Batwoman (TV series)
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Batwoman |
| Original title | Batwoman |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | since 2019 |
| Production company |
Berlanti Productions , Mad Ghost Productions, DC Entertainment , Warner Bros. Television |
| length | 42 minutes |
| Episodes | 20 in 1+ seasons |
| genre | Action , drama |
| idea | Caroline Dries |
| music |
Blake Neely , Sherri Chung |
| First broadcast | October 6, 2019 (USA) on The CW |
First publication in German |
December 20, 2019 on Prime Video |
| occupation | |
Batwoman is a 2019 television series about the cartoon character of the same name from DC Comics . In the title role, Ruby Rose plays Bruce Wayne's cousin Kate Kane, who three years after Batman's disappearance takes the vacant position as the vigilante protector of Gotham City and henceforth leads a double life. In the first season, Kate, who lives openly as a lesbian, meets the unscrupulous Alice who turns out to be her twin sister Beth, who was believed to be dead. The series is part of the Arrowverse and, like all other Arrowverse series, has been set on Earth Prime since the crossover crisis of the parallel earths .
action
Kate Kane is the cousin of Bruce Wayne, who has been Batman in Gotham City for many years . Fifteen years before the action begins, Kate and her mother and twin sister Beth are involved in an accident. Batman fails in the rescue, so that apparently only Kate survives the accident. Her father Jacob soon marries Cathrine Hamilton, who has evidence of Beth's death forged so that Kate and Jacob can close with her.
Jacob blames Batman for Beth's disappearance, while Kate suspects that her sister survived the disaster and joins the military. There she and Sophie Moore, with whom Kate is secretly having a relationship, achieve outstanding achievements. When the relationship is exposed, Kate is discharged from the army, while Sophie signs not to enter into a homosexual relationship and thus to remain in the military. Their relationship comes to an abrupt end.
The action begins three years after Batman's disappearance. After his disappearance, Jacob sets up the security company Crows , which is supposed to protect Gotham. His colleague Sophie is caught by the Wonderland gang , which causes Kate to save her. At Wayne Enterprise, Kate meets Batman's assistant Luke Fox and realizes that Bruce Wayne was Batman. She hires Luke to adjust Batman's suit and wears it when she rescues Sophie. Meanwhile, Kate recognizes in Alice, the leader of the Wonderland Gang, her sister Beth, believed to be dead, who wants to take revenge on her father because he was not looking for her, but rather thought her dead. She was held hostage for eleven years after her apparent death as a playmate for Jonathan Cartwright aka Mouse and went mad with Mouse. Her new identity was formed based on the book Alice in Wonderland . Since Kate still recognizes her sister in Alice, she still saves her life.
The apparent appearance of Batman throws Gotham into a new euphoria. However, Kate wants to show that she is not Batman and changes her outfit together with Luke Fox: She finally reveals herself as Batwoman, while the Wonderland gang is terrorizing Gotham. In order to get revenge on her father Jacob, Alice kidnaps Jacob, while Mouse, as his doppelganger, poisons his wife Cathrine, on whom Alice wants to take revenge for the pretense of her death. After his wife is murdered, Jacob is released by Alice and taken into custody by the police, who believe that he has poisoned Catherine. Catherine's daughter, the doctor Mary, then convinces her stepsister Kate not to spare Alice so that human lives can be saved.
History of origin
In July 2018, The CW announced a series about Batwoman, a cartoon character from DC Comics . Caroline Dries , Greg Berlanti , Sarah Schechter and Geoff Johns serve as executive producers . The series is an offshoot of the Arrow verse , where Batwoman was first seen in December 2018 in the crossover episode Anderswelten .
Caroline Dires not only acts as executive producer, but is also responsible for the series script. The CW officially ordered the series on May 7, 2019.
The casting for the protagonist Kate Kane started in mid-2018. In August 2018 it was announced that the role would be cast with the Australian actress Ruby Rose. The announcement of the further cast took place from January 2019.
