Jay 38,812 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Quote DC Universe is no more, but DC Comics properties remain a priority for WarnerMedia. Now, they're heading to HBO Max as the company looks to increase its subscriber count (and how better to do that than with superheroes?). It seems the plan is to hit us right in the nostalgia "feels," though, because a sequel to Batman: The Animated Series is reportedly in the works. The news was shared on Kevin Smith's Fatman Beyond podcast when co-host Marc Bernardin shared a rumour that "HBO Max is looking at making a Batman: The Animated Series sequel that they want to continue that forward." Smith would add to this point, noting that, "I'm not involved, but I too have heard this and I've heard this from very reliable people." https://www.comicbookmovie.com/batman/batman_animated/batman-the-animated-series-sequel-reportedly-in-development-for-hbo-max-a181770 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,808 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Well if this is true, I'm so in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,311 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 I just hope Paul Dini and Bruce Timm are involved. And that they keep the high standards of music of the original show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,808 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 I question Timm's taste level from some of the DTV animated DC movies he's done, but I would still also want the original production team to be involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,365 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 When they say that they want to continue the legacy of the original series I hope they mean the original 65 episodes plus Mask of the Phantasm. It's what I think when I talk about the show. Nothing that came after really managed to recapture the magic. Not really. Karol bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,311 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 9 minutes ago, crocodile said: When they say that they want to continue the legacy of the original series I hope they mean the original 65 episodes plus Mask of the Phantasm. It's what I think when I talk about the show. Nothing that came after really managed to recapture the magic. Not really. Karol Indeed. Things were never quite the same after the redesign Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 8,479 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 I watched MOTP last week and was bewildered at how fucking boring it was. Even Walker's score was annoying as fuck, especially that horrendous main title. Yavar Moradi and bruce marshall 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,808 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 I may have to turn in my geek card, but I think I actually prefer Sub Zero to Mask of the Phantasm. bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 8,479 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 At least this was funnier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,344 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 3 hours ago, crocodile said: When they say that they want to continue the legacy of the original series I hope they mean the original 65 episodes plus Mask of the Phantasm. It's what I think when I talk about the show. Nothing that came after really managed to recapture the magic. Not really. Karol Yes. The full length films are just ' crash and bang'😞 2 hours ago, The Big Man said: I watched MOTP last week and was bewildered at how fucking boring it was. Even Walker's score was annoying as fuck, especially that horrendous main title. IV just lost whatever respect I had left for you An ADULT version of the original could be epic! Could..... N This is the Holy Text: This is the Holy Text: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rough cut 1,739 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 ”DC Universe is no more”? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,808 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 The DC-only video-plus-comics streaming service DC Universe has folded. All of the video content is moving to HBO MAX and the comics content is moving/being rebranded as DC Universe Infinite (to compete directly with Marvel's comics subs service Marvel Unlimited). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,044 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 This is the part where I piss people off by saying I think Batman Beyond's storytelling was usually better than TAS. A good number of TAS episodes--particularly the earlier ones--leave me feeling empty by the end, like not much happened, or that there was a lot of missed potential. Episodes like the Two-Face origin are still absolute classics, though. On the subject of Beyond though, I'm guessing this would be before that? I really don't know how much they can recapture the aesthetics of the original, with cast and crew departed, such as Ansara and Walker, or with people like Hamill whose voices have evolved into an almost unrecognizable timbre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthDementous 1,179 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 I hope they get Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill back, if this is real Yavar Moradi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,344 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 7 hours ago, Romão said: I just hope Paul Dini and Bruce Timm are involved. And that they keep the high standards of music of the original show After Shirley's death, I contacted the SF CHRONICLE and urged them to publish an obituary. I used this opportunity to champion her BTAS work- unreleased at the time. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/12/10/BAGJGMSURB1.DTL Nick Parker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,044 Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 3 hours ago, DarthDementous said: I hope they get Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill back, if this is real Do we really, though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthDementous 1,179 Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 3 hours ago, Nick Parker said: Do we really, though? ...Yes? I'm more used to the Arkham version of the Joker than I am the animated series to the point that his voice throws me off more in the original than it does now Nothing seemed off with that performance at all blondheim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondheim 1,160 Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Are we talking about the rasp? Because it's an improvement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yavar Moradi 2,872 Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 On 1/19/2021 at 8:29 PM, Nick Parker said: Do we really, though? That was kinda fun...can’t see what the problem is. Yavar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,044 Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 7 hours ago, Yavar Moradi said: That was kinda fun...can’t see what the problem is. Yavar It, and the series as a whole is cute fun, but 7 hours ago, blondheim said: Are we talking about the rasp? Because it's an improvement I am not a fan of this rasp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 38,812 Posted May 19, 2021 Author Share Posted May 19, 2021 HBO Max Orders Batman: Caped Crusader Animated Series Quote HBO Max and Cartoon Network has ordered a new Batman animated series called Batman: Caped Crusader. It will be executive produced by Bruce Timm, J.J. Abrams, and Matt Reeves. This is the first time Timm has returned to Batman for an animated series since the Emmy Award-winning Batman: The Animated Series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yavar Moradi 2,872 Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Cool. Wow we really went the opposite direction from Batfleck, with those ears. They are practically horns! But I'm in, regardless. Yavar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,455 Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Lens flare and savage music editing here we come! