Warner Bros. rumored to be prepping new live-action Batman TV series

According to its “insider source,” the show would maintain the “real world feel” of Nolan’s films, while also catering to young-adult audiences—similar to Smallville, only with more brutal beatings. More importantly, it would serve as a way to reintroduce the Joker to the story without the poor guy who’s hired to play him drawing comparisons to Heath Ledger. Interestingly, said Joker could possibly square off against a Batman played by Karl Urban, who’s already been mentioned as the sort of "type" they’re looking for. (So they're going with a brawny, brooding type? Interesting…)

Again, this is all just hearsay at this point, but given that Warner Bros. has tried to get a new Batman series off the ground twice in the past decade—Birds Of Prey; the mercifully stillborn Robin-focused The Graysons—it ranks somewhere around "Megan Fox is Catwoman" on the plausibility scale: It sounds wrong, but you just know it's been discussed.  [via AICN]