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GOTHAM Showrunner Talks Influence, Characters, Tone, And Bruce Wayne’s Evolution Into Batman
Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Gotham showrunner Bruno Heller talks in detail about the Batman prequel series. He recalls speaking with Warner Bros. and Geoff Johns about his interest in doing a DC series, and the idea of Jim Gordon investigating the murders of Thomas and Martha Wayne was the root concept of the result. “I sat with [Warner Bros. President and COO Peter Roth and Warner Bros. TV development chief Susan Rovner] about what to do next. I’ve been talking to Geoff Johns at DC for a few years about wanting to do something in the DC canon. I came in to pitch the idea that we’re doing, essentially, and…