Batman franchise media Romero as the Joker, Burgess Meredith as the Penguin, Frank Gorshin as the Riddler, and Lee Meriweather as Catwoman. In 1999, Tim McCanlies wrote a pilot script and series bible for a planned series called "Bruce Wayne" to be produced by Tollin/Robbins Productions. Taking place in his teenage years, the series would cover his passage into young adulthood, training, and development into becoming Batman. Other characters would include Alfred, Sergeant Jim Gordon, law school student Harvey Dent, and a seductive young Selina Kyle. Planned to run for five to six seasons, it would show how he acquired his martial arts
Joker (character) young children. Hamill's Joker is considered a defining portrayal, and he voiced the character in spin-off films (1993's "" and 2000's ""), video games (2001's ""), related series (1996's "", 2000's "Static Shock" and 2001's "Justice League"), action figures, toys and amusement-park voiceovers. A redesigned Joker, voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson, appeared in 2004's "The Batman"; Richardson was the first African-American to play the character. After Christopher Nolan's successful 2005 Batman film reboot, "Batman Begins", which ended with a teaser for the Joker's involvement in a sequel, the character appeared in 2008's "The Dark Knight", played by Heath Ledger as