Batman (Earth-1939)

World's Greatest Detective (abbreviated WGD) is an American live-action television series based on the DC Comics superhero Batman, originally created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger. Developed by William Lawton and Yan Silva Galan in collaboration with Alfred Gough and Andrew Kriesberg and featuring Brenson, Steven D.S. Knight and David S. Goyer as show runners and head writers, the series serves as a reboot of the Batman media franchise. It follows the adventures of billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne, who, after witnessing his mother and father's murder at the hands of a mugger, returns to his beloved Gotham City to wage a one-man war on crime, taking the identity of a masked vigilante known as Batman. The series sticks close to the comic book continuity, and adds elements from both the comics and the Nolan films, as well as introducing new themes and characters.

World's Greatest Detective premiered with a two-and-a-half hour pilot on HBO on October 26, 2014; it was positively received by critics; subsequent episodes have also received critical acclaim as well. USA Network executives have confirmed that the first season of World's Greatest Detective will be ??? episodes long.

Main Characters

 * Karl Urban as Batman / Bruce Wayne
 * Erica Durance as Lois Lane
 * Hugh Laurie as Alfred Pennyworth
 * Bryan Cranston as Commissioner James Gordon
 * Vondie Curtis-Hall as Lucius Fox

Recurring Characters
The following is a list of characters that are, or at one time were, a recurring guest on the series; they are listed in alphabetical order as sorted by their last name. These include the most prominently featured antagonists and the main non-starring protagonists.
 * Ben Affleck as Black Mask / Roman Sionis
 * Hayley Atwell as Phantasm / Andrea Beaumont
 * Idris Elba as Detective Crispus Allen
 * Dwayne Johnson as Bane
 * Logan Lerman as Nightwing / Dick Grayson
 * Andy Serkis as Clayface / Basil Karlo
 * David Tennant as The Riddler / Enigma / Edward Nygma