BATMAN BEYOND: The Creation Of The Series Through The Eyes of Bruce Timm, Paul Dini And More

BATMAN BEYOND: The Creation Of The Series Through The Eyes of Bruce Timm, Paul Dini And More

Over at Toonado, you can check out a feature which takes us back to the creation process of the acclaimed Batman Beyond TV series, and what follows is an excerpt from that piece. Take a look...

By EdGross - Feb 27, 2021 10:02 AM EST
Filed Under: Batman

Back in the late 1990s, there was a creative discussion about how to extend the success of Batman: The Animated Series. Rather than just make new episodes of that show, Bruce Timm, Paul Dini and Alan Burnett came up with the concept of setting the series in the future, with the idea being that a new, younger man would take on the mantle of the Dark Knight, and be trained by an elderly Bruce Wayne.

This would, of course, require the creation of a whole new world and series of characters.

“What we tried to avoid was the trap of saying, ‘Here’s Joker 2000; here’s Two-Face 2000’,” explained producer Bruce Timm. “There was actually pressure on us to do that, because the studio thought that would be a way for kids to hook into the show, but we wanted to do something fresh. We wanted to come up with villains who seemed like Batman villains, but were completely new. The closest thing we have to pre-existing characters is an anarchist bike gang called the Jokers, who kind of base their look on the old, long-dead Joker. So we avoided that trap as well as dealing with all the supporting characters. Bruce Wayne could have imported Alfred’s memory into the computer and that’s how Alfred survives, or we could have said Dick Grayson is now this or that. The only person from the old cast who kind of shows up again besides Bruce Wayne is Barbara Gordon, who becomes Commissioner Gordon. That was too neat a concept to pass up.”

For the full article, please click HERE. And if you somehow missed the news about the new Superman project in development, check out the new brief from the Voices from Krypton podcast.

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dracula
dracula - 2/27/2021, 10:44 AM
Best future set spin off of anything.

Spiderman 2099 is probably a close second
KWilly
KWilly - 2/27/2021, 2:23 PM
@dracula - I'd love to see Spider-Man 2099 in the Spider-Verse sequel. And not just as a recurring character, I'm talking main.
dracula
dracula - 2/27/2021, 3:17 PM
@KWilly - would also be great to see Scarlet Spider
dracula
dracula - 2/27/2021, 10:46 AM
Hope they do a new movie one of these days.

Batman and Harley Quinn sucked but Justice League Vs Fatal Five was great
GhostDog
GhostDog - 2/27/2021, 10:53 AM
@Kumkani - oh boy...
Cbmfilmjunkie
Cbmfilmjunkie - 2/27/2021, 10:54 AM
@Kumkani - ugh.

He’s so insufferable.
dracula
dracula - 2/27/2021, 10:57 AM
@Kumkani - has the black superman even been confirmed as happening?

Either way, wow instead of being happy about this, he once again tries to make it about himself
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 2/27/2021, 10:59 AM
@Kumkani

He is a clown
RageDriver2401
RageDriver2401 - 2/27/2021, 11:03 AM
@Kumkani - this dude is such a salty ex.
Repian
Repian - 2/27/2021, 11:13 AM
@Kumkani - Ray Fisher is going to write a book. The fight of a black martyr against a great and evil corporation. XD
lordSTALE
lordSTALE - 2/27/2021, 11:16 AM
@Kumkani - I swear he's trying to get sued for defamation at this point
dracula
dracula - 2/27/2021, 11:16 AM
@Repian - and even then he will not say what happened
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 2/27/2021, 10:54 AM
This show was pure genius and a gift to humanity.

GhostDog
GhostDog - 2/27/2021, 10:55 AM
Just finished a rewatch Thursday.

Loved the recurrence of the Royal Flush Gang
dracula
dracula - 2/27/2021, 10:59 AM
If they ever do a live action film series, for the villains, id go with
1st movie: Shriek
2nd movie: Spellbinder or Royal Flush Gang
3rd movie: Blight
RageDriver2401
RageDriver2401 - 2/27/2021, 11:04 AM
OT: Has @JoshWilding officially arrived?
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 2/27/2021, 12:04 PM
@RageDriver2401 - I have interviewed them (twice!), but I'm certainly hoping this leads to more great content I can bring here. However, as a fan, I saw this and basically flipped out. 😂
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 2/27/2021, 11:04 AM
Is that even true though? A ton of characters showed up again??

Bruce, Barbra, Tim, Bane, Freeze, Joker, Harley ect...
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