1. A Sequel Series About Catwoman Ended Up Getting Scrapped
Warner Bros./Bruce Timm
Catwoman may not have had the biggest role throughout BTAS, but she was a clear fan-favourite and - as the character's history has shown - was clearly more than capable of anchoring her own series. It's with this in mind that Fox approached Bruce Timm about the prospect of developing a spin-off based on Selina Kyle shortly after BTAS' debut, with Timm developing a series of sketches soon after.
Only a small amount of production work was ever completed on the Catwoman spin-off though, with Warner Bros. eventually electing to pursue a Superman cartoon instead. Superman: The Animated Series is definitely overlooked when compared to BTAS, and while it's easy to understand why WB opted for the Man of Steel over Catwoman, is there not some world out there where we might've had both?
Interestingly, according to World's Finest, this wasn't the last time a Catwoman series situated within the DCAU would get optioned. A series co-led by Selina and Nightwing was eventually pitched, as was a Birds of Prey show that also tragically never saw the light of day.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
