One of the best things about both “Batman: The Animated Series” and Tim Burton’s two Batman movies (1989’s “Batman” and 1992’s “Batman Returns”) was the way in which they seemed to belong to a universe that incorporated aspects of multiple decades, creating one foreboding, gothic, and timeless continuity. That said, while Bruce Timm had a lot of creative control over “Batman: The Animated Series” he wasn’t quite all-powerful, as the co-creator has previously revealed that if he’d had his way, the show would have actually been set in the 1930s.
Now, though, it seems Timm is finally getting his way. As revealed in the EW piece, “Batman: Caped Crusader” wlll be a “”40s-set period piece,” firmly planting this version of the Dark Knight in the decade that immediately followed his real-world debut in 1939’s “Detective Comics” #27. As Timm told EW:
“James and I are both really big fans of movies from that era, so we decided to really lean into that in terms of the clothes, the cars, the architecture, and the level of technology. Early on, we decided there would be no computers and no cell phones. That changed everything.”
“The Animated Series” was well-known for amalgamating elements of various time periods so that the “Dark Deco” world of the show was populated by both Bat computers and 1940s-style sedans. This time, however, we’re going full-’40s.
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