Ruby Rose To Play Batwoman In New Arrowverse TV Show

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by Ewan Paterson
Ruby Rose Batwoman
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Just a few weeks after it was announced that Arrowverse architect Greg Berlanti would bring a Batwoman TV series to TheCW later this year, Variety are now reporting that the network has just found the actor to play the titular character.

Along with Deadline, the outlet claim that none other than Ruby Rose - who has most recently starred in sequels to John Wick, Pitch Perfect and xXx, as well as Warner Bros.' upcoming The Meg - will star as Kate Kane in the TV series.

The character, introduced in 2006 by writers Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid and Keith Giffen, will first appear in this year's upcoming Arrowverse crossover and, should the series receive a full order (which is likely), will make repeat appearances during the 2019-2020 season as well.

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News of Rose's casting will no doubt excite fans of the character, with Kate Kane having starred in some of the best Batman comics of the last decade. Rose's casting and the introduction of Batwoman to a live action setting are both major wins for representation as well, with both the character and the actor themselves being LGBT*.

No other castings have been confirmed, but with Rose attached and Caroline Dries serving as writer, expect more announcements to come shortly.

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WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well. In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.