New Bruce Timm Batman Animated Series No Longer Coming To HBO Max

by Jay Cochran
August 23, 2022
Back in May it was reported that HBO Max and Cartoon Network had greenlit a straight to series order for Batman: Caped Crusader, an all-new animated series and reimagining of the Batman mythology through the visionary lens of executive producers Bruce Timm, J.J. Abrams and Matt Reeves and produced by Warner Bros. Animation (WBA), Bad Robot Productions and 6th & Idaho.

Well now according to Variety that is no longer happening. This is just the latest casualty in the recent Warner Bros./Discovery merger.

According to Variety they will attempt to shop this series elsewhere to see if any other networks are willing to pick it up.
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rono - 2023-03-13 @ 2:11 am

I am here to publicly eat my own hat. I am so glad that Amazon Prime has picked this show up. With Bruce Timm's involvement, I am stoked to see how this turns out. The people running Warner Brothers Discovery are disconnected to the company's legacy of the Batman animated series. Keep the bean counters out of the decision making process. They will make you look like dimwits and ruin your company.

hainrs - 2023-03-09 @ 11:02 pm

I wonder if Kevin Conroy recorded anything before his death. This show was in development for years, so he could have if they were that far along.

Outsiders - 2023-03-09 @ 10:27 pm

Amazon is picking up Batman: Caped Crusader, an animated series from J.J. Abrams, Matt Reeves, and Bruce Timm after being axed at HBO Max.

HBO Max ordered the straight-to-series order in 2021 but was cut from the Warner Bros. Discovery streaming service due to cost-cutting moves.

Batman: Caped Crusader is a reimagining of the Batman mythology, based on the characters from DC. The animated series is being produced by Warner Bros. Animation, Bad Robot Productions, and 6th & Idaho with Timm, Abrams, Reeves, Sam Register, and Ed Brubaker executive producing.

Timm is credited with the classic Batman: The Animated Series, which ran for over 100 episodes through the mid-90s.

Source: Deadline

Arkana99 - 2022-08-30 @ 4:39 am

The news of this Batman animated show came before the released of The Batman by Matt Reeves, after that film was critically acclaimed surely some streaming service should pick up this project knowing Revves is involved.

Satam - 2022-08-26 @ 9:25 pm
22 hours ago, rono said:

I don't expect to ever see this in the light of day. It is highly doubtful that Netflix, Apple TV+, or Prime pick this show up. Warner Brothers Discovery is going to squander all good will with the DC fanbase. Very short sighted decision making by WBD.

According to THR:"Caped Crusader is already receiving intense interest from Apple, Hulu and Netflix, among others, our sources tell us. Incoming calls are always a good thing in this business."And why wouldn't they be intensely interested? A new Batman cartoon from Bruce Timm, as well as Matt Reeves, JJ Abrams (regardless of whether he's a good filmmaker or not, his movies and tv shows have pretty much all been hits), and Ed Brubaker - this is a cartoon with a proven pedigree. Netflix has done well with WB's live action DC strays Lucifer and Sandman and even the first two seasons of Young Justice after it was cancelled at Cartoon Network. The only way a streamer doesn't pick this up is if Zaslav doesn't let them. He'd be stupid not to, but apparently all of his cost-saving BS left the studio so broke, they can only afford to release two more movies (DC or otherwise) for the rest of the year, so stupid doesn't seem exactly beyond him, but it would be a big surprise for Caped Crusader to go nowhere.

rono - 2022-08-25 @ 11:08 pm

I don't expect to ever see this in the light of day. It is highly doubtful that Netflix, Apple TV+, or Prime pick this show up. Warner Brothers Discovery is going to squander all good will with the DC fanbase. Very short sighted decision making by WBD.

ucsf - 2022-08-23 @ 7:08 pm

I was really looking forward to another different approach, but it looks like we won't see much of the non-canon stuff lately.

AvengerK2 - 2022-08-23 @ 1:44 pm

Keep JJ Abrams away from Batman at any cost.

kboe1313 - 2022-08-23 @ 1:25 pm

Well this sucks! How long has it been since we've had a solo Batman series? 10 years? How is Warner going to grow the DC brand? I got into reading DC comics because of all the great cartoons on TV. Maybe their worried about the copyright ending in a decade or so?

JayC - 2022-08-23 @ 10:59 am

Back in May it was reported that HBO Max and Cartoon Network had greenlit a straight to series order for Batman: Caped Crusader, an all-new animated series and reimagining of the Batman mythology through the visionary lens of executive producers Bruce Timm, J.J. Abrams and Matt Reeves and produced by Warner Bros. Animation (WBA), Bad Robot Productions and 6th & Idaho.Well now according to Variety that is no longer happening. This is just the latest casualty in the recent Warner Bros./Discovery merger.

According to Variety they will attempt to shop this series elsewhere to see if any other networks are willing to pick it up.

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