BATMAN: THE CAPED CRUSADER Character Designs for Harley Quinn, Clay Face, Two-Face and More Leaked

Designs of several characters have been leaked Bruce Timmthe next animated series by Batman: Caped Crusader. The images offer a first look at Harley Quinn, Two-Face, Catwoman, Natalia Knight, Clay Face, Gentleman Ghost, Onomatopeia and Renee Montoya.

The designs here are not what I expected, as they are very different, and as you can imagine, fans on social media are not happy with the designs. I was very excited about this and it was explained to me that “It’s everything Bruce Timm wanted to do in the original series… It’s more the complete vision of him.”

I’ll hold off on any judgment until I actually see some footage of the show. All I will say is that these projects are nothing like I imagined them to be. But let’s wait and see! You can see the character art below. Check it out and tell us what you think!

This animated series has been in development for some time with Timm, JJ Abrams, Matt Reevesand comic book writer Ed Brubaker leading the charge.

The show is said to capture what Timm was originally trying to do with the original animated series, saying, “It kind of goes back to the original tenets of the show that we originally came up with in the early ’90s. There were some limitations on what we could do in terms of adult content; in terms of violence and adult themes.” He continued, “My idea is basically to say, ‘OK, it’s 1990 again, I can do what I want to do this time, and I’ve got JJ and Matt backing me up.”

Abrams said it Batman: Caped Crusader“Really is an incredibly complex psychological story about someone who, in a way, needs to be redeemed – and that’s pretty much what this first season is about at least.”

The series was written by acclaimed comics writer Ed Brubaker, who said: “Their take on the show, with a slightly meatier approach to the character and a new way of looking at the world of Gotham, set in the past but seen through a modern lens has really sold me, and so far it’s been a blast working on every part of it. I can’t wait for the rest of the world to see what we’ve built over the past few months in the writers’ room. All I can say is that it’s not what anyone expects… but in a good way.”

Reeves explained that the show will focus on a version of Batman who is completely alone on his journey, saying, “There’s no Justice League. It doesn’t exist. There are no other superheroes. It’s Batman. You’re looking at this lone figure swimming in the Gotham’s cesspool. It’s Batman, alone.”

It was also explained that Batman won’t have all of his gadgets as the show takes place before a time when he started investing money in those things. “So he’ll be very low tech initially. You know, as he develops as a character, we’ll start introducing those gadgets and the audience will be able to see how he developed the Batmobile using different prototypes. That’s part of the fun of in this series we find him as discovers these things that, [in] most of the other Batman series were already there.”

The series has landed a two-season order on Amazon.