Batman: Year One (Animated)

[SteelPen]

http://bluray.ign.com/articles/109/1096031p1.html

It's one of the best Caped Crusader stories ever -- Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli's Batman: Year One. And now it's being turned into an animated film.

Comics Continuum reports that Warner Home Video will be producing the movie as part of its DC Universe animated feature series. The site's sources indicate that Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths co-director Sam Liu will helm the film, though the studio would not confirm at this time that the film is in development.

Year One, originally published in 1987, tells the story of Bruce Wayne's early days as Batman after he returns to Gotham City from his years of travelling and studying abroad. This story runs parallel to that of the young Jim Gordon, as the future police commissioner joins the Gotham P.D. and becomes engulfed in the corruption of the city.

The book served in part as the inspiration of Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins.

Yet, another Batman BD, but I'm not complaining!

[Tyger]

Yay! Awesome news!

[Batman Begins]

Yes! I hope Kevin Conroy does the voice for Batman. I love Y1 it's one of my favourite Batman stories.

[Beast]

Oh god.... it's Miller Time! Frank Miller's Batman: Year One is painful.

Not as bad as some of his later Batman stuff, but still plenty of "charming" misogyny.

Plus they already mined it for Batman Begins. So we're gonna see a very similar story.

[Carcaridon]

This and Hush I've been waiting for. Awesome news!

[Penitus]

Hopefully someday we get to see a Batman: The Long Halloween animated flick.

[Beast]

Originally Posted by Penitus

Hopefully someday we get to see a Batman: The Long Halloween animated flick.

According to Paul Dini, highly unlikely. He said it and Hush really wouldn't work in a movie format.

[liljoey90]

Nice! Anyone know when this is expected to come out?

[NzYme]

Hope it's not done in Anime style...

[Zen_Amako]

I'd rather see Batgirl: Year One turned into an animated movie (it's a fun story), but I read somewhere that it got canned because sales of the Wonder Woman movie didn't meet expectations. I guess they're afraid now of doing one of these with a female lead. Too bad.

[backslashio]

Better be better (that sounds weird...) than Batman Gotham Knight. That was a mess Not just the stories but the inconsistent PQ too

Hope it's not done in Anime style...

Same. I like anime yet it clearly doesn't work when you're turning american stuff into japanese. Imagine if they did that with Watchmen Motion Comic!

[SixSpeedSamurai]

Originally Posted by Beast

Oh god.... it's Miller Time! Frank Miller's Batman: Year One is painful.

You've got to be kidding me! It's one of the greatest Batman stories ever told. Yeah, ever Batman Miller has donce since TDKR's has sucked, but before is gold.

I'm pumped for this.

As much as I love Conroy, they need a younger sounding Batman for this.

[Batman Begins]

How can Y1 be painful? It's one of the reasons Batman Begins was inspired by. Only Miller/Batman book I don't like is TDKSA sequel to TDKR but I love TDKR.

[BStecke]

Seems like an odd choice, since Batman Begins, as previously mentioned, was taken panel for panel from this story in some places, but . . . as it's one of the best Batman books around, I'll be picking it up. I wonder if they'll have the cajones to finally do Dark Knight Returns and do it right. Although, I'd rather see it live action.

[Batman Begins]

TDKR live-action would be great in 5 to 10 years time, There is still great Batman stories to tell.

[Jimmy Smith]

As much as I love Frank Millers work elements of Batman Year One were already adapted into Nolens movies which makes an animated version of this story kinda redundent. Id greatly prefer animated movies of lesser known DC characters

[KubrickFan]

Great news, Batman Year One is an amazing comic, I hope they can do it justice in only 70 minutes. I'm sure the art will be influenced by the comic book, just like some of the other DC animated movies?

[Harry110]

Originally Posted by Penitus

Hopefully someday we get to see a Batman: The Long Halloween animated flick.

Originally Posted by Beast

According to Paul Dini, highly unlikely. He said it and Hush really wouldn't work in a movie format.

Now that is a crime! The Long Halloween is my favorite graphic novel of all time. Hush is pretty great, too.

My guess for his saying this is a) that both story lines are extremely violent and b) they wouldn't fit into the 65-70 minute model.

In response to the first, Batman: Gotham Nights seemed to be more directed at adults than kids, so I think these could be adapted to fit into a PG-13 movie.

And as for the 70 minute model... PLEASE change that. I know it's more time and money, but it'll pay off in the end. So many of these animated films feel empty because of how quick they are. 5 minutes devoted to DC & WB logos and opening credits and then a long end credits and we're left with >60 min. Come on... be daring. Make it 90 min at least. Try it once on the most popular character. I wonder who that could be?

[csdot]

have the people who keep saying it was already used for Batman Begins actually read Year One? aside from a few characters having the same names and one or two tiny little things it really doesnt take much from Year One at all.

[BStecke]

I've read it many times, and there are quite a few similarities. One of the big action pieces, when Batman is trapped in the building by the cops, was almost lifted verbatim for BB. The developing relationship between Bruce and Gordon, figuring out that just dressing up as a goon in a ski mask won't cut it, the crooked Detective Flass . . . lots of it was right out of the book.