Adam West And Burt Ward Will Play Batman & Robin Again For Animated Movie

The Batman '66 comic book is a kind of genius, telling new stories in the style of the original Adam West and Burt Ward TV series. It looks great on the page, with eye-popping colours and pop-art designs. The most obvious disadvantage, of course, is that the comic book can't benefit from Adam West and Burt Ward's performances. Warner Bros. have come up with a nifty solution there, however, and will spin-off the series for a new animated feature. Ward and West mentioned the film themselves when appearing at the Mad Monster Party con this last weekend. Here's the video, courtesy of Consequence of Sound. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOvzVVrqkJw If you couldn't play that, it's pretty simple. The film will be feature length, it will be out in 2016 for the 50th anniversary of the show, and there's a possible second movie being talked about already. Screenwriter Lorenzo Semple Jr. was the secret weapon of the Batman show. Unfortunately, he passed away last year. He's going to be a tough act to follow, but he did at least lay down some excellent groundwork. I would think this film could, with the right budget, be polished, attractive, funny and oddball enough to crossover to a wider audience in the way The Lego Movie did and, I presume, The Lego Batman Movie will. Nonetheless, it seems more likely that this will be a direct-to-disc production. A wasted opportunity, I think. Still, it might be amazing, and we're lucky to have it happening at all.