DC’s iconic Caped Crusader is back! The upcoming animated series, Batman: Caped Crusader, has received a release window on Prime Video. HBO Max first announced the project back in 2021. However, the streaming service scrapped the project in 2022. Prime Video picked up the series last year.
The upcoming animated series hails from Batman veterans Matt Reeves (The Batman) and Bruce Timm (Batman: The Animated Series), as well as J. J. Abrams. James Tucker has served as the main character designer in the show.
In a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight, Timm and Tucker promised that ‘Batman: Caped Crusader’ would be completely different from the original animated series, which ran from 1992 to 1995. To make the forthcoming show different from B:TAS, the creators opted for a full-fledged 1940s period setting for the new show.
Check out some of the first-look images from ‘Batman: Caped Crusader’!
'Batman: Caped Crusader' creator Bruce Timm reveals how the new show's Harley Quinn differs from the 'Batman: The Animated Series' original in more ways than one. https://t.co/P6UiSH8Hc5
— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) May 9, 2024
Apart from taking inspiration from the 1940s noir flicks, Timm and Tucker have also used some storylines from the Batman comics of that era, which mark the comic debut of Clayface and Catwoman.
Prime Video has great faith in ‘Batman: Caped Crusader’, which is why it has greenlighted its second season as well. The show will arrive on the streaming platform on August 1, 2024. Stay tuned for more updates.
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