Production for the pilot began on March 4, 2019 and ended on March 25, 2019 in Vancouver . It was also shot in Chicago . On May 16, 2019, The CW released the first trailer for the series. This received a lot of criticism and negative ratings on YouTube. Misandry and the representation of feminism were cited as reasons for this .
The first episode aired on October 6, 2019 on The CW. On December 20, 2019, the first eight episodes of the first season were released as a German premiere on the Prime Video streaming service . The crossover episode (1.09) was first published unannounced on March 5, 2020 on iTunes with German synchronization and was removed a short time later. This episode officially appeared on Prime Video on July 24, 2020, along with the rest of the first season.
In May 2020, Ruby Rose announced her departure from the series after the first season. Contrary to initial assumptions, the role will not be re-cast, but replaced by the character Ryan Wilder , who will from now on play the main role. In July 2020, Javicia Leslie was announced as the series' new lead actress.
Cast and dubbing
The German-language dubbing is done by the dubbing company Interopa Film in Berlin. The dialogue books are written by Jürgen Wilhelm, Tatjana Kopp , Martin Westphal , Martin Schowanek , Andreas Pollak and Gabi Voussem . The dialogue director leads Beate Andres .
Main cast
| Role name | actor | Main role (episodes) |
Supporting role (episodes) |
Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kate Kane / Batwoman | Ruby Rose | 1.01-1.20 | Julia Vieregge | |
| Ryan Wilder / Batwoman | Javicia Leslie | 2.01– | ||
| Beth Kane / Alice / Beth Kane (Earth 99) | Rachel Skarsten | 1.01– | Kaya Marie Möller | |
| Sophie Moore | Meagan Tandy | 1.01– | Damineh Hojat | |
| Mary Hamilton | Nicole Kang | 1.01– | Sophie Lechtenbrink | |
| Luke Fox | Camrus Johnson | 1.01– | Martin Gleitze | |
| Catherine Hamilton-Kane | Elizabeth Instructions | 1.01–1.08 | 1.12 | Gundi Eberhard |
| Jacob Kane | Dougray Scott | 1.01– | Dirk Bublies |
Supporting cast
| Role name | actor | Supporting role (episodes) |
Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler | Greyston Holt | 1.01, 1.03, 1.06-1.08 | Fabian Oscar Vienna |
| Chuck Dodgson | Brendon Zub | 1.01–1.02, 1.04–1.05, 1.12, 1.14 | Tobias Kluckert |
| Vesper Fairchild (voice) | Rachel Maddow | 1.01–1.04, 1.06–1.08, 1.10–1.14, 1.17, 1.19–1.20 | Sandrine Mittelstädt |
| Jonathan "Johnny" Cartwright / Mouse | Sam Littlefield | 1.03, 1.05-1.07, 1.10-1.12, 1.14-1.20 | Marc Bluhm |
| Tommy Elliot / Hush | Gabriel Mann | 1.03, 1.17-1.20 | Tim Knauer |
| Reagan | Brianne Howey | 1.03-1.04, 1.18-1.19 | Sarah Tkotsch |
| Margot / Magpie | Rachel Matthews | 1.04, 1.17-1.18 | |
| August Cartwright | John Emmet Tracy | 1.05–1.06, 1.11–1.12, 1.14–1.15 | |
| Dana Dewitt | Allison Riley | 1.06, 1.08, 1.11, 1.16-1.17, 1.20 | |
| Julia Pennyworth | Christina Wolfe | 1.07, 1.16-1.20 | |
| Dr. Ethan Campbell | Sebastian Roché | 1.08, 1.10, 1.12, 1.14 | Peter Lontzek |
| Bruce Wayne / Batman | Warren Christie | 1.20 |
Guest stars from the Arrowverse
| Role name | actor | Supporting role (episodes) |
Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nash Wells / Pariah | Tom Cavanagh | 1.08 | Uwe Büschken |
| Kara Danvers / Supergirl | Melissa Benoist | 1.09 | Merete Brettschneider |
