Bruce Timm's New Batman Series Scrapped at HBO Max

[Wee67]

This seems to follow the CEO saying they would be cutting investment into animated and "kids" stuff.

‘Batman: Caped Crusader’ Series Not Moving Forward At HBO Max

https://deadline.com/2022/08/batman-caped-crusader-series-not-moving-forward-at-hbo-max-1235097947/

Batman: Caped Crusader, an animated series from executive producers Bruce Timm, J.J. Abrams and Matt Reeves, will not be moving forward at HBO Max, sources have confirmed to Deadline. It is among six animated projects, along with family action comedy Merry Little Batman, The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Toons Movie, Bye Bye Bunny: A Looney Toons Musical, Did I Do That to the Holidays: A Steve Urkel Story and The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie (working title) that will no longer be produced by HBO Max but will be shopped, sources say.

They are among dozens of titles have been cut or removed from the streaming service as Warner Bros Discovery continues its cost-cutting measures and ahead of the merger of the HBO Max and Discovery+ services next year.

Batman: Caped Crusader was given a straight-to-series order in May 2021. The reimagining of the Batman mythology was produced by Warner Bros Animation, Bad Robot Productions and 6th & Idaho and marked Batman: The Animated Series producer Timm’s return to Batman in animated episodic series.

[MRP]

It will not be shown on HBO Max, it is still in production, and will be shopped to other networks. It was also set to air on Cartoon Network. This is a little different than some of the others they scrapped, where production was halted.

-M

[Wee67]

It will not be shown on HBO Max, it is still in production, and will be shopped to other networks. It was also set to air on Cartoon Network. This is a little different than some of the others they scrapped, where production was halted.

-M

Thanks for the clarification. I'm a little more hopeful now. Is Warner Bros Discovery still funding the series?

[drquest]

Crap... The Amazing World of Gumball is a great show, I hope it finds a home somewhere else.

[MRP]

Thanks for the clarification. I'm a little more hopeful now. Is Warner Bros Discovery still funding the series?

They are making it and shopping it is all I know. Now, what they do if the offers they get aren't what they want or they can't find a buyer, I don't know, all I heard was confirmation it was still in production and would be stopped. Since WB was the one producing it, I assume they still are, but again, all I know is what I read form confirmed sources.

-M

[monitor_ep]

This is why I cashed out my WB stock when the merger was mentioned. If you want to make money WB banks on Batman. So a new Bruce Timm Batman cartoon sounds like the golden ticket. The amount of merchandise you can sell off of this alone should make the difference.

[thunderbolt]

With JJ Abrams and Matt Reeves involvement it doesn’t break my heart all that much.

[The Bat]

With JJ Abrams and Matt Reeves involvement it doesn’t break my heart all that much.

Agreed.

[jwyblejr]

Hulu and Disney wants it.