The CW drops a trailer for Gotham Knights and fans are not amused

The CW fans have been taking it on the chin lately. Ahead of its sale to…someone…the network has been cancelling shows left and right, including DC series like Legends of Tomorrow and Batwoman. But DC fans could still hold on to the idea that Gotham Knights was coming, a new show about Batman’s son teaming up with the children of Batman’s greatest enemies to clear their names after they’re accused of Batman’s murder.

That premise sounds fun enough to me, but the trailer has not gone over well with fans. Take a look below and see if you agree:

The show looks like it has a lot of what CW shows have become known for, namely lots of good-looking, angsty teens who are edgy but not so much so that they scare away the target demographic. But the DC connection seems weird even to me, mainly because Batman’s son is a completely new character named Turner Hayes (Oscar Morgan), who sounds like he was spat out by a frat boy random name generator. There are lots of characters in DC Comics who could lay claim to the title of “Batman’s son,” including Dick Greyson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, and Damien Wayne. Who is this guy?

Fans blast the Gotham Knights trailer

But it’s true that I don’t have much expertise with CW superhero shows, so I’ll let fans on Twitter fill in the rest:

• @OfficialWiel: “I’m convinced Gotham Knights was made on a budget of 4 dollars and a 3D Printer.”
• @ssuperrobin: “YALL TELLING ME GOTHAM KNIGHTS MADE AN OC BATKID WHEN BRUCE CANONICALLY HAS 98 KIDS”
• @LeCinephiles: FUN FACT: The CW’s upcoming ‘BATMAN’ spin-off show, ‘GOTHAM KNIGHTS’ is the first television series to cost $7.

And so on.

Gotham Knights also stars Anna Lore as Stephanie Brown, Olivia Rose Keegan as Duela Dent (the Joker’s Daughter), Navia Robinson as Carrie Kelley, Fallon Smythe as Harper Row, and Misha Collins as a pre-Two Face Harvey Dent. The show is coming to the CW in 2023.

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