| Oliver Queen / Green Arrow | Stephen Amell | 1.09 | Johannes Raspe |
| Sara Lance / White Canary | Caity Lotz | 1.09 | Lydia Morgenstern |
| Ray Palmer / Atom | Brandon Routh | 1.09 | Patrick Schröder |
| Clark Kent / Superman (Earth 96) | 1.09 | ||
| Mia Smoak / Green Arrow | Katherine McNamara | 1.09 | Lea Kalbhenn |
| Clark Kent / Superman | Tyler Hoechlin | 1.09 | Tim Knauer |
| Lois Lane | Elizabeth Tulloch | 1.09 | Susanne Geier |
| Lois Lane (Earth 75) | 1.09 | ||
| Barry Allen / The Flash | Grant Gustin | 1.09 | Julius Jellinek |
| Lyla Michaels / Harbinger | Audrey Marie Anderson | 1.09 | Ulla Wagener |
| Iris West-Allen | Candice Patton | 1.09 | Yvonne Greitzke |
| Mick Rory / Heatwave (Earth 74) | Dominic Purcell | 1.09 | Viktor Neumann |
| Lex Luthor | Jon Cryer | 1.09 | |
| John Constantine | Matt Ryan | 1.09 | Stefan Günther |
| Mar Novu / Monitor | LaMonica Garrett | 1.09 | Ralf David |
| Mobius Novu / Anti-Monitor | 1.09 | ||
| Clark Kent (Earth 167) | Tom Welling | 1.09 | Timmo Niesner |
| Lois Lane (Earth 167) | Erica Durance | 1.09 | Tanja Geke |
| Bruce Wayne (Earth 99) | Kevin Conroy | 1.09 | Oliver Siebeck |
| Jonah Hex (Earth 18) | Jonathon Schaech | 1.09 | Robert Glatzeder |
| Voice of Leonard AI (Earth 74) | Wentworth Miller | 1.09 | Gerrit Schmidt-Foss |
reception
Wolfgang Höbel called the series in Der Spiegel a "..a joy for the gender-politically agitated heart and an insult to the entertainment- loving brain." , The ".. lavishly prepared adventures" and the ".. grotesque clinical Gotham" as well as ".. the wooden dialogues ” .
In addition to the pale leading actress, Reinhard Prahl from the quota meter criticized the ".. too much feminism propagated with a mallet .." and ".. the lack of complex development of the secondary characters." The series was certified as ".. still a lot of room for improvement." .
Claudia Reinhard praised the performance of the leading actresses Rose and Skarsten in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , but was bothered by the "... rushed turns, unnecessary clichés and stilted dialogues ..."
Episode list
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first publication (D) | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | According to their own rules | pilot | Oct 6, 2019 | Dec 20, 2019 | Marcos Siega | Caroline Dries |
| 2 | 2 | In the rabbit hole | The Rabbit Hole | Oct 13, 2019 | Dec 20, 2019 | Marcos Siega | Caroline Dries |
| 3 | 3 | Murderous resentment | Down Down Down | Oct. 20, 2019 | Dec 20, 2019 | Dermott Daniel Downs | Holly Henderson & Don Whitehead |
| 4th | 4th | Who are you? | Who are you? | Oct. 27, 2019 | Dec 20, 2019 | Holly Dale | Nancy Kiu & Denise Harkavy |
| 5 | 5 | A long and tragic story | Mine Is a Long and a Sad Tale | Nov 3, 2019 | Dec 20, 2019 | Carl Seaton | Jerry Shandy & Ebony Gilbert |
| 6th | 6th | Judge and executioner | I'll Be Judge, I'll Be Jury | Nov 10, 2019 | Dec 20, 2019 | Scott Peters | James Stoteraux & Chad Fiveash |
| 7th | 7th | tell me the truth | Tell me the truth | 17th Nov 2019 | Dec 20, 2019 | Michael A. Allowitz | Caroline Dries & Natalie Abrams |
| 8th | 8th | The art of making the right decision | A mad tea party | Dec. 1, 2019 | Dec 20, 2019 | Holly Dale | Nancy Kiu |
