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. Sign up for our TV newsletter! 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.