Producers and actors from Beware the Batman joined at SDCC to talk about their new take on the Dark Knight.
Voice actors Anthony Ruivivar (Batman) and J.B. Blanc (Alfred), along with producers Glen Murakami and Mitch Watson, had a few things to say the new show, starting with their version of Bruce Wayne/Batman.
“He’s not the jaded, indestructible, gruff Batman later on,” said Ruivivar. “He’s figuring out where he belongs and his own history. He’s got a razor-sharp mind. His relationship with Alfred ventures into new territory as well since Alfred has history as a member of MI-6.” J.B. Blanc added, “The truth about Alfred is yeah, he’s different, but the relationship between him and Bruce is very fundamentally true to the franchise.”
Talk then moved onto the villains, with this latest animated adventure eschewing the well know bad guys in favour of the more obscure. Watson said, “We have particular story lines we wanted to tell with Batman, with Alfred, with Katana and soon with Barbara Gordon – we wanted to find villains that would highlight whatever was going on in with characters in the episode.” He and Murakami looked through the entire history of the character to choose villains that would fit what they had in mind. Murakami said working with other villains is shedding new light on Batman.
However, Watson did say there will be a familiar villain in the second half of the season voiced by a fairly well known actor. All he would say is the villain has the letter “d” in his name. In casting news, Adam Baldwin will be appearing as Metamorpho, and Sapphire Stagg will be entering the series as voiced by Emmanuelle Chriqui.
Originally published July 22, 2013. Updated April 14, 2018.
