Ruby Rose to play Batwoman on CW.

Ruby Rose to play Batwoman on CW.

Credit The CW. Ruby Rose as Batwoman.

Exerpt from Variety.com

Ruby Rose will be suiting up as the DC hero Batwoman for The CW, Variety has learned.

As previously announced, the character will make her debut in the CW crossover event between four of the network’s DC shows: “The Flash,” “Arrow,” “Legends of Tomorrow,” and “Supergirl.”

The CW is also currently developing a series around the character, whose real name is Kate Kane. Armed with a passion for social justice and a flair for speaking her mind, she soars onto the streets of Gotham as Batwoman, an out lesbian and highly trained street fighter primed to snuff out the failing city’s criminal resurgence. But don’t call her a hero yet. In a city desperate for a savior, Kate must overcome her own demons before embracing the call to be Gotham’s symbol of hope. Should the show get picked up, it would bow during the 2019-2020 season.

Caroline Dries will serve as the writer and executive producer on that project. Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter will also executive produce via Berlanti Productions. Geoff Johns, who recently stepped down as head of DC Entertainment, will also executive produce through his Mad Ghost Productions banner. Berlanti Productions will produce in association with Warner Bros. Television.

A native of Australia, Rose first drew the attention of American TV viewers with her breakout role as Stella in “Orange Is the New Black.” She went on to appear in films like “Resident Evil: The Final Chapter,” “xXx: Return of Xander Cage,” “John Wick: Chapter 2,” and “Pitch Perfect 3.” She will also star in the upcoming action-horror film “The Meg.”

She is repped by UTA, Art2Perform, and attorney Howard Fishman.

Graphic Novel Daybreak coming to Netflix.

Netflix announces Daybreak based on Graphic Novel by Brian Ralph.

Daybreak by Brian Ralph

 Based on the graphic novel by Brian Ralph, the subversive dark comedy Daybreak finds 17 year old high school outcast Josh searching for his missing girlfriend Sam in post-apocalyptic Glendale, California. Joined by a ragtag group of misfits including a pyromaniac 12 year old Angelica and Josh's former high school bully Wesley, now turned pacifist samurai, Josh tries to stay alive amongst the horde of Mad Max-style gangs (evil jocks, cheerleaders turned Amazon warriors), zombie-like creatures called Ghoulies, and everything else this brave new world throws at him.

Episodes: 10

Co-Creator / Showrunner / Executive Producer: Aron Eli Coleite (Locke & Key, Star Trek: Discovery, Heroes)

Co-Creator / Director / Executive Producer: Brad Peyton (Frontier, Rampage, producing through ASAP Entertainment)

Locke & Key coming to Netflix.

Locke & Key officially picked up by Netflix.

10 Episodes ordered for the hit Graphic Novel.

Locke & Key coming to Netflix.

After an 8-year long bid to bring Locke & Key into production, Netflix has ordered a 10 episode first season with each episode coming in at an hour long.

Locke & Key is the critically acclaimed and Eisner Award winning graphic novel from writer Joe Hill and Artist Gabriel Rodriguez with colors from Jay Fotos. The story centers around the Locke family who move back to their ancestral home in Massachucetts after the gruesome murer of the Locke family Patriarch. But the return to Keyhouse is not the escape that the family hoped for and with the discovery of a ghost key by the youngest of the Locke children an entire new wave of misfortune befalls the Locke family.

Locke & Key  had originally been ordered as a pilot for Fox 8 years ago, but that project never came to fuition. The Rights to Locke & Key were then bought by Universal for a feature film adaptation that never came to be.

More recently Hulu was shopping the Locke & Key property with hopes of adding it to their streaming service, but that effort fell apart 2 months ago, where Netflix stepped in and got a hold of the property. Netflix is redeveloping the show with new scripts and a new cast.

Hill serves as writer and executive producer on the show, which was developed by Carlton Cuse, Meredith Averill, and Aron Eli Coleite with Averill and Coleite joining the series since it came to Netflix. Cuse and Averill will serve as co-showrunners and executive producers. Cuse will executive produce via his Genre Arts banner. Hill and Coleite also wrote the first episode.

IDW’s David Ozer and Ted Adams will also executive produce along with Genre Arts’ Lindsey Springer, Coleite, Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti, and David Alpert and Rick Jacobs of Circle of Confusion. Andy Muschietti directed the original Hulu pilot but is unable to return to direct the Netflix series due to his commitment to “IT 2.”