In a recent interview with Josh Horowitz, director Darren Aronofsky dove into his unmade Batman Year One adaptation. Years ago, before Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins, Aronofsky co-wrote a script with comics legend Frank Miller, providing a new spin on the mythos in which Bruce Wayne rejects his family fortune and grows up on the streets of Gotham. A similar idea has recently made it to DC Comics in the popular series Absolute Batman.

Aronofsky’s unmade Batman Year One would’ve starred Joaquin Phoenix and predated Joker by 20 years in taking inspiration from Taxi Driver and going for a gritty, realistic R-rating.

For those curious to hear more, we ran through all the details of Aronofsky’s and Miller’s Batman Year One script on Superhero Stuff You Should Know! Please note that this episode was recorded in 2019, back when the show was co-run by Andrew Bush as Superhouse Podcast.

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You can check out the Batman Year One script for yourself here: https://archive.org/details/batman-year-one-by-frank-miller

Also, be on the lookout for a fanmade audio adaptation, written by yours truly, and set in the world of Matt Reeves’ The Batman, set as a prequel, for Neuverse Creative. Check out the trailer for The Batman Year One here at 1:18:14 :

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Ben Wan’s comics, Alter Ego and Musashi & Son: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Ben-Wan/author/B0CZBKYPF3

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