During a screening of the pilot episode Monday in Westwood, creator Bruno Heller ("The Mentalist") said it was a "fine balance" in figuring out how much was too much to introduce in the opener.
"When it's this big of a brand and a franchise, from a purely business point of view, you don't want to hide your light under a bushel," the English TV show maker said. "We want the big names out there to bring people into the tent. Once they're there, then things will get much more controlled."
He continued: "The deal with TV shows as opposed to movies is it's like theater, you can see what people are liking, what they're not liking; what you should do more of, what you should do less of. So we'll adjust as we go along."
Despite the super villains and vigilantes, the drama is more in line with a crime procedural tinted with comic book paraphernalia. The Bruce Wayne of this world is just 10 years old. The death of Bruce's parents sets things in motion in the pilot--and will help push much of the series forward.
"It's a grown-up show about grown-up issues," Heller said. "He's there, but when he's there, he's a kid dealing with adult issues. We're telling the real story of Bruce Wayne, which is really a story of a kid traumatized, damaged by what happened. And we know he doesn't come out of it OK."
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