Throughout its decade-long run, Arrowverse was mostly a mixed bag when it came to delivering quality TV. But it had its fair share of moments, with one of its biggest highlights being 2019’s Crisis on Infinite Earths adaptation, which is also seen as the last high point for the series. And with Tomorrowverse on the verge of its end, which will follow the Crisis on Infinite Earths Storyline to conclude the saga, fans have been wondering if it will take notes from the CW version.
However, to Arrowverse fans’ dismay, the animated version of the iconic comic event has nothing to do with its live-action counterpart.
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Has Nothing to Do with the Arrowverse
Set to be a Three-parter, the first entry of the animated adaptation of the 1980s comic debuted earlier this year, and the second one finally hit the shelves last week. But considering Arrowverse did it first onscreen, some fans speculated that the trilogy might take inspiration from the show too, but this doesn’t seem to be the case.
When Butch Lukic was asked if there was any link between the two, he clarified that the animated adaptation had nothing to do with Arrowverse‘s version of the iconic comic event. Lukic, who has been a longtime collaborator of Bruce Timm and has worked on several acclaimed DCAU projects, further revealed that he hadn’t watched the CW shows.
He told Comicbook.com:
“I didn’t watch any of those, so I didn’t get influenced by it,”
Moreover, he and his peers were surprised when they learned that CW was taking a similar route, as the plans for a Crisis on Infinite Earths adaptation had been in the making for them for a long while.
Butch Lukic Wanted to Make Crisis on Infinite Earths Adaptation a Five-Parter
Before resorting to a trilogy, Butch Lukic’s originally wanted to make the adaptation a five-parter. Considering the magnitude of the iconic event, which spanned over thirteen comics, Lukic felt three films, with a 90-minute runtime, wouldn’t be able to do justice to the storyline.
Unfortunately, the studios were against it. But the director and the execs eventually came to a negotiation, which involved a slightly higher runtime, thus allowing Lukic to fit the entire storyline into three films.
He explained:
“I didn’t want to. I was trying to push against doing it because it’s going to take five movies at least. Then they came back with ‘nah, we want three’. It was thirteen comics at the time. There’s no way we could do this in less than five movies, which would have been right but I think we got it good right here with the three movies because they’re a little longer than usual. So it all kind of works out.”
With one more film to go, it’ll be interesting to see if Lukic can end things on a high note for the Tommorowverse.
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Two is available for purchase on Apple TV.
