By Yuhki Demers, a production designer at Netflix and a visual development member on both of Sony’s animated “Spider-Verse” films, has shared something rather special.
In a social media posting, Demers and director Patrick Harpin revealed a pitch the pair did for a “Batman Beyond” animated movie at Warner Bros. Pictures around five months ago.
Demers said the pair were warned, even before they pitched the outline for the film, that there was “absolutely no way” they could do such a film.
He adds that after they shared their pitch, that firm ‘no’ turned into a ‘maybe’ and the hope is that sharing these images will lead to some enthusiasm for the project. They add they’ve been “pitching our way up the company hoping to get to James Gunn.”
Gunn recently expressed wanting to work with ‘Spider-Verse’ producers Christopher Miller and Phil Lord who are not involved in this pitch.
“Batman Beyond” was an animated series that premiered in 1999 and featured a teenaged Batman (Terry McGinnis) in a futuristic Gotham City under the tutelage of an elderly Bruce Wayne (Kevin Conroy).
5 months ago Patrick Harpin walked into @wbpictures @DCofficial and pitched a 𝘉𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘉𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 Animated Feature.
Before we pitched, they warned us “there is absolutely no way we can do a 𝘉𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 movie”, but they loved our enthusiasm. We pitched the outline for the… pic.twitter.com/1mhFyu6NUp
— Yuhki Demers (@yuhkidemers) February 20, 2024
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