BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER Co-EP Teases "Exceptional" Series And Talks Move To Amazon Prime Video (Exclusive)

BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER Co-EP Teases "Exceptional" Series And Talks Move To Amazon Prime Video (Exclusive)

Batman: Caped Crusader co-executive producer Jase Ricci reveals new details about his contributions to the series and shares his thoughts on Amazon Prime Video picking up the show after HBO Max passed.

By JoshWilding - Mar 29, 2023 02:03 PM EST
Filed Under: Batman (Animated)
Source: Toonado.com

Last year, we learned that HBO Max would 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 other streamers. Like Batgirl, Zaslav didn't view the show as a major draw for subscribers and would rather earn big bucks from another platform buying it from them. 

For a time, it appeared as if that might be it for Timm's long-awaited return to the DC Animated Universe, but Amazon Prime Video recently picked the show up for at least two seasons.

Talking to us about his work on Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham, writer Jase Ricci (Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse) shared some insights into his contributions to the show.

"I’m a co-EP on Bruce Timm’s new Caped Crusader series and wrote the first episode for that and worked on the finale and a bunch of other episodes," he explained. "It’s just really fun to take this character who, despite there being so many different interpretations, there’s something very solid at the core there that people respond to."

"It’s tapping into that commonality and that common idea but building out how you want to make it different."

We then asked Ricci about the uncertainty that surrounded Batman: Caped Crusader for a number of months, with the writer sharing his relief that the show will now see the light of day. 

"Yeah. There was some uncertainty, but part of me was like, ‘C’mon, somebody is gonna want to see this show.’ [Laughs] I don’t know how far I can talk about it, but in the back of my mind, I had absolute faith," he says. "It is so exceptional and so much fun."

"I didn’t want it to be Batgirl because I was heartbroken about that as it was a movie I really wanted to see. I know it’s apples and oranges, but still…in my heart of hearts, I knew it was going to go somewhere. It’s great news."

There's currently no word on a premiere date for the animated series, though it has been confirmed that the first season will consist of 10 episodes. As someone who wrote the premiere and worked on the finale, Ricci was clearly an integral part of the storytelling process on Batman: Caped Crusader, so we believe it when he says it's "exceptional."

Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham is now available to own on Digital, 4K and Blu-ray!

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GhostDog
GhostDog - 3/29/2023, 2:36 PM
Now can we get the same investment for someone like Question. Stoked for this series but at some point they gotta tap into more the obscure and underrated and give them as fair backing.
FilmGuy7878
FilmGuy7878 - 3/29/2023, 2:45 PM
@GhostDog - With Gunn in charge, that's much more likely to happen.
HulkisHoly
HulkisHoly - 3/29/2023, 3:34 PM
@GhostDog -

I would prefer that to another Batman cartoon.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 3/29/2023, 3:39 PM
@HulkisHoly - I love bats and I’ll watch this but I’m with you. Or at least do them both
grif
grif - 3/29/2023, 2:44 PM
this ep was excited about seeing batgirl . this gives me no confidence in this.
WaffeX
WaffeX - 3/29/2023, 2:48 PM
We need a Spirit cartoon show or movie

FilmGuy7878
FilmGuy7878 - 3/29/2023, 2:50 PM
@WaffeX - That would be amazing! Or maybe a live-action film that is as comic bookey and absurd as that Dick Tracy movie that Touchstone came out with.
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 3/29/2023, 2:59 PM
That thumbnail image really confused me for a second. I thought Paul Dini/Alan Burnett's "Batman: The Adventures Continue" was being adapted into a series.
dracula
dracula - 3/29/2023, 3:16 PM
Also that superman show is weirdly going to be on adult swim instead of amazon
FilmGuy7878
FilmGuy7878 - 3/29/2023, 3:35 PM
@dracula - Huh so we are gonna see Supes on the same network as Rick and Morty? What a odd little world we live in.
dracula
dracula - 3/29/2023, 3:19 PM
Would love to see a retro superman or wonder woman show with a creative team this good

Get Dan Jurgens and Peter J Tomasi for superman and gail simmone and greg rucka for wonder woman
FilmGuy7878
FilmGuy7878 - 3/29/2023, 3:34 PM
@dracula - A Wonder Woman animated show with a black and white color scheme, set during WW2, and an art style inspired by Darwyn Cooke. DC just stop wasting your time and hire me now lol.
dracula
dracula - 3/29/2023, 3:21 PM
Who will be filling the shoes of kevin conroy and mark hamil and loren lester
DCfan84
DCfan84 - 3/29/2023, 4:09 PM
@dracula - Probably Troy Baker and Troy Baker and Troy Baker!

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