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HBO Max & Cartoon Network Greenlight Two DC Series
Batman: Caped Crusader and a two-season series order for
My Adventures with Superman.
An all-new animated series and reimagining of the Batman mythology,
Batman: Caped Crusader is from executive producers Bruce Timm, J.J. Abrams and Matt Reeves, and produced by Warner Bros. Animation, Bad Robot Productions and 6th & Idaho. The series represents Timm’s return to the iconic DC character in animated episodic television, which began with the Emmy Award-winning
Batman: The Animated Series.
Tom Ascheim, president of Warner Bros. Global Kids, Young Adults and Classics, said: “It is always fun to feed the insatiable appetite fans have for all things Batman.
New Animated Series of Batman and Superman Coming to HBO Max and Cartoon Network
HBO Max/Cartoon Network/Warner Bros. Animation
DC Comics’ most famous superheroes are coming to HBO Max and the Cartoon Network in two brand new animated series.
First up is
Batman: Caped Crusader, a reimagining of the Batman mythology through the visionary lens of executive producers J.J. Abrams, Matt Reeves, and Bruce Timm, the man behind the Emmy Award-winning
Batman: The Animated Series, which ran from 1992-1995. The series is praised by many as the gold standard of animated superhero storytelling and one of the best depictions of the Dark Knight story.
A dream team assembles new HBO Max animated Batman series
Wed May 19, 2021 at 1:21pm ET
Batman fans are getting a true dream collaboration.
HBO Max will produce Batman: Caped Crusader, a new animated series produced by Warner Bros. Animation, Bad Robot Productions, and 6th & Idaho.
What’s exciting is that the series comes from The Batman’s Matt Reeves, Batman: The Animated Series’ Bruce Timm, and J.J. Abrams executive producing.
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This makes it a stunning team-up of the men behind arguably the two best Batman animated series ever.
Batman in animated form
Debuting on Fox in 1992, the Batman Animated Series is seen as the high-water mark for Batman storytelling.