That's cool. Certainley means CN can't can it prematurely. I wonder if this will be a Target exclusive like the Justice League one from earlier this year. Should be interesting to see who all is in this.

With this being based on the Evergreen line's style, I wonder if they also might do one in the style of the Total Heroes figures.

 

A new animated film....nice.

Calling It Now: Diedrich Bader is voicing Batman once more. Assuming it's in continuity with the JLA movie.

 

Yeah, I was wondering about it being an exclusive too.

That's what I was thinking. Between B:BATB and the JLA:Trapped in Time Target exclusive, he seems to be the go-to for this lighter-Batman type of project.

 

Must be basing the cartoon on those crappy toys that have been clogging retailer shelves for well over a year now. Maybe someone will actually buy them!

 

So it turns out our Mystery DTV will have 2 movies & that Younger Kids are gonna meet the League more then ever.
New Batman, Justice League Toys Get Animated (EXCLUSIVE) | Variety
Even though it's for younger Kids, It's nice to See DC Animation get a Big comeback more after Last year.

 

Didn't care for Beware the Batman. Hope this one is going to be a more traditional Batman. Also I would like to see Greg Weisman work on this. I really liked how Young Justice handled the Bat-Family on that show.

 

You're a bit behind. It's not a show, it's DTV like DC's other animated films.

 

DTV is okay with me, but wouldn't have minded another Batman series.... that wouldn't be shown on CN.

 

hate the way Tim Drake/Red Robin looks

 

Sounds interesting. Definitely something that my nephew and I will enjoy. I'm curious to see how the toys turn out. Especialy the batmobile, the T-rex, and whatever they have planned for role-play.

I wonder who they'll get to voice Green Arrow. Amell would be nice, but I'm not sure he'll fit the tone they're looking for. Freidle, who did the voice for the DC shorts, would be a good fit.

 

Oops

 

the only dc short of green arrow I remember was the dc showcase and Neil Donoague did the voice for that

 

There were a couple of DC shorts released last year that had Will Friedle voicing him. At least one featured Black Canary and one even had Cupid. What set these shorts apart was that GA's bow had a built-in AI that could talk to him. I'll try and link to one here shortly.

Edit: Here we go.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na-z10pfWNQ

 

I'll try to keep my mind open. Not a fan of the dependence on the toy-line. Beware was very good and it deserved better treatment. Hopefully it will at least be funny and witty like Brave and the Bold.

I gotta say, though, between this, Vixen, Gods and Monsters, and the current DTVs, it's great to see WB and DC keeping their animation projects away from CN.

 

I see no reason for a new Batman cartoon right now. It just won't compare to TAS or BatB. Then again, since The Batman and Beware were awful series, it does seem like every other Batman cartoon is good, so it could be good. Of course, the reasons why those two work is because of its style. TAS was clearly inspired to tell the stories in a Film Noir-like style and the characters were similar to the versions from the 70s and 80s. Brave and the Bold mimicked the style of all of the eras of Batman while giving it more of a late Silver Age tone overall. Both The Batman and Beware had nothing defining to themselves as they were just copying off the styles of other shows at the time. Not to mention the lack of solid writing.

 

With more people moving away from traditional TV towards other methods of getting content it seems like a good idea. Little kids of today might one day say what the heck was cable?

But yea some animation for the older set would be nice as well. Even when the Batman movie are great the constraints of film making leave you with just a few hours of Batman across years. I like the live action series, but being a prequel to getting in a suit and fighting crime means some hard limits for Gotham. Really need a cartoon to do all the things a movie and live action series just can't do.

Maybe it's time to think outside of the box and say hey Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad, and Bob's Burgers cut it as cartoons for adults so maybe superheroes could be prime time entertainment for the whole family.

 

I think the biggest problem is how the market is run.

Animated shows like the ones listed exist because they're comedies, for a lot of people those being adult cartoons is part of the joke, cause no mater how far geek culture has come, most people still see animation as a kids thing.

Most animated shows exist for the soul purpose to sell a product, usually toy lines. Kids toy lines. And if they don't sell well, the show then gets canceled.

 

Finally DC Superfriends is a series. I hope David Kaye reprises Superman again.

 

EXCLUSIVE: First "Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts" Trailer Runs Wild - Comic Book Resources

It looks ridiculous, but it could be fun.

 

Ok, now that was something.