QDoes this take place in the same universe as Christopher Nolan's Batman-movies?
ANo, this is a fresh interpretation of the Batman franchise, just like the Tim Burton movies and the Nolan ones are not connected, nor the comics and the animated series or the Adam West series.
QWho are the characters from the DC Comics shown so far?
AThe Riddler (Edward Nygma, the police forensics expert), Catwoman (street kid Selina Kyle), The Penguin (Oswald Cobblepot, Fish Mooney's ex-henchman), future police Commissioner James Gordon, future Batman Bruce Wayne, his parents and butler Alfred, Victor Zsasz, Balloonman, and organized crime boss Falcone. We also have a possible Poison Ivy (Ivy Pepper whom we see tending plants in her parent's apartment in the pilot although her real name is different in the comics, Pamela Isley), District Attorney Harvey Dent (who will become villain Two-Face), and Tommy Elliot (the kid who bullies Bruce in the episode "The Mask") who will later become the villain Hush.
QWhat time period does "Gotham" take place in?
AAccording to actor Robin Lord Taylor, producers are not establishing the series' time period. It is, however, visually influenced by the late '70s and early '80s in New York.They are using of cellphone indicates Gotham time period is late 90's or early 00's
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