http://www.kryptonsite.com/brucewayne/script.htm
http://www.kryptonsite.com/brucewayne/script2.htm
http://www.kryptonsite.com/brucewayne/script3.htm
http://www.kryptonsite.com/brucewayne/script4.htm
The above were scripts for a supposed television show that was going to air on The WB in 2001 (what The CW was called before 2006) but was nixed. Apparently the Warner Brothers Film Division wanted to focus on rebuilding the Batman movie franchise after the Batman and Robin, which was considered a failure for the most part by the industry, and they didn't want a Batman film and series to go side by side.
The series was going to focus on Bruce Wayne before he became Batman. The series' first episode would start days before his 18th birthday and end with him becoming Batman. It would feature people that would be pivotal in his future, including Vicki Vale and Selina Kyle (Catwoman) as love interests, Jack Napier (The Joker) as a grumpy comedian, Harvey Dent (Two-Face) as a good friend and coincidentally also a lawyer, Jim Gordon (Commisioner Gordon) as a friend of Bruce's in the law force, Gordon's 13-year old daughter (Batgirl) who loves Bruce and has somewhat of a crush on him, and even a weird kid from Smallville, Kansas named Clark Kent. Bruce would be depicted as somewhat of a celebrity and according to the series bible, he would have been looked at by teenage girls like NSync was. He would be a hothead with Alfred as a father figure.
Ultimately, the series was passed on because as I said earlier, the movie division didn't want a film franchise and a series going at the same time. Some elements of the series made it to Batman Begins, and the series eventually developed into Smallville, which is basically the same premise with the series depicting the early years of Superman instead of Batman. I didn't know about this series and found it interesting the way it ended up. I would have found this series more interesting that Smallville, but then again if we got this we probably wouldn't have gotten The Dark Knight and rejuvenation of Batman movie franchise. Would you have preferred this over Smallville and Batman Begins?
http://www.kryptonsite.com/brucewayne/script2.htm
http://www.kryptonsite.com/brucewayne/script3.htm
http://www.kryptonsite.com/brucewayne/script4.htm
The above were scripts for a supposed television show that was going to air on The WB in 2001 (what The CW was called before 2006) but was nixed. Apparently the Warner Brothers Film Division wanted to focus on rebuilding the Batman movie franchise after the Batman and Robin, which was considered a failure for the most part by the industry, and they didn't want a Batman film and series to go side by side.
The series was going to focus on Bruce Wayne before he became Batman. The series' first episode would start days before his 18th birthday and end with him becoming Batman. It would feature people that would be pivotal in his future, including Vicki Vale and Selina Kyle (Catwoman) as love interests, Jack Napier (The Joker) as a grumpy comedian, Harvey Dent (Two-Face) as a good friend and coincidentally also a lawyer, Jim Gordon (Commisioner Gordon) as a friend of Bruce's in the law force, Gordon's 13-year old daughter (Batgirl) who loves Bruce and has somewhat of a crush on him, and even a weird kid from Smallville, Kansas named Clark Kent. Bruce would be depicted as somewhat of a celebrity and according to the series bible, he would have been looked at by teenage girls like NSync was. He would be a hothead with Alfred as a father figure.
Ultimately, the series was passed on because as I said earlier, the movie division didn't want a film franchise and a series going at the same time. Some elements of the series made it to Batman Begins, and the series eventually developed into Smallville, which is basically the same premise with the series depicting the early years of Superman instead of Batman. I didn't know about this series and found it interesting the way it ended up. I would have found this series more interesting that Smallville, but then again if we got this we probably wouldn't have gotten The Dark Knight and rejuvenation of Batman movie franchise. Would you have preferred this over Smallville and Batman Begins?