Frank Miller and Darren Aronofsky Wrote Rejected Scripts for R-Rated Batman Movie

Both legendary comic book writer Frank Miller and director Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan, The Fountain) wrote their own scripts for the rejected Batman: Year One movie. While neither was used, some think they may have affected future projects, including Christopher Nolan's eventual Batman trilogy. While it was known that Miller and Aronofsky had collaborated on the failed pitch for an R-rated Batman movie following Batman & