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DC FanDome: Explore the Multiverse welcomed the producers and cast of the DC drama series Pennyworth and they just dropped some huge news for the upcoming season two: Martha Kane is pregnant! The panel featured cast members Jack Bannon, Ben Aldridge, Paloma Faith, Emma Paetz, and executive producers Bruno Heller and…

Before Bruce Wayne was Batman, his British butler was James Bond. That’s the premise of Epix’s Pennyworth, the posh new production from the makers of Fox’s Gotham, executive producer/writer Bruno Heller and executive producer/director Danny Cannon. On Friday, the pair brought the show’s cast to Comic-Con in San Diego…

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details of tonight's Gotham series finale. "I just think the DC Universe is so incredibly deep and vivid, and I'm a big fan of it all," says Gotham executive producer Danny Cannon of the world that spawned the inspiration for the Fox series that came to a Dark Knight conclusion…

When Batman's loyal butler Alfred Pennyworth has been portrayed in Hollywood, he's mostly a secondary character looking after his superhero charge. But in the new Epix drama Pennyworth, comic book fans will learn a lot more about the DC Comics character during the 10-episode, one-hour series debuting in June and…

Epix’s drama Pennyworth has found its villainess at the top of the British pop charts: Platinum-selling singer Paloma Faith has joined the cast in the role of Bet Sykes, a cruel adversary who will test the courage of young Alfred Pennyworth and his new boss, Thomas Wayne, the future father of Bruce Wayne. Faith’s…

MGM-owned Epix has given a 10-episode straight-to-series order to Pennyworth, a Batman prequel from Gotham showrunner Bruno Heller, executive producer/director Danny Cannon and Warner Horizon Scripted TV. Written by Heller, based on DC characters created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, Pennyworth follows Bruce Wayne's…

Lois Lane and supervillain Lex Luthor are getting their own live-action series. Warner Bros. upcoming DC-Branded direct-to-consumer digital platform has given 13-episode straight-to-series order to Metropolis, a new drama series from Gotham executive producers John Stephens and Danny Cannon and Warner Bros. TV. It…

Following another Warner Bros. Television presentation heralding the return of Lucifer in May, the stars of Gotham descended upon the Anaheim Convention Center's Arena to talk all things Season 3, debuting a new teaser trailer and the first five minutes of an upcoming episode, “Mad City: How the Riddler Got His…

There is a change in the director’s chair of CBS’ drama pilot Training Day. Antoine Fuqua, director of the acclaimed 2001 feature, had been also slated to direct the pilot. He has now pulled out of helming duties, with Danny Cannon (Gotham) stepping in to direct. The director change was prompted by a scheduling…

Top TV director-producer Danny Cannon has signed a new, three-year overall deal with Warner Bros. Television. Under the pact, Cannon will continue as executive producer/director on the studio’s Fox drama series Gotham where he has been since the pilot, which he directed. Gotham was one one 11 pilots Cannon has…

EXCLUSIVE: Danny Cannon has been tapped to direct and executive produce the pilot for Fox’s high-profile comic book drama Gotham, from Warner Bros. TV and The Mentalist creator Bruno Heller. The project, which landed at Fox in September after a bidding war, mines DC Comics’ popular Batman character universe and…

Ray Richmond contributes to Deadline’s TCA coverage. Television writers and producers aren’t supposed to treasure directors, generally viewing them instead as a necessary evil. But Greg Berlanti evidently failed to receive that memo this morning as he positively gushed during a TCA session about Danny Cannon‘s…