The Batman ’66 TV show is an all-time classic series. So much so that it has inspired many other DC Comics characters do to similar shows. Not only that, but just in the last few years alone, Batman ’66 has become a successful comic book series, has gotten many “crossover” events with big characters of the 60’s and the 70’s, and now, is getting an animated debut in Return of the Caped Crusaders.
But as Burt Ward, who plays Robin in the original show and voices him in the animated film, reveals to ComicBook.com, him and co-star Adam West want to take it one step further in their “rebirth” as the characters.
“Let me throw something at you okay. Do you remember when the Star Trek ended, and Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner did all those Star Trek movies, remember that? They were very successful and those guys were a lot older right? I mean, you didn’t care that they were older, you loved them because they were with you in your childhood. Can you imagine Adam and I now, yes older, 50 years later, going to put on our tights where maybe Batman is dusting off the tights in his closet and I’m trying to pull up the tights. This could be so hilarious. We’re trying to talk to the studio into doing that. It would be the antithesis of all the stuff that you see, but I guarantee you the turnout, they’d be tearing the seats out of the theaters.”
Whether this actually happens is up for debate in many ways, but it would be hard to deny that some would definitely love to see this happen.
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It's not even up for debate in many ways. It's not up for debate at all.