Bob Kane's Batman Parody COURAGEOUS CAT Heading To The Big Screen

Bob Kane's Batman Parody COURAGEOUS CAT Heading To The Big Screen

When you hear the name Bob Kane, surely Batman comes straight to mind? Well, he also created another character; Courageous Cat. After starring in his own animated series in the 1960s, he is now set to make his big screen debut. Read on for details.

By JoshWilding - Jul 14, 2012 03:07 AM EST
Filed Under: Animated Features
Source: Deadline


Surprisingly, the rights to Courageous Cat are not held by DC Comics and Warner Bros., despite the fact that it is believed Bob Kane created the character as a parody of his earlier work on Batman. Instead, Evergreen Media Group has made a deal with Telefeatures to bring him to the big screen in a new live action/CGI hybrid reports Deadline. At this point, there is no writer or director attached to the project, although Telefeatures director Debbie Litt had this to say about Evergreen's acquisition. "For years we resisted overtures for the property. However, because of Tony [DeRosa-Grund, the company's co-founder] and Evergreen’s longstanding track record of finding great new takes to reboot classic properties we had a significant comfort level in entrusting them with Courageous Cat." Courageous Cat and his partner Minute Mouse are described as anthropomorphic animal superheroes without secret identities (the green-eyed caped crimefighter and his squeaky-voiced companion are usually addressed as simply "Courageous" and "Minute") who live in the Cat Cave and, when summoned via the Cat Signal over their television set, race to the scene of the crime in their sleekly feline red Cat Mobile which can convert into both the extendable-winged Cat Plane and submersible Cat Boat and thwart the criminal plots of various villains who threaten Empire City. [Wikipedia]

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Xandera
Xandera - 7/14/2012, 3:29 AM
Seriously???
marvel72
marvel72 - 7/14/2012, 3:30 AM
i think i'll pass on this.
Darthzilla
Darthzilla - 7/14/2012, 3:46 AM
Empire City? Don't they already have Cole Macgrath for a superhero?
kisama
kisama - 7/14/2012, 3:51 AM
Photobucket
Super12
Super12 - 7/14/2012, 4:13 AM
???
kingshnake
kingshnake - 7/14/2012, 4:55 AM
Sounds funny, Courageous Cat Begins
DukeAcureds
DukeAcureds - 7/14/2012, 5:48 AM
They better not screw ths up!! Just kidding.
Now, who would be better suited to direct... Peter Jackson? James Cameron? Screw it; Michael Bay.
silverdog
silverdog - 7/14/2012, 5:51 AM
They are just scraping the bottom of the barrel now....
SWelch
SWelch - 7/14/2012, 6:24 AM
@CaptainAhaBaha

No I remember waching these when I was a kid. Though I have to wonder just how much Bob Kane was involved. He was notorius for getting other people to do the work and taking credit.

And I also prefer Mighty Mouse. Would love to see all the original Mighty Mouse cartoons on DVD one day.
DukeAcureds
DukeAcureds - 7/14/2012, 7:44 AM
SWelch@ [frick] yes! The '80s stuff from Ralph Bakshi and Bruce Timm? DVDS A'READY!
KungFuGee
KungFuGee - 7/14/2012, 7:45 AM
Mighty Mouse could be excellent.

Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse was a pretty funny cartoon. As a parody, it could even be an OK flick.
Also, the toon had one of the BEST theme songs ever...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-44zvFjJ8E
MovieMann
MovieMann - 7/14/2012, 8:13 AM
This could be funny/cute

like a Dreamworks type of thing
dnno1
dnno1 - 7/14/2012, 10:20 AM
You've got to be as old as I am to appreciate this cartoon. It is clearly a parody of Batman and Robin using a Cat and a Mouse. This would be perfect for a CGI project, but I don't expect it to perform any better than Astroboy did (which actually turned out to be a very good movie). Here is a clip of the intro to that cartoon series:

http://youtu.be/U-44zvFjJ8E
travispipes
travispipes - 7/14/2012, 11:38 AM
I might be interested if it is 2D animation.
dnno1
dnno1 - 7/14/2012, 1:49 PM
Do they even make 2D animations for the big screen anymore?
jianozi
jianozi - 7/14/2012, 4:34 PM
Oh yea bring it on, loves the cat when i was growing up.
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