The CW has apparently found its Batwoman: Aussie Ruby Rose is heading to Gotham City.
Both Variety and Deadline report that Rose, currently appearing in the giant-shark action movie The Meg, has been tapped to portray Kate Kane in both the upcoming Arrow/Flash/Supergirl/Legends of Tomorrow crossover special and the potential Batwoman series being helmed by Caroline Dries that could air in 2019.
Rose, also known for turns in Orange Is the New Black and appearances in Resident Evil: The Final Chapter and John Wick: Chapter 2, will first appear in the role later this year. The heroes of the CW’s other DC supershows (sans Black Lightning, off in its own universe) will head to Gotham City for the first time, where they’ll team up with Kate Kane — one of DC Comics’ few lesbian characters — for a new adventure.
Should the Batwoman standalone series go ahead next year, it will see Rose (who is part of the LGBTQ+ community) return to the role, operating on her own in Gotham as “a highly trained street fighter primed to snuff out the failing city’s criminal resurgence,” according to a previously released synopsis.
Previous details confirmed that the CW’s Batwoman would be an out lesbian, making a huge step for LGBTQ representation in the CW’s crop of DC TV shows, following in the footsteps of the likes of Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow’s bisexual character Sara Lance, and the Ray, the openly gay superhero who appeared in both a standalone CW animated series and the most recent crossover special, Crisis on Earth-X.
The now-traditional four-show crossover is set to air this December.