The Penguin Showrunner and executive producer Lauren LeFranc is in talks to join Warner Bros.’ new Poison Ivy-focused TV series. and DC Comics as producer, sources reveal to Deadline.
We have been following the project for many months, as plans to move forward were on hold due to the merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. The latest news is that LeFranc will only produce the new series and will not write the expansion of the DC Comics character’s story. There are currently no writers attached. Additionally, the TV series, which would air on HBO if picked up, would not be part of Matt Reeves’ Batman universe, led by Robert Pattinson as Gotham City’s caped crusader, according to sources.
Poison Ivy, created by Carmine Infantino and Robert Kanigher, was dubbed by DC Comics as Batman’s Floral Femme Fatale. Poison Ivy is the pseudonym used by Dr. Pamela Isley. As her alter ego, Isley controls who she wants using her pheromones. She also has an army, since she is able to control the flora around her.
No one has been cast in the lead role yet, and Poison Ivy is not a character who has been very active in DC Studios’ recent new projects other than the HBO Max adult animated series. Harley Quinnwhich featured Lake Bell as the voice of Poison Ivy. Bridget Regan played the character in the CW’s live-action Arrowverse series Batwomanand Peyton List before her on Fox’s Gotham. Other notable names who brought the character to life include Uma Thurman, Clare Foley, and Maggie Geha.
In addition to his work on The PenguinLeFranc has produced and written several episodes of television shows, including the YouTube Premium series PulseABC Agents of SHIELDNBC Mandreland the party led by Christian Slater My worst enemyalso for NBC.
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