BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER HBO Max Animated Series Adds Ed Brubaker As Writer & Exec Producer

BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER HBO Max Animated Series Adds Ed Brubaker As Writer & Exec Producer

It was recently announced that new Batman animated series, Caped Crusader, is being developed for HBO Max, and acclaimed comic book writer Ed Brubaker has now been added to the creative team.

By MarkCassidy - Jan 07, 2022 07:01 PM EST
Filed Under: Batman (Animated)

Early last year, the news broke that a new Batman animated series from Bruce Timm, J.J. Abrams and Matt Reeves was in the works for the HBO Max streaming service, and the creative team has now added acclaimed writer Ed Brubaker.

THR reports that Brubaker will run the Caped Crusader writers room as Timm's "right hand," and will also receive an executive producer credit. Details on the 10-episode series are few and far between, but it is expected to be inspired by the classic '90s Batman: The Animated Series, even though it won't be a direct continuation. The goal of the show is to “once again reinvent Batman and his iconic rogue’s gallery with sophisticated storytelling, nuanced characters and intense action sequences all set in a visually striking world.”

“Here’s something few people know, but the original Batman: The Animated Series was one of the things that made me want to write superhero comics in general, and Batman in particular,” Brubaker said in a statement. “If not for what Bruce Timm and all the talented writers and artists did with that show, things like my revamp of Catwoman with Darwyn Cooke (who worked on BTAS) and Gotham Central with Greg Rucka and Michael Lark, would never have happened. So when Bruce Timm offered me the chance to come work on this new reimagining of Batman with him, James Tucker, J.J. Abrams and Matt Reeves, I jumped at it.”

The writer also revealed that Caped Crusader will be a more "pulpy take on the character," and that this "new way of looking at the world of Gotham, set in the past but viewed through a modern lens really sold me."

No premiere date has been announced, but you can check out the previously released artwork below.

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OmegaBlack13
OmegaBlack13 - 1/7/2022, 7:18 PM
Okay I’m all the way in now
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 1/7/2022, 7:19 PM
They picked up a good storyteller for this project. They should show some sneak peek of what they'll have progressed later on in this year's DC FanDome I think.
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 1/7/2022, 7:21 PM
“Pulpy take on it”? Can someone please explain this to the kids who sit in the back.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 1/7/2022, 7:22 PM


GhostDog
GhostDog - 1/7/2022, 7:27 PM
“pulpy take on the character”


They got the right guy. Love Brubaker’s pulp/crime fiction stories like Fatale and The Fade Out. That old world landscape. He’s the king of that stuff.
RyConn93
RyConn93 - 1/7/2022, 7:31 PM
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 1/8/2022, 4:52 AM
@RyConn93 - exactly. If it wasn't already worth checking out, it sure is now
Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 1/7/2022, 7:31 PM
Any new son when this is set? I’d love if they doubled down on the Art Deco thing and just set it in like the 30’s and did what they sort of did with BTAS and make it and equivalent to the Fleischer Superman Cartoon
dracula
dracula - 1/7/2022, 7:35 PM
@Ha1frican - would be great to see a superman show in that style, the early superman tas designs were pretty great
Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 1/7/2022, 7:42 PM
@dracula - Isn’t that just what the Fleisher Superman serials are? I mean don’t get me wrong I’d love more of that but we’ve already seen it where we never really got that from Batman. The main reason I thought if it is because of his cowl which is straight up the original Batman cowl from back in his original comics
Kurban
Kurban - 1/7/2022, 7:32 PM
They got an all star production team, it seems. Timm, Brubaker, Reeves, I think I heard Dini is writing on this show too. Hopefully they reel Abrams in from his more self-indulgent BS. Sick of the guy being involved in [frick]ing everything nowadays.
dracula
dracula - 1/7/2022, 7:33 PM
just need dini and burnett
CAPTAINPINKEYE
CAPTAINPINKEYE - 1/7/2022, 7:34 PM
This is going to be good.
micvalpro
micvalpro - 1/7/2022, 7:37 PM
So many cooks in the kitchen, but I’m really hoping this will be good. I’m so curious who’s voicing Batman. Doesn’t seem like its Conroy. Unless it’s a surprise.
dracula
dracula - 1/7/2022, 7:40 PM
would be cool if they go black and white like
DalekCraigWasson
DalekCraigWasson - 1/7/2022, 9:05 PM
@dracula - James Tucker said in the DC Fandome interview that he pushed for it to be black and white but they ultimately went with color and maybe a black and white episode down the line.
vegetaray
vegetaray - 1/7/2022, 9:16 PM
@dracula - This is exactly what came to mind when I first read about this new series…
DENNISsystem
DENNISsystem - 1/7/2022, 7:55 PM
God I love Brubaker’s writing. IN.
tmp3
tmp3 - 1/7/2022, 8:00 PM
Wonder who they'll get to voice Batman. Still can't believe Ethan Hawke's voicing him in that Batwheels thing lol
GhostDog
GhostDog - 1/7/2022, 8:16 PM
@tmp3 - I support voice actors getting first crack at voice projects over “actor actors” but that being said…

Bring back Sisto for this
thunderpun573
thunderpun573 - 1/7/2022, 8:01 PM
Hell yeah, I keep forgetting this is happening. Can’t wait for this.
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