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Friday night I went to a Batwoman set a few blocks from my house.It had been a while since I had actually had a chance to catch up to the show. The first of the Arrowverse shows that I say shooting this season had eluded me for a few weeks, especially since the news that Javicia Leslie as Ryan Wilder had her very own version of the Batsuit, and a newer looking Batmobile.

Well, Friday night, finally we got our 1st close up look at her new suit, and the Batmobile (although not moving, just parked). The scene had Batwoman and Meagan Tandy as Sophie Moore doing a scene where the pair walk together back to where the Batmobile and a CROWS Security truck are parked. They have a talk that lasts between 30-45 seconds, then part ways, with Ryan heading to her car, while Sophie heads to the CROWS truck.

I know a few fans were reading a lot into the 1 photo I posted on my Patreon of Ryan and Sophie facing each other  with each others hands on the other, but unfortunately for them, I dont think that was anything. As I never saw it in any of the takes, before or after that, and dont recall if it was even part of a take at that time. If it IS part of the scene, it was the 1 & only take I saw them do it.

There was a later scene in an alley a couple blocks away that Javicia also was going to be in. However, after 2 days of unexpected sets dropping on me, after an already hectic week for me, I chose to call it a night and passed on the very late shoot that wasnt going to start till well after 1 AM.

Batwoman returns in January 2021, Sunday nights on The CW in the U.S.

You can find my other Batwoman blogs HERE

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BEHIND THE SCENES of Supergirl go HERE
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BEHIND THE SCENES of Arrow go HERE
AUTOGRAPHS for Arrow go HERE

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Last night I went to a Batwoman set a few blocks from my house. Of course, like the set from the other night. I went there in the hopes of seeing new Batwoman Javicia Leslie there in the Batsuit, instead of just as her new character Ryan Wilder. Like the other night, I do not know which set this is for, but I again believe it to be episode 2, or 3.

Unlike the other night, this time I got what I was hoping for. Javicia Leslie was out in the Batsuit, which from first look (to me who isn't really good at noticing finer details) it looks quite similar to the Ruby Rose version of the suit that Kate Kane was wearing, except, for someone a bit shorter.

The scene they were shooting had a CROWS security bus parked sideways in the middle of the street when I showed up, with a sports car parked in front of it. Shortly after I was there, I heard them refer to the car as something I was NOT expecting.... THE BATMOBILE. The car had Motion Capture tags all over it. I don't know what type of car it is, because they conveniently had a MoCap tag right over the logos of the vehicle. While this scene was going on, I got my first confirmation that Batwoman was on set when I saw her a couple times near the back end of the bus getting prepped for a scene.

A bit after I got there, they did a scene where that bus was speeding along the street, before coming to a screeching stop in the position I saw it in when I first showed up.

Shortly after the stunt scene, it was back to the scene I saw with the vehicles parked in the middle of the street facing each other. We then got to see Javicia out in the Batsuit, and then saw her do a scene where she gets out of the Batmobile, run up to the bus door, demanding they open up the door & get out. The driver obliges her request (only after she aims a pistol at the door), and Batwoman goes into the bus and goes into the drivers seat before the door closes and the scene ends.

As one of the local paps in town stated about his observations of Javicia at set. She seems to be really enjoying her time in the role. Smiling & laughing a lot. I personally have already witnessed her break out into very short dances on both sets I have seen her at.

I guess the big questions now are. Will this be the Batsuit for Ryan going forward? Or is this just a hold over till she gets her own, like how Kate got revisions on hers from when she took Bruces? What will the Batmobile look like in action?

In the next couple days, there may be some short video from set to post. Just need time to edit it. So check back later this week for that.

Batwoman returns in January 2021, Sunday nights on The CW in the U.S.

You can find my other Batwoman blogs HERE

Want more Arrowverse materials?

BEHIND THE SCENES of The Flash go HERE
AUTOGRAPHS for The Flash go HERE

BEHIND THE SCENES of Supergirl go HERE
AUTOGRAPHS for Supergirl go HERE

BEHIND THE SCENES of Arrow go HERE
AUTOGRAPHS for Arrow go HERE

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On Friday night I came across the next program in the ever continuing DC Comics Arrowverse for The CW, Batwoman. They were shooting scenes for episode 104. If you are thinking "wait, did you not already do episode 104 a few weeks ago?", you would be correct. But this was for additional scenes that they either did not have time to shoot at that time, or, they decided later to add. Every show does them from time to time, it is rare for me to report on the original, and pick up scenes though.... especially at the same location.

The crew was back at the Vancouver Club building in Downtown Vancouver. Of course last time I was there, I got to exclusively report o seeing the Batwoman costume out and about for the first time in Vancouver publicly, just not worn by the shows star, Ruby Rose. That night a pair of stunt doubles had the costumes on. While Ruby was dressed as Kate Kane.

The opening scene I saw shot was a young girl and her mother standing in front of the "City Of Gotham Museum Of Antiques". The girl reaches down to grab something off the ground, shows her mother, when a moment later some major incident catches everyones attention and they all look up, and forward in panic.

After that scene. It was time for some stunt work. The stunt doubles did a great scene where Batwoman takes a running jump off a staircase, does a roll, and lands next to a child who she then protects all in 1 motion. As someone who was pretty athletic when I was younger, I will say, the ease this stunt person did the scene with amazes me. This actually would officially be the first time I saw Batwoman in action, as the last time I just saw the people coming & going from the building. After the stunts team did the heavy lifting, the shows star came in, for the first time I have heard of anywhere in Vancouver on set in her full Batwoman outfit. An important detail too is, this confirms that by episode 4, she will have the full costume we all see in the promo images. It was reported by anyone that has seen the full pilot already, she does not end up with the full design in the pilot.

