More on Batman: The Brave & the Bold

A lighter version of Batman. I myself am more than a little tired of the brooding Batman. This should be be a nice change. [Link]

"James is obsessed with [classic Batman artist] Dick Sprang," added executive producer Sam Register, "and that clean, pop look is one that hasn't been associated with the character in a while. We really went from that, and one of the first ideas for a framework we came up with, which was, 'What if we took the Adam West title sequence, and gave it some balls?'"

"A lot of the time you see Batman as an object," elaborated Tucker, "something that's very still, crouched on a building with the cape lying in folds. But in Sprang, his Batman is very energetic, very kinetic. Always in motion, always punching. For me, it's the same kind of energy that Jack Kirby brought to comics."

You can see what they're talking about in that new trailer, with Batman and an array of guest-stars (Green Arrow, the new Jaime Reyes Blue Beetle, Plastic Man) bouncing about and fighting colorful villains far from Batman's usual Rogue's Gallery: Gorilla Grodd, Gentlemen Ghost, and the one and only Kite-Man. Jazzy, up-tempo music, a rough cut of the actual theme for the show, highlighted the classic Pop influences being brought to the show — less Bruce Timm and more Darwyn Cooke, if you will.