Frank Miller Talks Darren Aronofsky’s Unmade Batman

<p>Before <strong>Christopher Nolan<&sol;strong>&&num;8216&semi;s highly acclaimed and fan beloved Dark Knight Trilogy&comma; there was word of a darker and more realistic version of Batman to emerge from director <strong>Darren Aronofsky<&sol;strong>&period; Warner Bros&comma; the distributor of the film series&comma; was looking for something a little darker after the destruction of the franchise with <em>Batman and Robin<&sol;em>&period; Aronofsky would have most certainly been the correct choice&comma; but then we wouldn&&num;8217&semi;t have received what we have now&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I pitched the complete opposite&comma; which was totally bring-it-back-to-the-streets raw&comma; trying to set it in a kind of real reality — no stages&comma; no sets&comma; shooting it all in inner cities across America&comma; creating a very real feeling&period; My pitch was &&num;8216&semi;<em>Death Wish<&sol;em>&&num;8216&semi; or &&num;8216&semi;<em>The French Connection<&sol;em>&&num;8216&semi; meets Batman&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Aronofsky said in David Hughes&&num;8217&semi; book <em><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;amazon&period;com&sol;Tales-From-Development-Hell-Greatest&sol;dp&sol;0857687239" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">Tales From Development Hell&colon; The Greatest Movies Never Made&quest;<&sol;a><&sol;em> It was always clear that his version of The Caped Crusader was going to be one that was divisive and frightening&period; Not that the thought of this wasn&&num;8217&semi;t clear after directly coming off of what some would call &lpar;myself included&rpar; his masterpiece&comma; <em>Requiem for a Dream<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a recent interview with <strong>Frank Miller<&sol;strong> at <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;hollywoodreporter&period;com&sol;heat-vision&sol;a-rare-interview-frank-miller-871654">The Hollywood Reporter<&sol;a>&comma; Miller &lpar;whose comic<em> Batman&colon; Year One<&sol;em> would be the basis of the film&rpar;&comma; spoke on the unmade project&period; &&num;8220&semi;It was the first time I worked on a Batman project with somebody whose vision of Batman was darker than mine&period; We hashed out a screenplay&comma; and we were wonderfully compensated&comma; but then Warner Bros&period; read it and said&comma; &&num;8216&semi;We don&&num;8217&semi;t want to make this movie&period;&&num;8217&semi; The executive wanted to do a Batman he could take his kids to&period; And this wasn&&num;8217&semi;t that&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Aronofsky had said that he would cast Clint Eastwood as the iconic character and shoot in Tokyo to double for compensation&period; He said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;That got their attention&period;” It seems like it just wasn&&num;8217&semi;t what they were looking for&period; Dare to dream&comma; I suppose&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If you&&num;8217&semi;re looking for your upcoming dose of the character&comma; Batfleck will fly into theatres later this month with&comma; <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;kal-el-fights-for-truth-justice-his-life-batman-v-superman&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">Batman Vs&period; Superman&colon; Dawn of Justice&period;<&sol;a><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&lpar;s&rpar;&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blogs&period;indiewire&period;com&sol;theplaylist&sol;my-batman-was-too-nice-for-him-frank-miller-talks-darren-aronofskys-abandoned-adaptation-of-year-one-20160303">The Playlist<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;hollywoodreporter&period;com&sol;heat-vision&sol;a-rare-interview-frank-miller-871654">The Hollywood Reporter<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;