A new Batwoman has been found and like her predecessor, she will also make TV history.

Warner Bros TV and Batwoman announced on July 8 that Javicia Leslie is taking on the lead role of the CW television series Batwoman in the second season of the series, which is primarily shot in Vancouver.

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Leslie will portray a character named Ryan Wilder who will don the batsuit, and she will become the first Black actor to portray Batwoman in live-action TV and film productions. The show will also remain committed LGBT representation and issues.

The casting of Leslie comes in the wake of actor Ruby Rose, who played the character of Kate Kane (a.k.a. Batwoman), unexpectedly announcing on May 19, after the airing of the finale of the first season, that she would be leaving from the show.

Rose did not state the reason for her departure.

However, Rose congratulated Leslie on being cast in the role. 

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Batwoman became the first live-action TV superhero series with a lead LGBT character, which was also portrayed by an out lead actor.

According to reports, the character of Kate Kane won’t be killed off but her disappearance will become part of a mystery in Season 2.

The Hollywood Reporter states that Ryan Wilder is described as "a girl who would steal milk for an alley cat and could also kill you with her bare hands, Ryan is the most dangerous type of fighter: highly skilled and wildly undisciplined. An out lesbian. Athletic. Raw. Passionate. Fallible. And very much not your stereotypical All-American hero."

Leslie previously starred in God Friended Me (which was cancelled in April after two seasons) and has also appeared in the TV series The Family Business and the romcom feature Always a Bridesmaid.

Batwoman is scheduled to return to the airwaves in 2021.

Although filming in B.C. has resumed as part of the province's Phase 2 restart plan during the pandemic, the series is not yet appearing on any B.C. production lists and it remains to be confirmed if production for Batwoman returns to Vancouver where other Arrowverse TV series, such as The Flash and Supergirl, are also filmed.