Titanswill be adding one of the most famous Batman allies to the roster of heroes appearing in its third season.BoyhoodandTree of Lifestar Savannah Welch joins the cast of the DC Universe series as Barbara Gordon, the alter-ego of Batgirl.
Titansdebuted on DC Universe as the streaming service’s first original scripted series, earning a second season renewal even before the first episode premiered in October 2018. WithDC Universe set to relaunchas a digital comics subscription service effective Aug 08, 2025,Titanswill be one of the streamer’s original shows to find a new home at HBO Max for its forthcoming season.
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Variety reports that Welch joins the cast ofTitansseason 3 as Barbara Gordon after the character has already retired fromher role as Batgirl. Shot and paralyzed by Joker, Gordon now serves as the Gotham City Police Commissioner and has a contentious relationship with Bruce Wayne. When Dick Grayson returns to Gotham, Barbara rekindles her romance and develops a new crimefighting partnership with her former ally. Welch, who is also a member of the alt-country band The Trisha, has become a spokesperson for the disability community since losing one of her legs after being hit by a vehicle in 2016.
Barbara Gordon has been a vital member of the Batman family in both live-action and animated DC projects through the years. The character was perhaps most famously portrayed by the late Yvonne Craig in ABC’sBatmanTV series opposite Adam Westand Burt Ward. DC officially retired the character in 1988’s one-shot comicBatgirl Special#1 before writer Alan Moore controversially had her shot and paralyzed as part of Joker’s scheme to drive her father, James Gordon, mad inBatman: The Killing Joke. Afterward, Gordon reinvented herself as Oracle, the leader of theBirds of Preyand a key source of intelligence for several DC heroes.
The third season ofTitanswas originally scheduled to debut on DC Universe in late 2020 before the streaming service shifted away from original television programming. However,production onTitansseason 3was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and would not begin until October 2020, consequently delaying the premiere date of the DC series' third season.
Not every series to launch on DC Universe will be moving to HBO Max for future seasons.The second season ofStargirlwill air as an original series on The CW, the network that aired the first 13 episodes of the series shortly after they premiered on DC Universe.
