Gotham City: The Beginning is a spin-off film, released in November 17th, 2020 after Zac Snyder directed his biggest hit The Batman: Shadow Of The Bat (2019). This movie, chronologically, takes place more than 20 years before The Batman (2015 film) when Bruce is 12-13 years old. The movie is directed by Chris Terrio and written by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, the famous writers who started Batman. The movie will not follow the comics, but it will reference to relationships being created such as Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle and Gordon and Bullock.
Cast
- Ben McKenzie as Detective James Gordon
- David Mazouz as Bruce Wayne
- Donal Logue as Detective Harvey Bullock
- Robin Lord Taylor as Oswald Cobblepot/Penguin
- Camren Bicondova as Selina Kyle
- Jada Pinkett Smith as Fish Mooney
- Chris Hemsworth as Vincent Falcone
- Frank Grillo as Richard Sionis
- Erin Richards as Barbara Kean
- Russell Crowe as Alfred Pennyworth
- Tequan Richmond as Officer Crispus Allen
- Paige Hurd as Detective Renee Montoya
- Jamie Bell as Garfield Lynns
- Henry Cavill as Salvatore Maroni
- Cole Vallis as Tommy Elliot
- TBA as Joe Chill
- TBA's as Martha and Thomas Wayne
Plot
Gotham City is not a city anymore; it has been going down with crime boss, Vincent Falcone, leading the "Second Roman Empire" crime master before Carmine Falcone and an on war with Richard Sionis, Black Mask's past father. One detective, James Gordon, and his partner, Harvey Bullock, witness the death of the Wayne's, taking young Bruce Wayne. Witness the origins of the infamous city. Witness the origins of villains such as Firefly, Carmine Falcone, and Penguin. Witness Gotham's first war!
Movie Length
2 hours, 32 minutes, 24 seconds
Story
The movie begins with the skyline of Gotham City being shown on the screen. It goes to a rooftop scene, where a young girl named Selina Kyle is dressed up in a black suit, jumping from building to building. She jumps down the low rooftop and walks in the sidewalks. She steals a man's bottle of milk; "Hey lady, come back here!" She outruns the man and climbs up the walls with her cat claws. She seems to be a girl who lost her parents and lives in the ruthless streets of Gotham and needs food. She feeds her cat milk, as she lives in Crime Alley. Bruce Wayne and his parents come as Joe Chill shoots Thomas and Martha Wayne. Kyle is watching as this happens, revealing she was there during Bruce's hard time. Bruce touches their body blood; "MOMMMMMYY!! NOOOOOO!!!!!" Selina feels sympathy on Bruce. She goes back on a rooftop to think how horribly "the kid must feel".
Everyone is attracted by Bruce's loud scream, attracting the Gotham City Police Department. Young Detective James Gordon comes in with other cops such as Renee Montoya and Harvey Bullock. They look at the body, covering it with a GCPD wrap-up bag. The prints have picked up in the alleyway, as the cops take the bodies to the Gotham PD morgue. Bullock says, "Gordon, this can't be happening." "What is it, partner?" "It's... it's Martha and Thomas Wayne!" Gordon becomes shocked, having the cops not at first know it was the famous Waynes who got killed.