With Gotham set to premiere on FOX next month, the streaming service Netflix has reached an agreement with Warner Bros. Television to become the exclusive video on demand supplier for the Batman prequel series in the States and its international markets. According to Deadline, the deal has set Netflix back around $1.75 million per episode, and each season of the show (assuming there’s more than one) will land on Netflix following their broadcast run, with season one expected to arrive around September 2015.
Gotham is set to premiere on FOX on Monday, September 22nd, with Ben McKenzie (The O.C.) starring as Detective Jim Gordon alongside Sean Pertwee (Dog Soldiers) as Alfred Pennyworth, Donal Logue (Sons of Anarchy) as Harvey Bullock, newcomer Camren Bicondova as Selina Kyle, David Mazouz (Touch) as Bruce Wayne, Robin Lord Taylor (Another Earth) as Oswald Cobblepot, Cory Michael Smith (Olive Kitteridge) as Edward Nygma, Jada Pinkett Smith (The Matrix) as Fish Mooney, Clare Foley (Sinister) as Ivy Pepper, Zabryna Guevara (The Guilt Trip) as Detective Essen, Victoria Cartagena (Salt) as Renee Montoya, Andrew Stewart Jones (The Tomorrow People) as Crispus Allen, Erin Richards (Being Human) as Barbara Kean, Drew Powell (Malcolm in the Middle) as Butch Gilzean, Kyle Massey (That’s So Raven, Cory in the House) as Macky, John Doman (The Wire) as Carmine Falcone, David Zayas (Dexter) as Sal Maroni and Carol Kane (Annie Hall) as Gertrud Kapelput.
Originally published September 4, 2014. Updated April 13, 2018.
