Comics Scribe Ed Brubaker JoinsBatman: Caped Crusaderas Head Writer

The upcomingBatman : Caped Crusadercartoon has quite the creative force behind it , root in both its past and its future . Bruce Timm , one of the foundations of thelegendary DC Animated Universe , is showrunning the new serial publication that plans on bringing the hero back to the noir genre that helped define the Dark Knight ’s iconic 90s serial publication , with J.J. Abrams andThe Batmandirector Matt Reeves on hand to executive green groceries . A fairly strong pedigree , and now it ’s get even warm thanks to the addition ofEd Brubaker , co - creator of Marvel ’s Winter Soldier and author of beloved comics such as Immortal Iron Fist and the creator - owned Criminal and Kill or Be Killed .

As reveal byThe Hollywood Reporter , Brubaker is the head writer for Batman ’s novel animated outing . Acting as Timm ’s correct manus , he ’ll bleed the writer room for the 10 - episode first season that ’s said to be “ more Batman : The Animated Series than Batman : The Animated Series . ” In a statement to Hollywood Reporter , Brubaker talk about how Animated Series served as the accelerator for his life history , and express his excitement at work on its spiritual successor .

“ If not for what Bruce Timm and all the talented author and artist did with that show , things like my revamp of Catwoman with Darwyn Cooke ( who worked on BTAS ) and Gotham Central with Greg Rucka and Michael Lark , would never have happened … I ca n’t wait until the rest of the world can see what we ’ve been building the last few calendar month in the writers room . All I can say is , it ’s not what anyone is expecting … but in a good fashion . ”