BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER - Search To Find The Show A New Home Narrows To Three Major Streaming Services

BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER - Search To Find The Show A New Home Narrows To Three Major Streaming Services

The search for a new home for Batman: Caped Crusader has seemingly narrowed to just three streamers, and you can find the most likely platforms for this highly anticipated animated series after the jump...

By JoshWilding - Sep 19, 2022 06:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Batman (Animated)
Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Warner Bros. has been going through a lot of changes since being acquired by Discovery and, for the most part, they haven't been good. The studio currently seems to be in disarray, but making money is CEO David Zaslav's top priority.

That includes no longer holding on so tightly to the franchises it owns, including The Lord of the Rings. The Hollywood Reporter explains that the movies had been locked up exclusively for streaming purposes on HBO Max, but there's a good reason you might have seen them elsewhere lately...on a nonexclusive basis, of course. 

"We have a ton of content that has been sitting idly for just purely principle reasons," Warner Bros. Discovery CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels said at a recent event. "The Lord of the Rings is a great [example]: It is a nonexclusive window [and] we look at it as what we are giving up versus what additional revenue we are generating."

Now, rather than leaving them "sitting idly," the company has been able to make a killing in licensing revenue after Amazon purchased the rights to stream them prior to the launch of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power TV series. 

That's not the only franchise Warner Bros. Discovery is monetizing, however. 

We recently learned that HBO Max will no longer stream the Batman: Caped Crusader animated series, prompting Bruce Timm, J.J. Abrams, and Matt Reeves to take the show on the road and pitch it to major streamers. Like Batgirl, Zaslav clearly didn't view the show as a major draw for subscribers and would rather earn big bucks from another platform buying it from them. 

The trade reports that Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Hulu are the current contenders to acquire Batman: Caped Crusader, so expect to eventually see it on one of those. Batman is a massively popular IP, so you can imagine how keen a streamer would be to have a new animated series like this exclusively on its platform. 

Stay tuned for updates on the show as we have them. 

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FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 9/19/2022, 6:45 AM
DC is screwed.
REMIMARKS
REMIMARKS - 9/19/2022, 6:48 AM
Pimping out IPs to keep the lights on 😂
KWilly
KWilly - 9/19/2022, 6:55 AM


In this scenario, Mr Krabs is Discovery, Spongebob is Batman: Caped Crusader, Squidward is WB, and the Flying Dutchman is Netflix.
ChrisRed
ChrisRed - 9/19/2022, 7:06 AM
If Hulu gets the rights to this Batman shows it'll mean that people outside of the States will be able to stream Batman content on Disney+.
What a weird world we live in :)
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 9/19/2022, 7:30 AM
@ChrisRed - I know it was a running gag some years back, but at this point, I’d actually rather Disney just buy out DC. It might not be perfect, but nobody can deny they’ve got a much better handle on their IPs than WBDiscovery do. Sure, Star Wars hasn’t been as smooth as it should, but it could always be worse. Could always be the Harry Potter franchise.
VictorAlonzo
VictorAlonzo - 9/19/2022, 7:48 AM
@ChrisRed -
marvel72
marvel72 - 9/19/2022, 8:23 AM
@ChrisRed - No we can't get Hulu in the UK but many of the shows are streamed through Star on Disney Plus.
ChrisRed
ChrisRed - 9/19/2022, 9:44 AM
@marvel72 - That was my point LOL
ChrisRed
ChrisRed - 9/19/2022, 9:48 AM
@PlusUltra - I don't like the idea of Disney buying DC just because I don't want Marvel and DC to be under the same banner. But at this point, I just hope that someone takes over DC and steers it in the right direction.

Disney might have screwed up Star Wars with the sequel trilogy but Mandalorian, Obi-Wan, Boba, Solo and Rogue One have all been great!
DUNCAN1
DUNCAN1 - 9/19/2022, 10:31 AM
@PlusUltra - At this point I'm with you I wouldn't want that monopoly but at the rate Zaslov is running things at WB I rather it in DISNEY's hands then his. I will still would push though for someone like Paramount, APPLE, or AMAZON to take the reigns of DC just cause DISNEY/MCU needs that competition, but if nobody steps up so be it then
GhostDog
GhostDog - 9/19/2022, 7:58 AM
Would be canceled it’s third season. DC on the auction block and in disarray.
slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 9/19/2022, 8:19 AM
Well if Batman can’t win with DCWBHBOMax then who the heck can??

marvel72
marvel72 - 9/19/2022, 8:24 AM
I bet Netflix get it.
dragon316
dragon316 - 9/19/2022, 8:25 AM
Not big deal streaming sucks who can stream movie if that movie is not there only way to see that movie is buy dvd
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 9/19/2022, 8:28 AM
Please not Netflix.

I vote Hulu. Netflix would impose too many censorship restrictions.
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 9/19/2022, 9:17 AM
@ObserverIO - what? animation is like the one thing they let the creators do their stuff, including blood, nudity and sex.





still, I'd bet for Hulu just for the LOLs of having Disney distributing a DC show their own service passed on.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 9/19/2022, 9:39 AM
@Spidey91 - So that's why the only nudity in Sandman was in the animated segments.

But yeah Disney getting Batman would be too good to pass up.
Also, the original B-TAS was a Fox show, so it'd almost be like coming home.
WaffeX
WaffeX - 9/19/2022, 10:16 AM
@Spidey91 - Castlevania and Arcane are great, I will watch Cyberpunk in a few days, what anime is that in the third picture? looks amazing
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 9/19/2022, 10:24 AM
@WaffeX - that's Love, Death and Robots.
WaffeX
WaffeX - 9/19/2022, 12:00 PM
@Spidey91 - I've watched all episodes of Love, Death and Robots; now I remember this scene, this episode was very good, I really like the animation
WaffeX
WaffeX - 9/19/2022, 12:32 PM
@Spidey91 - I googled a little bit, the same animation studio did Adult Swim's Primal
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 9/19/2022, 9:09 AM
WB are full [frick]ing retards for not putting a BATMAN show on their streaming platform. It's an obvious money maker.
Odin
Odin - 9/19/2022, 10:28 AM
@THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - Yeah, especially with the creative team they have here. This isn't any run-of-the-mill Batman-cartoon cash-grap. There's some real artistic ambition behind this one. And from people who have made gold with the franchise before, no less.
mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 9/19/2022, 4:27 PM
@Odin @THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - Makes sense to me. Nobody or very few sign up for HBO Max for animation. That's why most of the current and upcoming shows all got canned or auctioned off. Never watched Young Justice but if Batman was going for the same "mature yet kid friendly" vibe and no 1 was watching it then its better to sell it off.
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 9/19/2022, 11:01 AM
Discoverys new CEO is so desperate for cash I wouldn't be surprised if he throws in a free bj with his offer😬...



Yikes
1stDalek
1stDalek - 9/19/2022, 1:59 PM
Still can't believe they passed on a *Batman* show with big names like Reeves, Abrams and Timm attached, it's a sure-fire hit. If they don't want it to be streaming exclusive, they literally also own Cartoon Network where it could have aired too.
BlackIceJoe
BlackIceJoe - 9/19/2022, 4:59 PM
Hopefully who ever gets this Batman show also gets to bring back Young Justice too.
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