Gotham Knights Finds Its Joe Chill in a Horror Legend
According toDeadline, vet Doug Bradley has been tapped to portray the key role of Joe Chill in The CW’s upcoming teen superhero drama. Chill is best known as the man who murdered Bruce Wayne’s parents, which ultimately triggered the events that led to the creation of Batman.
Bradley’s Joe Chill is expected to appear in Episode 6, where he’ll be introduced as a death row inmate who’s scheduled to be executed. The series is slated to premiere on March 14.
“When casting the iconic role of Joe Chill, arguably the man who created Batman, there was only one name we considered … Doug Bradley,” Producers Natalie Abrams, Chad Fiveash, and James Stoteraux said in a statement. “We needed an actor with the kind of gravitas that would do justice to such a seminal character in DC Comics canon. And who better to embody the role of the classic Gotham fiend than the man whose legendary portrayal of another classic fiend – Pinhead in the franchise — continues to terrify generations of horror fans?”
will bring together the offspring of several of Batman’s biggest foes as a crime-fighting force operating in a city without its biggest protector. The series stars Fallon Smythe as Bluebird, Tyler DiChiara as her brother Cullen Row, Olivia Rose Keegan as Duela Dent, Navia Robinson as Carrie Kelley, Oscar Morgan as Turner Hayes, Misha Collins as Harvey Dent, Anna Lore as Stephanie Brown, Ethan Embry as Arthur Brown/ Cluemaster and Sunny Mabrey as Crystal Brown.
“In the wake of Bruce Wayne’s murder, his rebellious adopted son forges an unlikely alliance with the children of Batman’s enemies when they are all framed for killing the Caped Crusader,” reads the synopsis. “And as the city’s most wanted criminals, this renegade band of misfits must
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