Ben Wan
- Jul 17
- 2 min read

The Unused Batman Begins Concept Art

We dive into the original designs for Batman Begins, including alternate grapnel gun designs and style guide art by Jock?!

Chapters

0:15 Episode Introduction

We debunked reports of Christian Bale turning down a Flash cameo here:

6:09 Batmobile/The Tumbler

10:15 Gotham City

15:33 Batcave

17:39 Character Designs

20:10 Scarecrow

21:21 Batman

33:01 Break

Ben was on Table Read Tuesdays as the voice of Bruce Wayne/Batman in a live reading of the Sam Hamm 1986 draft for Batman 1989:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJLLBoHz9G8

Derrick Magnum, written & directed by Jeffrey Scott Richards, featuring us playing ourselves: https://gofund.me/ce216482

Check out our friends at Neuverse Creative, who will be producing Ben's adaptations of Batman 89: The Case of the Chemical Syndicate, Batman 89: Shadows comic and Batman 3, based on the early drafts of Batman Forever:

https://www.youtube.com/c/NEUVERSECREATIVE

Ben Wan's "Shortcut to Happily Ever After" available on the Metaphorosis website here: https://magazine.metaphorosis.com/story/2023/shortcut-to-happily-ever-after-ben-wan/

YouTube version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVhtbDpeTTQ

Our July charity here:

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47:34 Return From Break: Jock

Sources:

http://filmsketchr.blogspot.com/2013/04/batman-begins-concept-art-by-jock.html

https://xombiedirge.com/post/61283486862/batman-begins-concept-art-by-jock

51:46 Simon McGuire

Sources:

http://filmsketchr.blogspot.com/2013/12/powerful-batman-begins-costume-concept.html

https://darkknightnews.com/2014/01/06/awesome-batman-begins-concept-art/

59:08 Dermot Power

Source:

https://dermotpower.com/batman-begins

1:11:12 Closing: Fan Comments & Shoutouts

Big thanks to our research assistant Dan Yamat for providing the visuals for this YouTube experience, as well as the usual QC and chapter time codes.

Thumbnail by Dan as well

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