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''Bruce Wayne'' was a planned television series focusing on a young Bruce Wayne before he became Batman. The idea was conceived as a pitch from screenwriter Tim McCanlies, and went as far into development until being shelved in favour of, at that time, the planned film ''Batman: Year One''. The concept would later be rethought and turned into the television series ''Smallville'', this time focusing on a young Clark Kent before he became Superman. ''Gotham'', a new series with a similar plot, debuted on Fox on September 22, 2014. ==Background== In 1999, roughly a year after seeing the script he wrote for ''The Iron Giant'' get released, Tim McCanlies pitched to Tollin/Robbins Productions a 62-page pilot script for a TV show revolving around an American icon much like that of Prince William. The supporting characters included a grandfather-type, two-faced friends, only one trustful cop, and an empire the hero would inherit. That show was a drama revolving around the teenage years of Bruce Wayne, the future Batman. According to McCanlies, everyone knows the origin of Batman, but what was never answered in comics or any media were the questions of "why and how". Tollin/Robbins bought the rights to produce the series, and while HBO began negotiating about possible broadcasting rights, The WB Television Network loved the idea and knew it would be the next big franchise on their network, to pair with the then-new ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' spin-off ''Angel''. Since the series never actually reached pre-production or casting, it is unknown who would have starred in the show. However, Shawn Ashmore, who later went on to play Bobby Drake in ''X2'' and ''X-Men: The Last Stand'', was heavily rumoured to be in negotiations about playing Bruce, as well as Trevor Fehrman of ''Clerks II'' fame. A then-unknown Michael Rosenbaum (who would go on to play Lex Luthor in ''Smallville'') was considered to play the role of Harvey Dent. David Krumholtz, a current TV actor of ''Numb3rs'', was said to be rumored for Jim Gordon. What led to the cancellation of the series altogether was the creative differences between Warner's TV division and film division. While the TV division liked the concept, the movie division was more focused on getting the film franchise back on track. Around the time development started on ''Bruce Wayne'', Joel Schumacher, director of the infamous critical flop ''Batman & Robin'', pitched the idea for a serious Batman origin story using Frank Miller's ''Batman: Year One'' as a source. Eventually, WB's film division was moving forward with the concept, and in September 2000, Darren Aronofsky signed on to direct the film adaptation, with Miller as the screenwriter, and supposedly Aaron Eckhart (who would go on to play Harvey Dent in ''The Dark Knight'') as Jim Gordon, and several actors, including Ben Affleck, Brendan Fraser, Josh Hartnett, and Christian Bale, for the part of Batman. Thus, because the movie division did not want to compete with a television series, the planned show was shelved. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bruce Wayne (TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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