Minnie Driver Teases Bruces Timm's BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER Series - "It's So Rad"
Minnie Driver is a part of the ensemble cast of Bruce Timm’s upcoming Batman: Caped Crusader animated series. It wasn’t revealed who she’s playing, but she’s very excited to be a part of the project.
During a recent interview with CB, she was asked about the series, but she wouldn’t give any kind of information. She just teased how rad the show is.
Driver said: "They will literally -- some kind of alarm will go off, and I'll be taken off in the back of a van if I told you anything about who I'm playing. But I've got to tell you, it's so rad. The whole show, it's rad -- it's great."
Driver is part of a great cast that 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 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.
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 show is said to 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."
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.