FOX has officially given a series order to Gotham , the WBTV-produced drama centered around a young James Gordon before the days of Batman.

The series stars Ben McKenzie as Gordon, Donal Logue as Detective Harvey Bullock, Jada Pinkett Smith as Fish Mooney, Robin Lord Taylor as Oswald Cobblepot, Cory Michael Smith as Edward Nygma, David Mazouz as young Bruce Wayne and Camren Bicondova as young Selina Kyle.

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Executive producer Bruno Heller (The Mentalist) wrote the pilot, directed by fellow EP Danny Cannon (Nikita). John Stephens (Gossip Girl, The OC) will also executive produce.Originally, we reported that Gotham had a straight-to-series order, but it was later revealed that that wasn't quite official. In fact, the project had a series commitment, where FOX would have had to pay Warner Bros. a penalty if they didn't pick it up to series. Such as it is, Gotham wasn't officially a go past the pilot until today, Variety reports.

Check out our gallery of the characters from Gotham: Gotham Character Images 5 IMAGES

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