‘Poison Ivy’ Is the Next Batman Villain Getting a TV Show

It’s a great time to be a Batman villain.Two years after The Penguin became an Emmy-winning HBO Max series, and the same week that Clayface gets to take center stage in his own big-screen movie, comes word that longtime DC villain Poison Ivy will now get her own TV series as well.According to Variety, the series “is in the works at HBO with The Penguin showrunner Lauren LeFranc as a producer.”DC ComicsDC ComicsREAD MORE: DC Comics That Can Never Become DC MoviesCreated by Carmine Infantino, Robert Kanigher, and Sheldon Moldoff in the 1960s, Poison Ivy (real name Pamela Isley) has used her ability to control and manipulate plants to serve as a perpetual thorn in the side of Batman for decades. (Thorn, ha.) While typically portrayed as an antagonist to Batman, she has evolved in recent years into more of an antihero, and has headlined her own monthly DC comic — something that can’t be said for characters like Penguin or Clayface.On screen, Ivy has previously been played by Uma Thurman, who brought a decidedly over-the-top flavor to her performance in Joel Schumacher’s Batman & Robin opposite George Clooney and Chris O’Donnell.One assumes the TV version of Poison Ivy will ... take...