Bruce Timm Says BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER Will Feature a "Weird and Spooky" Batman Who "Weaponises Alfred"
Bruce Timm recently spoke with Empire and revealed some interesting new details regarding his highly-anticipated animated series Batman: Caped Crusader.
This series is going to be a whole new take on the Batman mythology, and it looks like it’s going to be an awesome show! I like what I’ve seen from it so far.
Timm explains that this series is set in the very early crime-fighting career of Batman: “Batman is so early in his career that in the first episode, he’s still an urban myth.”
He went on to say: “It’s not Year One,” referring to the Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli Batman origin comic. “It’s more like ‘Week Two’.”
Not only will Bruce Wayne be trying to figure out how to be Batman, this is going to be a different kind of Batman to the versions we’ve previously seen.
Timm explained: “I wanted to make him kind of weird, and spooky. If you’re stuck in a room with Batman, whether you’re Commissioner Gordon or Barbara Gordon or Renee Montoya, you don’t feel comfortable. You’re kind of like, ‘What is this guy? What’s this all about?’”
He also revealed that Batman weaponizes Alfred in this story: “He weaponizes Alfred. He’s not Batman’s surrogate father anymore. He’s a guy that’s going to enable him to fight crime.
“That’s how focused [Bruce] is. It’s a weird take on him. But it’s something I don’t think we’ve seen before.”
This is going to be a really interesting show to watch and I’m looking forward to it!
The description for the series reads: “Welcome to Gotham City, where the corrupt outnumber the good, criminals run rampant and law-abiding citizens live in a constant state of fear.
“Forged in the fire of tragedy, wealthy socialite Bruce Wayne becomes something both more and less than human—the BATMAN. His one-man crusade for justice attracts unexpected allies within the GCPD and City Hall, but his heroic actions spawn deadly, unforeseen ramifications.”
The cast includes Hamish Linklater (Midnight Mass) as Batman, Christina Ricci as Selina Kyle / Catwoman, Jamie Chung is Dr. Harleen Quinzel / Harley Quinn, and former Batman voice actor Diedrich Bader is set to play Harvey Dent / Two-Face.
Other cast members include Minnie Driver, Eric Morgan Stuart, Michelle C. Bonilla, Krystal Joy Brown, John DiMaggio, McKenna Grace, Jason Watkins, Paul Scheer, Reid Scott, Gary Anthony Williams, Dan Donohue, David Krumholtz, Haley Joel Osment, and Toby Stephens.
This animated series has been in development for some time with Timm, J.J. Abrams, Matt Reeves, and comic writer Ed Brubaker leading the charge.
Batman: Caped Crusader premieres this August 1 on Prime Video.
