Gotham season 5

Gotham
Season 5
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Starring
No. of episodes12
Release
Original networkFox
Original releaseJanuary 3 (2019-01-03) –
April 25, 2019 (2019-04-25)
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The fifth and final season of the American television series Gotham, based on characters from DC Comics related to the Batman franchise, revolves around the characters of James "Jim" Gordon and Bruce Wayne. The season is produced by Primrose Hill Productions, DC Entertainment, and Warner Bros. Television, with John Stephens serving as the showrunner. The season was inspired and adapted elements from the comic book storylines of Batman: No Man's Land and Batman: Zero Year. The subtitle for the season is Legend of the Dark Knight.

The season was ordered in May 2018. Production began that July and ended that December. Ben McKenzie stars as Gordon, alongside returning principal cast members Donal Logue, David Mazouz, Morena Baccarin, Sean Pertwee, Robin Lord Taylor, Erin Richards, Camren Bicondova, Cory Michael Smith, Jessica Lucas and Chris Chalk. The fifth season premiered on January 3, 2019, on Fox and concluded on April 25, 2019, consisting of 12 episodes. A prequel series, Pennyworth, developed by a returning Bruno Heller and Danny Cannon, and starring Jack Bannon as a younger version of the iteration of Alfred Pennyworth portrayed by Pertwee in Gotham, began airing its 10-episode first season on Epix in July 2019.[1][2]

  1. ^ Kade, Leigh (July 19, 2019). "New "Pennyworth" Series Confirmed Same Universe as "Gotham"". Bleeding Cool. Archived from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
  2. ^ Heller, Bruno (October 12, 2020). Pennyworth Season Two Cast & Producer Interview – EPIX. Popverse. Retrieved October 12, 2020 – via YouTube.