Newsarmama.com posted and interview today with animation Director Ben Jones on his upcoming premier episode of Batman: The Brave and the Bold titled; “The Rise of the Blue Beetle”


NRAMA: So in putting this pilot together, what did you really want to establish for the series?

BJ: It’s true for most series, but the biggest thing we tried to do with the first episode is try to figure out, with no road map, what the direction of the show was going to be. We wanted to figure out what was acceptable and what wasn’t. How is Batman going to act? That was one thing everyone had their own ideas on. Also, with this pilot in particular, we wanted to establish the character of the Blue Beetle as well. That was important because he is another commonly recurring character.

NRAMA: Was it decided early that Blue Beetle would be in the pilot?

BJ: That was decided before I was hired. So I don’t know. I do know there are a group of guest stars that appear more frequently, like Blue Beetle, Red Tornado, Green Arrow, Aquaman and, at least I’m thinking, Plastic Man.

NRAMA: So how far are you into the 26 episodes?

BJ: Well, the first 26 episodes are divided into two seasons of 13. Episode 13 kind of puts a cap on the first season. Then the next 13 are of their own. There’s not a lot of continuity, but there is some. As far as where we are, I think the storyboards for Episode 26 is being done as we speak. So we’re pretty far into it. We have three shows in the can.

For the full interview, head on over to Newsarama.com...