Comic book writer Ed Brubaker joins HBO’s Batman: Caped Crusader

Upcoming Batman: The Crusader Crusader the cartoon behind it has a pretty creative power, rooted in the past and the future. Bruce Timm, one of the foundations the legendary DC animated universe, shows a new series that plans to return the hero to the noir genre that helped define the legendary Dark Knight series of the 90s, with JJ Abrams and Batman director Matt Reeves at hand to the executive producer. Pretty strong pedigree, and now it has become even stronger thanks to the addition Ed Brubaker, co-creator of Marvel’s Winter Soldier and writer of favorite comics such as An immortal iron fist and owned by the creator Crime and Kill or be killed.

As he discovered Hollywood Reporter, Brubaker is the lead writer of Batman’s new animated outing. Acting as Tim’s right-hand man, he will run the first-episode 10-episode writers ’room, which is said to be“ more Batman: Animated series from Batman: Animated series. ” In a statement to the Hollywood Reporter, Brubaker talked about how Animated series he served as a catalyst for his career and expressed his excitement for working on his spiritual successor.

“If not because of what Bruce Timm and all the talented writers and artists did with that play, things like my reconstruction cat Woman with Darwyn Cooke (who worked on BTAS) i Gotham Central with Greg Ruck and Michael Lark, that would never have happened … I can’t wait for the rest of the world to see what we’ve been building for the last few months in the writers ’room. All I can say is that this is not what anyone expects… but in a good way. ”

Beginning in the late 2000s after taking over writing for the main book about Batman, Brubaker became a consistent character writer for the 2000s. He then spent several years writing various books in which the character had a supporting cast, including a loved one cat Woman run with Darwyn Cooke and co-create Gotham Central with Greg Ruck and artist Michael Lark. He also has a solid history with television, as he has written episodes for HBO Westworld and the Amazons Too old to die young. It could be said that neo-noir is Brubaker’s bread and butter and it will be interesting to see what he, Timm and other creative forces will come up with for the audience to see.

Batman: The Crusader Crusader will premiere on Cartoon Network and HBO Max.

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