BATMAN: THE CAPED CRUSADER Producer Bruce Timm Confirms Kevin Conroy Will NOT Appear In Animated Series

BATMAN: THE CAPED CRUSADER Producer Bruce Timm Confirms Kevin Conroy Will NOT Appear In Animated Series

Despite recent reports that the late Kevin Conroy's voice will be heard in Batman: The Caped Crusader, producer Bruce Timm has confirmed he never got a chance to record his lines for the Prime Video show.

By JoshWilding - Feb 02, 2024 06:02 AM EST
Filed Under: Batman (Animated)
Source: Toonado.com

The late, great Kevin Conroy's work as Batman has made him nothing short of iconic in the eyes of many DC fans. As well as lending his voice to the Dark Knight in Batman: The Animated Series, we know many of you love what he brought to the table in Rocksteady's Batman: Arkham video games as well. 

That studio recently released Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and, in case it wasn't obvious, the story revolves around Task Force X, well, killing the League. Batman is among their victims and, for Conroy's fans, that's not gone down well. 

Earlier this week, we learned that the controversial game won't be his final appearance as Batman after all; instead, it was claimed we'll also get to hear his voice in the third Crisis on Infinite Earths animated movie and Prime Video's Batman: Caped Crusader animated series. 

In the latter case, we've wondered for a while whether Conroy would be voicing the title character. However, executive producer Bruce Timm has now confirmed the actor never got a chance to record his mystery part in the show. 

"I have no idea if the [Crisis] part of IGN’s supposed scoop is true or not, but Kevin Conroy did not record a voice for [Caped Crusader]," he revealed (via Toonado.com). "We were hoping to have him do a voice for the new show (and he was eager to do it) but sadly he passed away before we could make it happen."

"As I have to do every so often, I will remind you all once again to take all un-sourced 'news' items in the sci-fi/comics/entertainment cybersphere with a huge grain of salt," Timm added. "Occasionally these 'leaks' actually turn out to be true, but often as not they’re just cynical clickbait."

Because of this, there's now a pretty good chance that Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is Conroy's final turn as Batman after all. He clearly wasn't being lined up to play Bruce Wayne in Batman: Caped Crusader, anyway, and it's unclear whether there was time for him to record any lines for Crisis or if that was simply planned once upon a time. 

It was back in 2022 when the news broke that Max would no longer stream the Batman: Caped Crusader animated series, leading to Timm, J.J. Abrams, and Matt Reeves taking the show on the road to pitch it to rival streamers. 

For a time, Timm's long-awaited return to the DC Animated Universe ran the risk of never gracing our screens, but Prime Video later picked the show up for at least two seasons along with last December's Merry Little Batman movie. 

The series doesn't currently have a confirmed premiere date.

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FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 2/2/2024, 6:11 AM
Damn shame. Eagerly anticipating this one.

RIP Kevin 🙏🏽
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 2/2/2024, 7:01 AM
Why anyone would not pay what is asked up front to Timm in less than 2 seconds astounds me.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 2/2/2024, 7:25 AM
I could see being the voice of Thomas Wayne but who knows , might have been a different role entirely…

Anyway , RIP to the GOAT 🐐

Origame
Origame - 2/2/2024, 7:54 AM
So that's a lie. Why would we assume COIE part 3 is true either?

This was clearly just damage control because they advertised the suicide squad game as being his last performance.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 2/2/2024, 7:55 AM
Hope the Crisis one is true.

Timm is a legend. Looking forward to Caped Crusader. Less so since I found out it's not actually an adult version of BTAS as was originally reported/assumed, but is still under the censorship restrictions of a kids show.
marvel72
marvel72 - 2/2/2024, 9:17 AM
Watched Batman:Mask Of The Phantasm 4k Blu-Ray the other night,great movie and features a nice tribute to Kevin Conroy.
LSHF
LSHF - 2/2/2024, 9:39 AM
Of course Kevin won't appear; it's animated! Unless they are going the "Roger Rabbit" route.
dracula
dracula - 2/3/2024, 6:44 PM
@LSHF - having seen a few clips of his live action work, back in the day, he for sure could have pulled it off in live action
bobevanz
bobevanz - 2/2/2024, 10:08 AM
Wow they did him dirty af in that POS live service game. I was really hoping to hear his voice one last time. [frick] cancer
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 2/2/2024, 1:21 PM
Damn, that sucks. Of the two supposed returns, I was hoping this one was true. It would have been so fitting for his last performance to be in a Bruce Timm project ☹

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