Batman Beyond NZB

( Animation General | Action | Adventure | Crime | Sci-Fi | Super Heroes ) Rated : 10/100 - Airs On : The WB

Warner Brothers asked Bruce Timm and Paul Dini to create a new Batman series that would appeal to a younger audience as his last cartoon, Batman: The Animated Series, had begun to "skew old" that is, appeal to viewers older than the network wanted. That meeting generated a number of ideas: a Smallville-like show starring a younger Bruce Wayne but eventually Timm and Dini hit on the idea of a teenage "successor" Batman. Timm and Dini proposed working up story treatments but Warner Brothers told them they already had a green light to make their show. Bruce called up a friend who worked with him on other shows and Glen loved the idea and talked Bruce into doing it. Early names included B2 (with a superscript, like B-squared), the Tomorrow Knight (the producers remain proud they did not select that one) and Batman Tomorrow. Advertising difficulties ("tonight on Batman Tomorrow" might confuse viewers) scuttled that, and they arrived at Read More @ TvRage.com