dpDC Studios and Warner Bros. Animation are partnering on a series adaptation of Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta’s best selling DC comic book series Absolute Batman.
The partners announced the upcoming show at a joint presentation at the Annecy International Film Festival on Thursday, hosted by Warner Bros. Animation Sam Register, with Peter Safran, DC Studios Co-Chairman and Co-CEO alongside James Gunn, joining him on the stage.
Absolute Batman writer Writer Snyder will serve as executive producer and showrunner while artist Dragotta is producer on the new animated show.
Reinventing the Batman myth for a new generation of fans, Absolute Batman reimagines the Dark Knight as a working-class hero up against impossible odds on a mission to prove that even in an era of wealth, power and corruption, one good person can change the world.
Launched in 2024, the comic series has sold more than six million copies, with the first volume on its 11th print run.
In other news, the partners announced they had greenlit the adult animation series Joker: Laugh Riot and were in development on an untitled kids-focused project starring superdog Krypto.
Executive produced by Jim Krieg, Joker: Laugh Riot will be directed by Yasuhuro Aoki, who took animator credits on ChaO and the Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim. It sees Joker face an existential crisis when arch enemy Batman is killed.
The log-line reads: “When Batman is murdered, the Joker launches a ruthless crusade through Gotham’s underworld to find the killer who took away his greatest adversary. But as his violent quest for answers pushes him closer towards vigilante than villain, Joker is forced to confront the truth that without Batman, he doesn’t know who he is.”
Executive produced by C.H. Greenblatt, the untitled Krypto Project, see Krypto tags along with a gang of misfit criminal wannabes who live down the block. As he follows them into misadventures and poorly laid plans, Krypto’s pure nature slowly ends up redeeming them, whether they want it or not.
The presentation also unveiled fresh details and sneak peeks on a raft of upcoming shows including on upcoming seasons of Creature Commandos, Batman: Caped Crusader, My Adventures with Superman, Mister Miracle, DC Superpowers and Starfire.