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WampaRat 1,106 Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 LOVE that poster. Going back to the old 1940s serial roots. Reminds me of this old poster. I hope they don’t chicken out and feel the need to do a more “modern score” to offset the throwback nature of what they appear to be doing. They seem prone to do that nowadays. “We didn’t want to alienate the audience with an old fashioned score on top of our old fashioned aesthetic...” 🙄 Yavar Moradi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Yavar Moradi 2,872 Posted May 19, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 19, 2021 OH PLEASE OH PLEASE OH PLEASE OH PLEASE let Bruce Timm bring back as many composers as possible from the incredible 90s series' Shirley Walker stable... Lolita Ritmanis, Michael McCuiston, Carlos Rodriguez, Carl Johnson.... literally anyone and everyone they can get back. Please, score gods. Pretty please. Yavar Jay, Romão, Edmilson and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mstrox 6,808 Posted May 19, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 19, 2021 I just want em to pay for an orchestra Yavar Moradi, Edmilson and Jay 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondheim 1,160 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Has this actually been confirmed to be in the same universe as TAS? Or is that just speculation at this point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,311 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 That poster art is a clear call back to the cover of Detective Comics 31, from 1939: Really looking forward to this. I just hope the musical standards have not been lowered. And I really hope they don't use Giacchino's theme WampaRat, Yavar Moradi and bruce marshall 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,344 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 I wonder if it will be hand drawn or cg made to look hand drawn? It doesn't make sense to bring this back and change the style Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,106 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Is JJ Abrams taking control of the DC universe? 2 hours ago, Yavar Moradi said: OH PLEASE OH PLEASE OH PLEASE OH PLEASE let Bruce Timm bring back as many composers as possible from the incredible 90s series' Shirley Walker stable... Lolita Ritmanis, Michael McCuiston, Carlos Rodriguez, Carl Johnson.... literally anyone and everyone they can get back. Please, score gods. Pretty please. Yavar I agree but with JJ and Matt Reeves, this could also point to Michael Giacchino being involved. Either one is a win win for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WampaRat 1,106 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 @Romão THAT’s the image I was thinking of! Thanks for finding that cover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldfinger 60 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 11 hours ago, bruce marshall said: I wonder if it will be hand drawn or cg made to look hand drawn? It doesn't make sense to bring this back and change the style They haven't said whether this is a continuation of B:TAS at this time. Considering that would be a major selling point, I'm assuming this is more of a spiritual successor rather than a full blown continuation. They have been doing comics recently titled Batman: The Adventures Continue which directly follow B:TAS if you're interested in that storyline, but I imagine this will try to do its own thing while invoking some of that earlier style that made B:TAS so great and endearing still 30 years later. Yavar Moradi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WampaRat 1,106 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 I forgot about this. From the 75th anniversary. Not sure why but adventures/action stories set in the past always resonate more with me than stories set in the present day or the future. Yavar Moradi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 8,519 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 I don't think the new show will be an actual sequel for TAS (although that would be great). Either way, I'm happy to see Timm involved with DC again. Yavar Moradi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 38,812 Posted October 18, 2021 Author Share Posted October 18, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Positivatee 327 Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Batman TAS has a persistent nighttime vibe. Lens flares cannot survive in all that darkness. How will Abrams handle this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yavar Moradi 2,872 Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Great use of music by the great Shirley Walker, Carl Johnson (I noticed some “Beware the Grey Ghost”), and others in that promotional vid… I really hope this indicates they’ll be employing some of the composers who worked with Shirley on the original animated series a quarter century ago, and I really really hope it indicates they’ll be given a budget for a real orchestra rather than having to use samples as on Justice League. Yavar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 38,812 Posted March 9, 2022 Author Share Posted March 9, 2022 Greg Rucka Joins Ed Brubaker On Batman: Caped Crusader TV Series Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,344 Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 EVERY animated iteration of BATMAN since TAS has been dreadful. The most recent one I watched, HUSH, is.the last one I will watch unless.... this new version actually follows the template of TAS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 38,812 Posted August 23, 2022 Author Share Posted August 23, 2022 Batman: Caped Crusader is among six animated projects that are no longer being produced for HBO Max Yavar Moradi and Edmilson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 8,519 Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 That's so sad. I was ready for another great super-hero animated series. Positivatee and mstrox 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,719 Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 Can't wait to watch 90-Day Fiance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yavar Moradi 2,872 Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 Seriously, FUUUUUUUUCK this new WB exec. Yavar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 8,519 Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 This could have one bright side, though: to keep Abrams away from DC properties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,808 Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 You have to wonder how keen Abrams and Reeves will be to work with WB again in the future. Some fairly big names to tick off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yavar Moradi 2,872 Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 25 minutes ago, Edmilson said: This could have one bright side, though: to keep Abrams away from DC properties. Hey now, Abrams is pretty good at starting things...he just doesn't often stick the landing. And since DC stuff tends to go on for ever and ever without ending, maybe that doesn't matter too much. Yavar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,560 Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 At least it wasn't already 'in the can' and then somebody decided it would never see the light of day. Yavar Moradi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 38,812 Posted March 9, 2023 Author Share Posted March 9, 2023 ‘Batman: Caped Crusader’ Moves to Amazon With Two-Season Order bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldfinger 60 Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Hopefully the other creatives can keep Timm in check, as his last couple of things he's done with DC have been far less than stellar. Without Conroy and Hamill, I don't know how interested in this I really am, but I'm a huge Batman guy so I'm sure I'll watch the entire series whether I like it or not. Hell, I watched the entire Beware the Bat and I'm sure most don't even remembers that existed. mstrox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 38,812 Posted January 31 Author Share Posted January 31 Kevin Conroy Recorded Lines for 'Batman: Caped Crusader' Prior to His Death KittBash and Yavar Moradi 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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