The television premier of Gotham on Fox is fast approaching, and many fans are still wondering what the show’s take on Batman’s archnemesis, the Joker, is going to be.
In their latest episode, DC All Access caught up with the show’s producers, Bruno Heller and Danny Cannon, and asked them if they have a plan fro the Clown Prince of Crime.
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“We do have an approach for the Joker,” says Heller. “We have to keep our approach very close to our collective chest, because the Joker is, to a degree, the crown jewel of the Batman villains.”
“We’re lucky in that television now is binge-watched by a lot of people, and the slow burn is now necessary,” says Cannon. “The great thing about the slow burn now is that we can take our time getting their and really draw people in, and earn the right to discover somebody who may or may not be the Joker.”
Gotham premieres September 22 on Fox.