<P> In 2009, Bruce Timm was asked at a ToonZone forum if the DCAU will return in the future, and he stated this: </P> <P> I very much appreciate that so many of you guys have so much love for the old series, from BTAS through JLU (I do too)--but frankly, I doubt that we'll be formally, "officially" doing another movie or TV series set in that continuity (...) anything is possible, so conceivably that could change someday--instead of saying "THE DCAU IS DEAD", maybe we can just say it's in a state of suspended animation until further notice ...? </P> <P> On June 8, 2015, during an interview with Nerdist about his new film Justice League: Gods and Monsters, Bruce Timm was asked if the DC animated universe will return someday . Although Timm stated that the DCAU continuity was unlikely to return, the possibility always exists . In 2017, Bruce Timm confirmed that he considers the DC Universe Animated Original Movie Batman and Harley Quinn to be part of the DCAU canon . Warner Brothers has billed the movie stating "Bruce Timm returns to his Batman: The Animated Series roots ." DC has listed the film as a Batman: the Animated Series movie on their website and on the back of the trade collection of the movies tie - in comics stated "Head back to the universe of Batman: The Animated Series in Batman and Harley Quinn" </P> <P> In 2018, Kevin Conroy said work on the DCAU had stalled because the writers ran out of ideas for stories and believed stopping was best, as they did not want to "compromise on the quality of what they had and start creating kind of silly stories ." </P>

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