Big bat news hit the web this week and it will change what you see on your screens in the future.

Javicia Leslie has been named the new lead actress on the CW’s ‘Batwoman’ series taking on the cape and cowl left by Ruby Rose, who endorsed the move for Season 2 of the CW series. Access is reporting the character will not be the same as Rose’s incarnation and will display some serious skills in the costume.

That is not the only Batman universe news coming to the streaming screens of comic book fans, as this week also brought the news that film maker Matt Reeves is heading up development of a new series for HBO Max that focuses on the Gotham City Police Department. This is a clever spin-off of the upcoming feature film ‘the Batman’ and the reported working title is ‘Gotamn Central’. Producer Terrence Winter who has previously worked on HBO’s ‘Boardwalk Empire’ will also work on the series.

Beyond the Trailers looks into all of the current TV adaptions of Batman, how the comic book series ‘Gotman Central’ is a solid source material, and much more. This video also breaks down how Warner Brothers is implementing a new unique strategy for it’s DC Cinematic Universe which some genre fans have been quite critical of for the past few years.