Here’s some enticing news for the Poison Ivy faithful: the rumored in-the-works show from DC Studios and Warner Bros. focusing on the character may have just taken a big step forward.

According to a Deadline report, Lauren LeFranc , showrunner on HBO’s Emmy-winning Penguin , may sign on to the Poison Ivy show as a producer.

“LeFranc would only be producing the new series and not writing the expansion of the DC Comics character’s story,” the trade writes. “There are currently no writers attached. Additionally, the TV series, which would go to HBO if it gets picked up, would not be part of Matt Reeves’ Batman Universe, which is led by Robert Pattinson playing the caped crusader from Gotham City, sources say.”

Poison Ivy, aka botanist Dr. Pamela Isley, has a very special connection with plant life that has seen her cast as both a villain and a hero—and a slippery mix of both—since her comic-book debut in 1966.…