you should try watching BVS if you can its not bad i promise. My only real complaint is lex Luthor being Mark Zuckerberg and honestly Batman has some badass lines in the movie,
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I've watched the BVS Director's Cut and while I think it's a much better film that the theatrical cut, I don't see the claims of greatness from Snyder fanboys. Batman is still an edgelord who kills a bunch of people, it's just slightly more explained why he's an edgelord who kills a bunch of people. The theme of Superman being a god-like figure isn't any less hit-you-over-the-head unsubtle either.
 
HeyYou said:
I've watched the BVS Director's Cut and while I think it's a much better film that the theatrical cut, I don't see the claims of greatness from Snyder fanboys. Batman is still an edgelord who kills a bunch of people, it's just slightly more explained why he's an edgelord who kills a bunch of people. The theme of Superman being a god-like figure isn't any less hit-you-over-the-head unsubtle either.
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I get people don't like him because he was kind of abrasive and there were some stinkers in his run, but why doesn't anyone want to portray Superman as an all-american ideal of hard work and justice like seen in the Byrne era? Why do they want him to be this morally grey godlike being?
 
Gisvarg said:
I get people don't like him because he was kind of abrasive and there were some stinkers in his run, but why doesn't anyone want to portray Superman as an all-american ideal of hard work and justice like seen in the Byrne era? Why do they want him to be this morally grey godlike being?
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Public perception is a bitch. Normies believe Superman to be boring, so everyone tries to make Superman dark and interesting like Batman. They then proceed to drop the ball, making perception of Superman going back o he's boring, rinse and repeat. This was probably a side affect of Donner Superman series getting butchered by the second and turning Superman into a joke akin to Adam West's Bright Knight. The only non-comic things to do Superman well are animated, so most don't watch sadly.
 
It doesn't help that the bad characterization of Snyder Batman is that him being a killer becomes really stupid when he goes around killing two-bit thugs but when it comes to the actual supervillains like the Joker, he keeps them alive for some reason despite not having his "no kill rule"

And as for Superman, he becomes a boring and brooding Jesus symbol that is not subtle or nuanced at all and becomes this really boring character. It doesn't help he seems to not even enjoy saving people whatsoever. Like Superman can become an interesting character if writers understand he is a farmboy at his core and not some Christ-like figure. But Warner Bros thinks that making everyone as dark as Batman would instantly be successful.

Not to mention, Snyder himself comes across as a 15 year old reddit edgelord for why he makes these changes

 
The only redeeming factor about The Snyder Cut was the fact his Wonder Woman was actually badass during the bank heist and not the god-awful character WW 84 turned her into.
 
Doctor of Autism said:
It doesn't help that the bad characterization of Snyder Batman is that him being a killer becomes really stupid when he goes around killing two-bit thugs but when it comes to the actual supervillains like the Joker, he keeps them alive for some reason despite not having his "no kill rule"

And as for Superman, he becomes a boring and brooding Jesus symbol that is not subtle or nuanced at all and becomes this really boring character. It doesn't help he seems to not even enjoy saving people whatsoever. Like Superman can become an interesting character if writers understand he is a farmboy at his core and not some Christ-like figure. But Warner Bros thinks that making everyone as dark as Batman would instantly be successful.

Not to mention, Snyder himself comes across as a 15 year old reddit edgelord for why he makes these changes

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The writers should read the best Superman story:

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crows in guns said:
i feel like Batman v superman is an under rated movie. Does anyone know why people have problems with Synder cut. I notice that he makes a lot of people angry. Also i like Ben Affleck's batman
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Some criticism are semi-understandable. Other's just mostly cumulate into the fact that some people:

>Watched the Theatrical Cut, which was WB's fault.

>Marlel trannies bitching about their "superior" capeshit.

>Nolan fanboys overrating their fairly great movies as the "only existing Batkino" ever made.

>Silver Age nostalgiafagging by zealots who actually screech at any change. Don't get me wrong, bad ones deserve to be called out, but one shouldn't just bitch about things cause it's different. I'm just saying, people shouldn't be horrified at the sacrilege of Snyder removing Superman's briefs (this actually happened). It's not new or limited to DC, I've seen people bitch about Aunt May being a AILF in new Spiderman films.

>Literal contrarian bullshit just for the sake of it.

>People turning a very good & valid critique of source accuracy, into the most bullshit & hypocritical way possible.

The movie has flaws, some minor, some kinda major. But god-fucking-damn I've seen some shit between nitpicking & making shit up. That said, some people just didn't like cause they didn't like it, If they're not into it, no one should blame them.
 
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Product Placement said:
Does anyone even like her? She keeps getting cast in stuff but only hear about bad things about her which makes sense as she isn't funny nor can act
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At this point they have to be banking on the idea that people will hate-watch or support it out of a need to virtue signal. Controversy as marketing, etc. I can't fathom why else they would implement such a significant and retarded change to a relatively well-liked/well-known character. Who is this for?
 
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