| 9 | 9 | Parallel Earths Crisis - Part 2 | Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two | 9 Dec 2019 | 5th Mar 2020 | Laura Belsey | Don Whitehead & Holly Henderson |
| 10 | 10 | Unmasked | How Queer Everything Is Today! | Jan. 19, 2020 | July 24, 2020 | Jeffrey Hunt | Caroline Dries |
| 11 | 11 | The other sister | An Un-Birthday Present | Jan. 26, 2020 | July 24, 2020 | Mairzee Almas | Chad Fiveash & James Stoteraux |
| 12 | 12 | The agony of choice | Take your choice | Feb 16, 2020 | July 24, 2020 | Tara Miele | Ebony Gilbert |
| 13 | 13 | Vampires in Gotham | Drink me | 23 Feb 2020 | July 24, 2020 | Dermott Downs | Jerry Shandy |
| 14th | 14th | Hated beauty | Grinning From Ear to Ear | March 8, 2020 | July 24, 2020 | Michael Blundell | Denise Harkavy |
| 15th | 15th | The red queen | Off with Her Head | March 15, 2020 | July 24, 2020 | Holly Dale | Natalie Abrams |
| 16 | 16 | conspiracy | Through the Looking Glass | March 22, 2020 | July 24, 2020 | Paul Wesley | Daphne Miles |
| 17th | 17th | The legacy of the bomb maker | A narrow escape | Apr 26, 2020 | July 24, 2020 | Paul Wesley | Daphne Miles |
| 18th | 18th | The book of secrets | If You Believe in Me, I'll Believe in You | May 3, 2020 | July 24, 2020 | James Bamford | James Stoteraux & Chad Fiveash |
| 19th | 19th | How do you kill a bat? | A Secret Kept From All the Rest | May 10, 2020 | July 24, 2020 | Greg Beeman | Jerry Shandy & Kelly Larson |
| 20th | 20th | titanium | O, Mouse! | 17th May 2020 | July 24, 2020 | Amanda Tapping | Holly Henderson & Don Whitehead |
Web links
- Batwoman in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
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- ↑ Batwoman to Make 'Arrow'-verse Debut in Next Crossover , accessed March 10, 2019.
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- ↑ Batwoman TV Series In Works At the CW With Groundbreaking Lesbian Superhero Lead From Caroline Dries & Greg Berlanti , accessed May 19, 2019.
- ↑ Ruby Rose to Play Lesbian Superhero Batwoman for The CW , accessed May 19, 2019.
- ↑ 'Batwoman': Meagan Tandy, Camrus Johnson & Nicole Kang To Co-Star In the CW Pilot , accessed May 19, 2019.
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- ↑ "Batwoman": German premiere on streaming service , accessed on November 27, 2019.
- ↑ Bernd Krannich: "Batwoman": Second half of the first season comes to Prime Video. In: Wishlist.de. July 23, 2020, accessed July 24, 2020.
- ↑ Arthur Awanesjan: Shockers: "Batwoman" star Ruby Rose gets out before season 2! In: Filmfutter. May 20, 2020, accessed May 20, 2020 .
- ^ After Ruby Rose's "Batwoman" exit: Fundamental change for season 2 , accessed June 3, 2020
- ↑ Arthur Awanesjan: "Batwoman": New leading actress has been found! In: Filmfutter. July 9, 2020, accessed July 9, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c d Batwoman. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing index , accessed on March 9, 2020 .
- ↑ The Hunchback of Gotham City , Wolfgang Höbel on Spiegel.de , December 20, 2019, accessed on June 8, 2020
- ↑ «Batwoman»: The worst spin-off of the Arrowverse? , Reinhard Prahl on quotenmeter on December 22, 2019, accessed on June 8, 2020
- ↑ Batman's cousin is fighting on many fronts , Claudia Reinhard in the Frankfurter Allgemeine on December 20, 2019, accessed on June 8, 2020