Catwoman (film)

Catwoman is an imagined spinoff of the The Dark Knight Rises Trilogy and is set in the DC Cinematic Universe.

It stars Vanessa Hudgens, Hayden Panettiere, Tiny Lister, Marg Helgenberger, and Ming Na-Wen.

Plot

 * Selina Kyle, aka "The Cat" was killed in The Justice League III 's epic finale. Kitrina Kyle takes on the role of Catwoman.
 * Movie first goes into Kitrina's origin as an orphan with Holly Robinson and their time with Roman Bracuda. Kitrina was give an experimental treatment which gave her strength and agility. After escaping, she is found by Selna Kyle, who is amazed by her and Holly's agility. Selina and Wildcat train her.
 * After the death of Selina, Kitrina decides to finally come out of the shadows and takes on the role of "Catwoman". She gets what she wants on the streets of Gotham and makes several robberies.
 * Fast forward to current day, Kitrina meets with Holly and they finally decide to confront Bracuda for the horrible things he did to them in past. However, Bracuda kills Holly. In retaliation, Catwoman beats up Bracuda and finds out he has ties to Calendar Man and decides to take him down to.
 * Catwoman gets leads from a mysterious man named The Broker to a Calendar Man hideout and she fights Firefly.
 * Akahara, leader of the Yakuza, is pleased that Catwoman is taking down his rival, Calendar Man and sends his bodyguard Shado to offer her to join them.
 * Catwoman leads an invasion on Calendar Man's headquarters, and it goes bad. Many Yakuza members are killed and Catwoman is taken prisoner. Calendar Man reveals to her that Holly was not killed and that she is a prisoner.
 * Catwoman is furious and beats Calender Man. She and Holly escape.

Cast

 * Vanessa Hudgens as Kitrina Kyle/Catwoman

A professional cat burglar who was given an experimental treatment when young and has enhanced physical abilities. She was trained by The Cat and Wildcat before taking a more controversial turn to crime.


 * Hayden Panettiere as Holly Robinson

Selina's best friend from childhood who is essential to the plot and is taken prisoner by Calendar Man.


 * Tiny Lister as Julian Day/Calendar Man

A disturbed crime lord who commits crimes centered around holidays. It is later revealed that he is working for Black Mask.


 * Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle/The Cat

Killed in The Justice League III. She appears in many flashback scenes.


 * Seizo Fukumoto as Akahara

Leader of the Yakuza gang that hires Kitrina. His empire is severely damaged after the climax.


 * Marg Helgenberger as Maggie Sawyer

GCPD officer who works on cases centering around the Yakuza. She gets info on Kitrina and is conflicted with her actions.


 * Ming Na-Wen as Shado

A former League of Shadows member who is the bodyguard of Akahara.


 * Ice T as Ramon Bracuda

A small-scale crime boss who did bad things to Kitrina and has ties to the experimental cat treatment. He is killed by Kitrina after it appeared that he killed Holly.


 * Ray Park as Ted Carson/Firefly

A pyromaniac that works for Calendar Man. Killed in a fight with Shado.


 * Dana Delany as Sarah Essen

A GCPD lieutenant that takes a harder stance on the crime.

Coco Austin plays Coco, an original character who is Bracuda's top henchman that fights Catwoman and Holly. Corey Johnson plays Sherman Fine/The Broker, who feeds Kitrina information. Burn Gorman reprises his role in a flashback scene as Philip Stryver from The Dark Knight Rises. Michael Bacall and Dan Bakkedahl play GCPD officers George Flannery and Nelson Crowe, respectively. Harry Ian Cusick has a small role in a flashback scene as Ted Grant/Wildcat.

Future
A sequel is titled Catwoman: Nine Lives.