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Ruby Rose Confirmed As Batwoman In Upcoming DC Arrow-verse Shows

Kate Kane joins the Arrow-verse.

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Last month, it was reported that a standalone Batwoman show was in development at The CW, following the character's upcoming debut in the network's annual DC Crossover Event this fall. It has now been confirmed that The Meg star Ruby Rose will play Batwoman.

The CW announced that Rose will make her first appearance as Kate Kane in the Crossover Event, which will incorporate all four of the shows in the Arrow-verse, namely The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, and Legends of Tomorrow. Rose is best known for her role as the assassin Ares in John Wick: Chapter 2, as well as for movies such as xXx: Return of Xander Cage, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, and this month's shark thriller The Meg.

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The Batwoman series is expected to premiere in the fall of 2019, with The Vampire Diaries showrunner Caroline Dries writing and executive producing the pilot. The CW also released a synopsis for the character, which reads: "Armed with a passion for social justice and a flair for speaking her mind, Kate Kane soars onto the streets of Gotham as Batwoman, an out lesbian and highly trained street fighter primed to snuff out the failing city's criminal resurgence. But don't call her a hero yet. In a city desperate for a savior, Kate must overcome her own demons before embracing the call to be Gotham's symbol of hope."

Unlike Marvel's shows and movies, The CW's DC offerings exist in a singular universe apart from the movies. New trailers for the upcoming seasons of The Flash, Supergirl, Arrow, and Legends of Tomorrow were all revealed at last month's San Diego Comic-Con.

In related news, it was reported in May that a DC show focusing on the early life of Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne's butler, is in the works. This series is being developed by the team behind Gotham, although it won't be narratively connected to that show.

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Supergirl isn’t in the same universe.

“The CW's DC offerings exist in a singular universe...”

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Was hoping for a better actress. Oh well.

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Dude... not this woman again... she's so damn annoying.

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Why are they afraid so much to make a proper Batman or Superman show? We have Batman-ish Arrow, junior Batman Gotham, Superman's hot cousin Supergirl, Superman's grandpa in Krypton and now female Batman-woman. It's ridiculous. On the other hand the last thing I want is watching CW humiliating my favorite heroes so maybe that's a good thing after all.

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@michaeldark: Because those characters are in big budget movies, played by actors who are way too expensive and busy to do a TV series.

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She looks more catwoman than batwoman. She doesn't even have red hair.

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@watercrack445: Hair dye, but yes, she looks like a Catwoman.

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@watercrack445: She does look as if she could play an older version of Camren Bicondova. Who I think they cast purely because she looks like a young Michelle Pfeiffer.

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Is she a good actress?

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@so_hai: I've only seen her in a few things. Seemed fine.

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@Mogan: Here, when she was on Australian TV, she seemed to be slightly annoying. But that was a long time ago.

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Shut up Meg.

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How is she going to fill her batwoman suit, she is barely skin and bones and she show it all on netflix.

CGI?

Extra Extra padding

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Yeah! Screw civil rights if it means I have to notice!

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@gameboy8877: Yes, because noticing civil rights is the same as putting it in my face every scene. There's more LGBTQ scenes than action scenes. There's a problem here.

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This SJW agenda is really killing the arrowverse. No one is hating on or -phobic, but they keep shoving it into every series, every episode, and every other scene. We get it, they exist, they're in the comics, but can I please just watch my damn favorite characters kick some ass? No more drama, all action.

The arrowverse came so close to being like a live action version of JLU, all this extra crap is not helping.

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Not a big fan of the way they've been pushing the LGBTQ agenda in TV shows. Will sit this one out.

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"Armed with a passion for social justice and a flair for speaking her mind ..."

Greeeat. : \

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@Mogan: She's going to have one boob open to allow her to breastbreed while she fights. lol I would actually like to see that if they can pull that off.

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I'm 100% behind the character being homosexual in the comics, show, movies, etc., but it would be nice if every announcement of a non-heterosexual character in any given TV show wasn't accompanied by their sexual preference like it's some perk or main personality trait.

I'm guessing since it's part of the teaser text that she won't just be a lesbian (a la Sarah Lance), but she'll be shoving it in the camera every moment it's possible. Sounds horrible.

I'll give the show a try, but given the recent quality of the Arrowverse, I'm not expecting to watch for long.

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@cheeseweasel24: These days its VERY important to know your sexual preference is gay, bi or lesbian. I hate how its in everything now, cartoons, video games, tv shows, movies.

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@cheeseweasel24: Yeah, using her sexual preference as the crux of promotion for the show screams of pandering to me - the priority should be just as it is in the comics; she's a crime fighter who just happens to be lesbian, not a lesbian who just happens to be a crime fighter.

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