Batman fans will rejoice over the recent news of the inclusion to the "Gotham" cast. The Red Hood, one of the more obscure villains in the Batman comic book series, will be making an appearance on the FOX television show this season.

In an interview with CBR, "Gotham" screenwriter Bruno Heller spoke about the approach they will take with the villain in relation to his costume. As of yet, "Gotham" hasn't adapted any of their characters with signature costumes from the comics.

"I'm looking at several years. So we're in no hurry to [do that] -- there's going to be an episode that involves the Red Hood, which picks up that strand, the costume strand, and sort of gives a kind of philosophical base, if that's not too pretentious a word. Why costumes? What's the power of costumes? What's the power of a mask? All of that groundwork will be laid sort of culturally for that side of the DC Universe before we start rolling into the more spectacular spandex type of deal."

"Gotham" has gotten away with it's own approach and style to the fictional DC city. At this time it seems to be working for them, and breaking that now could mess with the show's continuity. He goes on to say:

"Because -- I can't remember where I read it -- the reason that the comic book characters wore costumes is because in the very rough printing that they used to have in newspapers, that's the only way you could make a character pop. 'Oh, that's Batman, that's Superman, that's Dick Tracy.' On TV, you don't need that same color and signature to make people pop. It's the characters that pop. So we're never going to be a full-on costume drama. We're going to be a full-on character drama. Like Batman, there's the super powers, super will, and there's super strength, but only on a human level. Not on a supernatural level. It's very important, again, for the longevity of the show, that we take this step by step."

This may not translate to the show never dressing the character's in signature costumes, but they're wary that it may detract from the show. The characters have done just fine in bringing the world of Gotham to life.

Heller also promises a fans a huge finale at the end of the season.

"We'd always planned for the end of the season to be as big and spectacular and as shocking and as frightening and as sensational as it possibly can be. And we're going ahead with that plan."