“Gotham” has just increased its population by one.
“HawthoRNe” star Jada Pinkett Smith has been cast in Fox’s upcoming Batman-inspired origin story “Gotham,” as Fish Mooney, a sadistic gangster boss and nightclub owner. The character is described as having the street smarts and almost extra-sensory abilities to read people like an open book. Imposing and hotheaded, she’s not one to be crossed. She’s the boss to Oswald Cobblepot (probably better known to comic-book fans as The Penguin), a low-level psychopath who hides his sadistic lust for power behind an exquisitely polite demeanor.
“Gotham,” which has received a series commitment from Fox, explores the origin stories of Commissioner James Gordon and the villains that made Gotham famous.