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Post by /\/\att on Jan 14, 2008 10:23:23 GMT -5
According to Steven E. Gordon's official website, Batman: Asylum "went into development after Batman: Subzero and was intended to be a Direct-to-Video also. The producer, Boyd Kirkland, convinced WB to let us re-design all the characters. This was my first time I got to professionally design a "super-hero" show. Unfortunately WB decided to cancel the project and do a DTV Batman Beyond instead." ----------------------------------------Legions Of Gotham sat down with Mr. Gordon in 2005 to discuss this project, which in our minds had amazing potential. LoG: When and how were you approached to work on the Batman: Asylum project? Steve Gordon: It's been quite awhile, but the best I can come up with is it was sometime in 1999. I'd worked with Boyd Kirkland previously on several projects and most recently I had done some storyboarding for him on Sub-Zero as well as helping to flesh out some models on that project. I did some attitudes and expressions on Batgirl (and some others) as well as a few Misc character designs. LoG: How far did pre-production get on the project? Were there any plot elements in place? Any other details about the project? Steve Gordon: If I recall correctly a treatment had been written, but I don't think a script had been finished. The plot is pretty vague in my mind. I do remember certain elements including Joker being experimented on at Arkham and Bane escaping. Bruce was engaged and contemplating giving up being Batman and Robin became injured by Bane. LoG: Where did you draw your inspiration from when designing the characters for Asylum? Are you a Batman fan at all? If so, to what extent? Steve Gordon: I really was involved in comics too much at this time so I hadn't really been paying close attention to what was happening with Batman so I went back to the days of Neal Adams. This was the period I was most familiar with and felt it had never been utilized in animation. I was also asked to keep some similarity to Timm's design so it wasn't a complete departure. The intent was to keep the straights and curves look that Timm had try to utilize in his designs as well as keeping some of the more basic design elements whenever possible. LoG: You did storyboard work for Batman & Mr. Freeze: Sub Zero, the DTV feature. Have you worked with Batman animation in any other capacity? Steve Gordon: My only other connection was I was at one time asked to work on some walk cycles before B:TAS premiered. I'm not sure they were ever utilized. LoG: Your website features presentation art for Catwoman. What can you tell us about a potential Catwoman cartoon? Steve Gordon: This was intended to be another direct-to-video project that Boyd Kirkland was working on. I was asked to do a couple of quick concept drawings showing the two Catwomen. I'm not sure what the status is of this project, but I haven't heard anything recently about it. The designs on my web-site were not the ones they used, but were the ones I liked best.
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Post by coliv1977 on Jan 14, 2008 10:51:09 GMT -5
According to Steven E. Gordon's official website, Batman: Asylum "went into development after Batman: Subzero and was intended to be a Direct-to-Video also. The producer, Boyd Kirkland, convinced WB to let us re-design all the characters. This was my first time I got to professionally design a "super-hero" show. Unfortunately WB decided to cancel the project and do a DTV Batman Beyond instead." ----------------------------------------Legions Of Gotham sat down with Mr. Gordon in 2005 to discuss this project, which in our minds had amazing potential. LoG: When and how were you approached to work on the Batman: Asylum project? Steve Gordon: It's been quite awhile, but the best I can come up with is it was sometime in 1999. I'd worked with Boyd Kirkland previously on several projects and most recently I had done some storyboarding for him on Sub-Zero as well as helping to flesh out some models on that project. I did some attitudes and expressions on Batgirl (and some others) as well as a few Misc character designs. LoG: How far did pre-production get on the project? Were there any plot elements in place? Any other details about the project? Steve Gordon: If I recall correctly a treatment had been written, but I don't think a script had been finished. The plot is pretty vague in my mind. I do remember certain elements including Joker being experimented on at Arkham and Bane escaping. Bruce was engaged and contemplating giving up being Batman and Robin became injured by Bane. LoG: Where did you draw your inspiration from when designing the characters for Asylum? Are you a Batman fan at all? If so, to what extent? Steve Gordon: I really was involved in comics too much at this time so I hadn't really been paying close attention to what was happening with Batman so I went back to the days of Neal Adams. This was the period I was most familiar with and felt it had never been utilized in animation. I was also asked to keep some similarity to Timm's design so it wasn't a complete departure. The intent was to keep the straights and curves look that Timm had try to utilize in his designs as well as keeping some of the more basic design elements whenever possible. LoG: You did storyboard work for Batman & Mr. Freeze: Sub Zero, the DTV feature. Have you worked with Batman animation in any other capacity? Steve Gordon: My only other connection was I was at one time asked to work on some walk cycles before B:TAS premiered. I'm not sure they were ever utilized. LoG: Your website features presentation art for Catwoman. What can you tell us about a potential Catwoman cartoon? Steve Gordon: This was intended to be another direct-to-video project that Boyd Kirkland was working on. I was asked to do a couple of quick concept drawings showing the two Catwomen. I'm not sure what the status is of this project, but I haven't heard anything recently about it. The designs on my web-site were not the ones they used, but were the ones I liked best. This would've been awesome! Does anybody know/think we will ever see another BTAS era DTV?
