We are dealing with a different PR apparatus than we have before. It's not just WBA and CN or Warner's streaming service. It's a completely outside company from the Warner tree, Amazon Prime. In comparison, Merry Little Batman which will also be on Prime. Their last PR was in April. We got details in June thanks to the Annecy Festival. October. So it took 6 months for a new PR item to come out. We can expect the same with Caped Crusader. As for the creative team, Timm is famously not on social media (but gets impersonated a lot), Brubaker does not (but his occasional newsletters mention the show), and James Tucker while has a twitter keeps his on private. So wouldn't count much on updates on social media from creatives. I can try and tweet Tucker later today to see if he can give any vague updates. But for all we know they are under a strict NDA. EDIT: Yep, Tucker only replied with a smiley with it's lips zipped. lol.
No, not really. Yes, it was announced in May 2021 but after that was recruiting the showrunners and writers and pre-production. We know from what's been said by staff so far is they started development and scripting in October 2021. By January 2022, the writer's room wrapped. Starting hiring the crew in March. Drafts were being submitted by at least 1 writer in March. Casting started. By May, they were working on the last scripts of season 1 and voice recording was about to begin. By July, Brubaker was nearly done with all his writing duties. More hiring in August. Crew like board artists and background designers started work in September. By the end of November, they had roughly half the season's animatics and all voice recording was done. It was stated by Brubaker I think that Max not carrying them and being shopped around did not affect their production. This past June, it was said at the Annecy Festival, some animation was shown but the audience was told it was early animation, not finalized animation. Animation takes roughly one year give or take. So give or take, right now, they should be just starting to be getting completed episodes from overseas/starting post and/or already have the first few in the can. So no, I don't think a trailer is anywhere happening yet and based on all these insights from staff in interviews and their social media over the past 2 years, production is chugging along at a normal, standard pace.
That's the problem. I can't.
I did too. I was a regular reader of Starlog, Comics Scene, and Wizard Magazine. There was less info, but if you knew where to look you’d find something.
I agree with this! I am not going to jump to any conclusions by suggesting that this will be a "special" show -- we can't be sure of its quality -- but I agree wholeheartedly that it's a good thing that the show is shrouded with secrecy. I'm tired of the endless leaks and spoilers that pervade other series and movies...
I suppose I can understand this, because I don't tend to enjoy waiting a long time for something that's highly anticipated (e.g. Young Justice season 4 -- there was a wait of over two years for that). I try to be a bit passive about waiting for these things and not chase updates as much as I likely used to, since as you say that can lead to feeling burnt out.Karkull said:
I'm pretty sure Tucker mentioned (Twitter maybe) pre-merger the possibility of the show not debuting until 2024.
Yes, they showed character designs and rough footage at Annecy Festival this past June but no photos have surfaced.
b.t. liked my comment. For whatever that's worth.
Well, let's hope we won't have to wait until 2025 for this show. Though I was thinking September 19 or 20, 2024 as my guess for the series premiere of Caped Crusader because it's the week of Batman Day and looking at Invincible, their shows premiered on a Thursday and Friday and Vox Machina on Fridays (though I admit I still have to look at other animated series on Prime and their dates). While back in October 2021 at DC Fandome, the show was said to be coming out in 2023, the production tidbits we've gotten that I Iisted in a previous post doesn't seem to support that. In comparison My Adventures with Superman started in 2020 and premiered in July 2023. Caped Crusader appears to have roughly started around October 2021, so a late Fall 2024 premiere would make some sense as it is a 10 episode season, too. Late September/Early October 2024.
Not yet, no. Nothing against the show, but there just isn't much to go on yet. I hope it's great, and if the show looks like the initial BT art that was released, I'll be a very happy man. But I just don't know much about what we're getting. I'll get more excited when we see more art, hear who the voice cast is, and learn what the titles/premises are for the episodes. And I'm sure whenever a trailer finally drops, I'll watch & analyze it like it's the Zapruder film. But for now, I don't know much besides "New Batman animated show, BT, Ed Brubaker, and James Tucker, are all involved."
According to the notes I have in my DCAU Production Chronology, WBA started development on what became BTAS in 1990 and production officially started in November of 1990. And we didn't see much of anything from the show until sometime in months before its premiere on September 5th, 1992.
It would be cool to see Black Mask on the series, since I feel he was unfortunately overlooked on BTAS. And what the heck, let's see Silver St. Cloud, too.
