Back in May last year, HBO Max and Cartoon Network announced a straight-to-series order for the new animated series “Batman: Caped Crusader”.
The project was to be executive produced by filmmakers J.J. Abrams (“Star Wars: The Force Awakens”) and Matt Reeves (“The Batman”), along with original 1990s “Batman: The Animated Series” co-developer Bruce Timm.
The aim was that the new show would recapture the magic of that iconic early 1990s series with deeper psychological dives and a cinematic and evocative noir-style to its presentation.
That’s all out the window now as TV Line reports that the series is one of seven animated projects HBO Max will no longer produce. All six projects, which mostly come from Warner Bros. Animation, will continue production though as they are shopped to other outlets.
The other projects include the animated family action comedy “Merry Little Batman,” the animated Looney Tunes film “The Day the Earth Blew Up” and the musical “Bye Bye Bunny,” an animated musical holiday special about “Family Matters” character Steve Urkel, and “The Amazing World of Gumball” movie.
This news comes amidst an in-transition HBO Max as Warner Bros. Discovery guts various departments in order to save costs, with the animation department being heavily impacted.
