Batwoman premiered in 2019 after Ruby Rose’s Kate Kane was introduced in the “Elseworlds” crossover earlier that year. Following Rose’s departure at the end of the first season, the show pivoted to original character Ryan Wilder, as played by Javicia Leslie. Ryan stepped in as the Caped Crusader after Kane was presumed missing, and the show later wrote around Rose’s departure by bringing on Wallis Day to play Kate for the remainder of the second season. It was as the recently concluded third and final season was airing that Rose gave allegations of the conditions behind working on the show, including sexual harassment and unsafe working conditions.
Similar to Shimizu, Batwoman showrunner Caroline Dries and Leslie both took to Twitter to give their love to the fans. Leslie called it “an honor” to play the character for two seasons; Dries said she was “full of gratitude” in getting to create the series. Other actors, including Camrus Johnson (Luke Fox) and Nicole Kang (Mary Hamilton) took to social media to post set photos and give their own condolences.
Legends and Batwoman have both ended on cliffhangers, but there’s are two remaining Arrowverse shows kicking around in The Flash and Superman & Lois. Both those shows have already been locked in for their respective ninth and third seasons, so we may see Ryan or the Legends pop up in one of those two shows. The CW’s status as a network may be in flux, but they’re not saying goodbye to DC just yet: in addition to the currently airing Naomi, they’ve another Batman series in the works in the form of Gotham Knights, plus Justice University, a spinoff show starring Arrow’s John Diggle (David Ramsey) as he trains a group of college age metahumans.
[via Deadline]
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