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Here's a look at the timeline for the Bruce Wayne project:
- July/August
1999: Bruce Wayne pitched to Tollin-Robbins Productions
- December
1999: Word starts to leak out that a "Young Bruce Wayne"
TV series is on the way for the WB Network. The network is said
to be "thrilled."
- December
24, 1999: Ain't It Cool News reports a tug-of-war between the
Warner Bros. movie studio and the television arm. AICN's Harry
Knowles refuses to get behind either project, since he hasn't
read any scripts.
- January
4, 2000: Knowles reads and reviews the Bruce Wayne pilot
script. His response is positive.
- January
29, 2000: The Hollywood Reporter states that the television
series is on hold while decisions are being made about the movie
franchise. Darren Aranofsky (Pi) is currently attached to the
movie project.
- July
14, 2000: The theatrical X-Men makes $54 million on its
opening weekend; the movie division becomes determined to get
out a new Batman film. At this moment, Bruce Wayne is
dead.
- September
15, 2000: Stax at IGN Filmforce posts
his review of the series pilot script.
- Late
September, 2000: The WB Network announces their "teenage
Clark Kent project."
- June
15, 2005: Nearly five years after the release of X-Men, and
eight years after the last Batman movie, it is finally time
for the Dark Knight to return, in Batman Begins, a prequel
that starts with the early days of young Bruce Wayne.
Sources:
Comics2Film,
AICN, The Hollywood Reporter, IGN Filmforce
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