Fans ofGothamwill have to wait another month for the show’s return, since its Monday 8 PM time slot will be taken over byThe X-Filessix-episode event series. The debuts on Sunday, January 24 after the NFC Championship Game, followed by the second episode in its regular time slot on Monday, January 25 at 8 PM ET.Gothamwill return with the 12th episode ofGotham Season 2on Monday, February 29. While we continue the long wait for this show to return, today we have word fromIGNthat Fox may be considering aspinoffof the series.
A spinoff certainly wouldn’t be surprising, considering the show is populated with a number of colorful characters. It would also fall in line with The CW’s burgeoning group of superhero shows, withThe Flashspinning off ofArrowand the upcomingDC’s Legends of Tomorrowspawned from both shows. Here’s what Fox CEO Gary Newman had to say about a potentialGothamspinoff during the TCA winter tour.
“We’re really happy with the creative onGothamthis year. We thought theRise of the Villainshas been great, and it feels like a world that has many, many stories to tell. We haven’t had any conversations with Warners about whether or not they’d want to do a spinoff series. I think that would be an issue forDC. It isn’t quite clear to me that they’d be ready to do that, but it’s a good idea.”
The fall finale,Worse Than a Crime, gave fans their first look at Mr. Freeze (Nathan Darrow). Executive producer John Stephens revealed that this character will be returning in the 12th episode, which serves as the midseason premiere on February 29, and the 13th episode. Other iconic villains set to debut this season includePaul Reubensas Tucker Cobblepot, the Penguin’s father, along with Clayface, Mad Hatter andHugo Strange.B.D. Wong, who plays Hugo Strange, teased that he “thinks” his character will debut on the February 29 episode, but that hasn’t been confirmed yet.
The network is also expanding its comic book slate with their upcoming seriesLucifer, a loose adaptation of the DC/Vertigocomic bookcharacter, which debuts on Monday, January 25 at 9 PM ET. The network is also developing the Marvel Comics seriesHellfire, although it isn’t known when that series may air. Do you think Fox should move forward with aGothamspinoff, and if so, which character do you thinks deserves his or her own series?
