Like with Smallville, with Gotham you want to tell a core story. It’s an Origin story. It’s
covering the origin of some of the most notorious Batman Characters: Batman, James Gordon,and The Penguin. The idea is to do the show in the most controversial and unique way allowingthe for the series to become something unique and undone before. This takes all aspects of theBatman canon to create a unique and fresh take on the Batman Mythos.