All around awesome director Darren Aronofsky is hard at work with The Wolverine in active development. However, he’s been associated with the comic book world for well on a decade. As well as publishing The Fountain in funny book form, he was also attached to the Batman franchise in the chasm of darkness between Batman & Robin and Batman Begins. According to a new article from ClothesonFilm.com, though, his work with the Caped Crusader may not yet be concluded.
In an article on the site discussing Black Swan and his working process, Aronofsky dropped some details on his potential work within the inked medium:
CoF:…Do you ever feel like realising your vision of something like the Batman story that you were working on as a comic book?
DA: Well, we’re actually doing one. It hasn’t really been announced, I don’t know if I should give you the scoop! But we’re getting there. We’re doing a comic book of a script that’s really hard to make and we’re going to do a comic version first and see what happens…
While it’s not anything definite or if we’ll even see it in any form, it is an indication that he’s at the very least not done with the Dark Knight. I am excited to see Aronofsky give his touch on anything, so I really hope that the project makes it into my hands at some point. The man is a tremendous talent, as evidenced from my one viewing of Requiem for a Dream when I was 13 and not being able to shake the imagery in it to this day. Let’s hope Aronofsky amputates Robin’s arm at some point in the book.
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I saw it when I was 15 – got to love that Requiem for a Dream unrated DVD.
Taken in context of the interview, I don’t think Aronofsky is really saying that he wants to persue another superhero idea. Rather, it sounds like he has a difficult “sell” for a movie that he is considering establishing as a comic book property. Much like The Fountain, which he printed as a comic book when the funding fell through mid preproduction.
Anyway, thanks for the link to that ClothesOnFilm site – interesting angle to be geeking out over films. My girl works in fashion, so I might point her to that site to trick her into going to Captain America with me.
I may be the only fan of Aronosky that hates “Requiem”. That said, the idea of him tackling a potential “Batman” flick so soon after Nolan finishes his franchise is silly. Make fucking “Robocop” already.
I’d love to see his take on Gaiman’s SANDMAN comic
He’s not necessarily talking about Batman.
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