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Post by /\/\att on Jan 14, 2008 14:49:29 GMT -5
One would like to hope! lol.
LOG had this feature up for years and I forgot to transfer it with the new site. WF posted up a nice news refresh on it this weekend, which reminded me to get off my butt and put up our interview and images! Enjoy Bat-Fans!
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Post by Batlaw on Jan 14, 2008 21:30:27 GMT -5
Man I get more broken hearted everytime I look at these. What a shame.
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Post by acethebathound on Jan 15, 2008 15:55:04 GMT -5
That's too bad man...sounds like it might have been cool.
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Post by batfan93 on Jan 16, 2008 14:26:27 GMT -5
It could have been awsome, looking at the pictures. Too bad it got scraped.
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Post by blackmask on Jan 18, 2008 21:59:37 GMT -5
I love Steve Gordons work!!! It is a real shame they did not make this. question: would this have been a BTAS film?
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Post by megagents on Jan 20, 2008 3:17:19 GMT -5
I hate seeing stuff like this. I keep wanting it to be a reality but it never happens.
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Post by /\/\att on Jan 22, 2008 7:18:07 GMT -5
I love Steve Gordons work!!! It is a real shame they did not make this. question: would this have been a BTAS film? Nope. This project was a departure from all other animated formats into a 'comic style' animated format.
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Post by steelio2006 on Jun 18, 2008 10:13:02 GMT -5
Batman: Asylum could work now. especially with the PG-13 rating for the DCAU movies comin out.
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Post by All Star Batman on Jun 18, 2008 15:38:04 GMT -5
Batman: Asylum could work now. especially with the PG-13 rating for the DCAU movies comin out. That's a good point.
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Post by BruceBatman on Jun 30, 2008 22:34:07 GMT -5
Wow. This would have been awesome! If only, ifonly...
I miss B:TAS era stuff!
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Post by anthonywayne on Jul 1, 2008 9:01:00 GMT -5
Wow. This would have been awesome! If only, ifonly... I miss B:TAS era stuff! Amen, brother.
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Post by coliv1977 on Jul 1, 2008 15:37:43 GMT -5
Wow. This would have been awesome! If only, ifonly... I miss B:TAS era stuff! Amen, brother. Ditto!!!
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Post by havedunter74 on Jul 23, 2008 6:02:20 GMT -5
we should start a petition to get this movie recomissioned and hand it over to warner bros
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Post by koolkat68 on Aug 3, 2008 22:39:05 GMT -5
i would have like to see that
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Post by eldridge on Sept 17, 2008 2:39:21 GMT -5
this would have been great. any Batman is a great Batman to me.
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Post by batghost08 on Sept 21, 2008 18:50:12 GMT -5
Looks like it could have been one of the best animated Batman films ever. (Still don't know how to get an avatar!)
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Post by sgtrock84 on Apr 15, 2009 1:16:20 GMT -5
what a shame. looking at those sketches just breaks the heart and damages the soul! lol
Too bad though, I really would have loved to see this!
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