First Batwoman Teaser Finds Ruby Rose's Caped Crusader Answering The Bat Signal

By Lauren Rearick


Step aside Batman, because a new hero is officially headed to the city of Gotham. The CW reported that Batwoman, a television series starring Ruby Rose as Kate Kane and her modify ego Batwoman, is coming to the network.


News of a standalone Batwoman series comes soon after the CW announced that Rose could be making her debut because the crimson caped crusader in the annual DC television crossover event. The special episode featured Rose teaming up with characters from Supergirl, Arrow, and The Flash. After the crossover, a pilot of the show was categorized, also it was then reported on Tuesday (May 7) that a full season of Batwoman will debut throughout the 2019/2020 television season, The Wrap reports.


In celebration of the news, the network released the show’s first teaser trailer. The brief clip is only seconds long, nevertheless it comes packed with elements familiar to fans of the comics. And also Kate wearing her Batwoman costume, viewers catch a peek of the bat signal and the city of Gotham.


A confirmed release date for the series hasn’t nevertheless been reported, however the CW released a official synopsis in August 2018. "Armed with a love of social justice and also a flair for speaking her mind, Kate Kane soars onto the streets of Gotham as Batwoman, an out lesbian and rather trained street fighter primed to snuff out the failing city’s criminal resurgence," the synopsis read. The show had previously made headlines for its choice to create Kate the initial openly gay titular superhero.


Rose, who identifies as gender fluid, had touched on the personalized importance of the role. "The Bat is out of the bag and I am in back of thrilled and honored," she wrote in August 2018. "This is something I would have died to have seen on TV As soon as I was a young member of the LGBT community who never felt represented on tv and felt alone and different."