A 10-year-old Bruce Wayne is among the roles that are rumored to now being cast as series regulars on the upcoming Fox TV series “Gotham” which explores the origin stories of Commissioner James Gordon and the villains that made Gotham City famous. Under development for over a year, the project has now been given a direct-to-series order by the network, which won an intense bidding war for the Warner Bros. Television rights to the show. Shooting on the pilot episode will get underway in March, 2014 and will center on Gotham City PD rookie homicide detective James Gordon who investigates the double murder of Thomas and Martha Wayne.
BAFTA TV Award nominee Bruno Heller will serve as executive producer, head writer, and showrunner on “Gotham”. Heller is an English screenwriter who came into prominence when he co-created the HBO series “Rome” in 2005. After executive producing the short lived NBC series “Bionic Woman” in 2007, he then created the popular CBS series “The Mentalist” which is now in its sixth and final season. Heller is writing “Gotham” based on characters written by the late DC Comics comic strip and comic book writers Bill Finger and Bob Kane. Although the “Gotham” central figure of James Gordon first appears in Detective Comics #27 when Bruce Wayne is Batman, Heller begins the series re-creating the characters pre-#27. No “Gotham” roles have been cast as of December 6, 2013.
The production companies behind “Gotham” are Primrose Hill Productions and Bonanza Productions. Bruno Heller is founder of Primrose Hill. Bonanza Productions is a Warner Brothers Subsidiary. Primetime Emmy Award nominee Geoff Johns will oversee production for DC Entertainment. “Gotham” will premier on Fox Network in 2014.
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Principal Actor Casting
See the post titled Headshot and Resume Information regarding how to submit to casting directors for acting roles.
No phone calls or personal drop-offs.
Los Angeles:
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5933 W. Slauson Avenue
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NOTE:
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The casting directors address should be written in all capital letters on the solid side of the envelope, with the name of the project you are submitting for written directly above the casting directors name. If the role that you are submitting for is available, it should also be written above the casting directors name.
Example:
“Project Name”
“Role of _______”
CASTING DIRECTOR NAME
CASTING DIRECTOR ADDRESS
CASTING DIRECTOR CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
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Primrose Hill Productions/Bonanza Productions
4000 Warner Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91522
DC Entertainment
4000 Warner Blvd.
Building 138
Suite 1104A
Burbank, CA 91522
Warner Bros. Television
4000 Warner Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91522-0001
Executive Producer/Writer:
Bruno Heller
Director (pilot episode):
To Be Announced
Starring:
To Be Cast
Story:
Set in the early days of James Gordon’s police tenure, when he meets a boy named Bruce Wayne….
