Gotham showrunner John Stephens gives us our first details on the Batman costume.

It’s never been a secret that Gotham would eventually end with Bruce Wayne (played by David Mazouz) suiting up as Batman. Now that Gotham is entering its final season, we know that the moment is getting closer. While we now know more information about the final season, we still don’t know any details about the Batman costume. When I spoke to David Mazouz a few weeks ago, he said he hadn’t been fitted for the Batsuit yet.

So what will the costume look like? Will it be more like the Michael Keaton all black look, or something closer to Ben Affleck’s suit? John Stephens gave us some clues during the Gotham media session held on Oct. 7 at New York Comic Con. I joined some other journalists during press round-tables where he gave us the scoop.

“I think it’s more matte. It’s inspired by, if I had to compare to any one costume, I’d say it’s closer to The Dark Knight Rises. It’s a little more metallic Bat battle-y looking rather than something like the Suicide one or the Affleck one”, Stephens said.

He then talked about the pressure he felt to get the suit right, since there has been a five year lead-up. “How much money can we allocate towards spending on this costume because it’s got to look good. Because you don’t want to spend five years, and all of a sudden go ‘great episode but that was a really crappy looking costume’. There’s a lot of pressure, but luckily our wardrobe department is amazing so all the designs they’re doing are going to be great. And we went with short ears”, Stephens said.

A short eared Dark Knight Rises inspired suit could be fun. What do you think everyone? Gotham returns to Fox in 2019.