BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER Season One

Cape Fear

Nick Setchfield

UK/US Prime Video, streaming now Creators Bruce Timm, Matt Reeves, JJ Abrams Cast Hamish Linklater, Christina Ricci, Minnie Driver, Jason Watkins EPISODES 1.01-1.10 It’s over 30 years since Batman: The Animated Series set the gold standard for superhero cartoons, its look inspired by both the neo-noir style of Tim Burton’s 1989 movie and the authentically classic charms of the Fleischer Studios Superman adventures of the ’40s. Co-creator Bruce Timm doubles down on that retro aesthetic in this new 10-episode series. Very much a spiritual successor to B:TAS, it’s also a more committed period piece, stripping out all traces of the 21st century – some progressive casting and character choices aside – to return the Dark Knight to his mobsterera roots. This is essentially Year One, ’40s style, where Batman is a newborn…

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