Once Ruby was on set as Batwoman, a scene was shot with her, and a young child actor where she protects the child from a threat, while pulling out a Batarang and making the would be threat aware she isnt messing around. Once the threat seems to be done, the young girl emerges from under Batwomans cape, says something to Batwoman, and Batwoman allows her to touch her face/mask.

The one interesting thing I noticed during the evening was, that at one point they changed the generally white Batsignal to a dark red (in the photos, the red doesnt seem nearly as dark as it did in person... maybe it will look darker on TV). I dont know if this was something specific for this scene, or if Batwoman will have an all red logo all the time. Guess we will have to wait and see.

After that scene, they went on a lunch break, and I opted to end my night there, as I had been working another set earlier in the day, and this was going on 10+ hours of sets for me.

Batwoman will debut on The CW in the U.S. this October.

You can find my other Batwoman blogs HERE

Want more Arrowverse materials?

BEHIND THE SCENES of Arrow go HERE
AUTOGRAPHS for Arrow go HERE

BEHIND THE SCENES of The Flash go HERE
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BEHIND THE SCENES of Supergirl go HERE
AUTOGRAPHS for Supergirl go HERE

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So far the series has filmed a lot in places that are not terribly visible. This was the 5th set I had been to for Batwoman, and it was the first time I really got a clear look at a scene done for the show. That said, it was not till the 3rd night of their shoot. This episode is being directed by Holly Dale, a veteran director of all of the Chicago (Med, Fire, & P.D.) shows, as well as Timeless, Reign, Castle, & Law & Order SVU, and many more.

On the first night, they shot all interiors at the Vancouver Club. This time, the club was repurposed to be a museum. On that night I saw a bunch of well dressed people going in & out of the building through out the evening. But the real shocker for me was when I saw not 1, but TWO people dressed as Batwoman come out at one point. Neither of which was the shows lead Ruby Rose. A bit later, I finally for the first time since the show came back to start filming season 1, I saw Ruby at set.... unfortunately it was as she was leaving for the night at 4 AM. But at least I can finally confirm she isn't just a figment of everyones imagination as many may wonder after her cancellation of San Diego Comic Con.

On the second night, again interior shooting was done. Again on that night I saw someone in the Batwoman costume that was not Ruby. In fact, I did not see Ruby till almost the end of the night as she showed up to work. During 1 tour I took away from the set during the night to investigate a different film set I was given a tip about, I came across their circus, and snapped a couple shots of some of the trailers there. Most notably was Sophie Moore, but more interesting was the non-regular cast I saw. A trailer for "Magpie doppleganger", and trailer for "Batwomen" and more curious one for "Batmen". At one point in the evening I did think I saw a guy come out in Batwoman gear, but my camera at night is far from reliable, so by the time it decided to do its job he was long into the darkness that surrounded much of the building. I saw a couple women dressed in short blond/silver hair and leather pants. Were either of them the "Magpie doppleganger" I saw the trailer for? Was 1 of them actually Magpie? I usually would think it could just be the stunt double of the actress, but 1 was a white woman, and the other Asian. So I am less sure that it was a stunt double, and not perhaps 1 being the doppleganger, and the other being the actual Magpie. I did at one point see a Sophie Moore (unsure if it was Meagan Tandy, or her double. Lighting was not ideal there outside of right in front of the door) walk out, but never saw her return. I left this set earlier than the night before, at around 3 AM because they had turned off all the outside lights, and most of the inside lights for whatever they were shooting, so being able to see anything was pointless.

The third night they moved outside. Unfortunately, it was a busy night for me, and on top of it, there was inexplicably a massive crowd around the set for much of it after the first two nights there being less than 5 people total, suddenly a crowd of 60+ was there at one point. So I did not spend a lot of time there, and missed a scene that Ruby shot as Kate Kane later in the evening on the sidewalk. When I first got there I saw a variety of "Gotham" themed vehicles parked along the street. I find it funny that "Gotham Taxi" has a basic 7 number phone number. Gotham is supposed to be a city of 10 Million+, and Vancouver is a city of 600K and they have 3 area codes. Time to update the phone numbers a bit. Reality has passed the idea you can get away with a 7 digit phone number in a metro area now.

While I was there however, I did see a scene shot that I never really quite understood. It seemed to have a bunch of the gallery guests out on the sidewalk for some reason. It seemed the boom mic was following this blonde girl in glasses, as she moved from 1 area where a couple of women flanked by CROWS security came up to talk to her, then several feet away she seemed to be talking to a different group of women. Was this Margaret Pye aka "Magpie"? I cant say for certain. I was unaware at first when I was shooting it that the woman on the head set might have been the focus of the scene. It wasnt till I looked at my photos later and noticed the boom mic was following her, and she was the only person in both parts of the scene. I left not long later as the crew were working hard to keep people from seeing the scene at all, and I didnt think there was much there to really see. Apparently I should have stuck it out, as I said earlier, Ruby did a scene out there that you can see in this gallery HERE from Celebrity Wotnot (unlike my photos, you very much will have to PAY to use theirs.... so be warned.).

Want more Arrowverse materials?

BEHIND THE SCENES of Arrow go HERE
AUTOGRAPHS for Arrow go HERE

BEHIND THE SCENES of The Flash go HERE
AUTOGRAPHS for The Flash go HERE

BEHIND THE SCENES of Supergirl go HERE
AUTOGRAPHS for Supergirl go HERE