Acclaimed Comic Writer Ed Brubaker Joins HBO Max's BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER Animated Series

Acclaimed comic book writer Ed Brubaker is now a part of the creative team that’s developing HBO Max’s Batman: Caped Crusader animated series. He joins executive producers Bruce Timm, JJ Abrams and Matt Reeves, as well as co-producer James Tucker.

It’s reported that Brubaker is running the writers room for the series alongside Bruce Timm and he will act as “Timm’s right hand.” Brubaker will also be an executive producer on the project, the first season of which will consist of 10 episodes.

Timm previously shared that the show is “more Batman: The Animated Series than Batman: The Animated Series." The show will capture what Timm was originally looking to do with the original animated series, saying, "It kind of goes back to the original principles of the show that we originally came up with in the early '90s. There were certain limitations on what we could do in terms of adult content; in terms of violence and adult themes." He went on to say, "My idea is basically to say, 'OK, it's 1990 again, I get to do what I want to do this time, and I got JJ and Matt backing me up."

Abrams said that Batman: Caped Crusader, "Really is an incredibly complex psychological story about someone who, in a way, needs to be redeemed – and that's kind of what at least this first season is about."

Brubaker said in a statement, “Here’s something few people know, but the original Batman: The Animated Series was one of the things that made me want to write superhero comics in general, and Batman in particular. If not for what Bruce Timm and all the talented writers and artists did with that show, things like my revamp of Catwoman with Darwyn Cooke (who worked on BTAS) and Gotham Central with Greg Rucka and Michael Lark, would never have happened. So when Bruce Timm offered me the chance to come work on this new reimagining of Batman with him, James Tucker, J.J. Abrams and Matt Reeves, I jumped at it.”

He added, “Their vision for the show, with a slightly more pulpy take on the character, and a new way of looking at the world of Gotham, set in the past but viewed through a modern lens really sold me, and so far every part of it has been a blast to work on. I can’t wait until the rest of the world can see what we’ve been building the last few months in the writers room. All I can say is, it’s not what anyone is expecting … but in a good way.”

While there are no details on any storylines that the series will tell, we know that the show will focus on a version of Batman who is completely alone in his journey. Reeves explained, "There's not the Justice League. It doesn't exist. There aren't any other superheroes. It's Batman. You're watching this lone figure swimming through the cesspool of Gotham. It's Batman, alone."

It was also explained that Batman won’t have all of his gadgets as the show takes place before a time he started investing money in that stuff. "So he's going to be very low-tech, initially. You know, as he develops as a character, we'll start introducing those gadgets and the audience can see how he developed the Batmobile using different prototypes. That's part of the fun of this series is we're finding him discovering these things that, [in] most other Batman series, they already were there."

I’m excited about this show and I hope that it ends up being as awesome as it should be.

Source: THR