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Don't expect much payoff from that Batman reference in Lanterns, according to star
Sheriff Kerry Kane might be from Gotham, but that doesn't mean she has any connection with DC Studios' missing Batman.
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Spoilers for Lanterns season 1, episode 5 follow.
The latest episode of Lanterns dropped a pretty major bombshell on fans, giving them confirmation about who is causing all the trouble in Rushville. However, Lanterns Episode 5 also hinted at a connection to another major DC superhero – Batman. While we can expect the remaining three episodes of Season 1 to clear up the Manhunter business, one Lanterns star warns that fans shouldn’t expect much more into the newly revealed Gotham City backstory.
When Hal Jordan showed up in Rushville, Nebraska, he was coldly greeted by local law enforcement, represented by Sheriff Kerry Kane. Lanterns Episode 5 revealed that Kerry originally hails from Gotham City, which is interesting because her surname is also the maiden name of Martha Wayne, Bruce Wayne/Batman’s mother. Bruce Wayne’s cousin, Kate Kane, would eventually become Batwoman in the comics. Naming a character Kane in Gotham City is hardly an accident, especially when so much attention is on the inevitable Batman casting announcement. It would be like a character named Anthony Kent being revealed to be from Smallville. The name has importance to fans. However, we shouldn’t expect anything to come from this storyline.
Kelly Macdonald, who plays Sheriff Kerry Kane, recently told The Hollywood Reporter that “[Lanterns] doesn’t go too much into that, to be honest.”
Whether that is because Macdonald doesn’t know any future plans for her character behind this season of Lanterns or because the name is nothing more than a throwaway reference to an admittedly obscure part of DC Comics history, we’re not sure. However, it doesn’t sound like the last three episodes of Lanterns will shine much of a light on Kerry Kane’s possible connection with Gotham City and Batman.
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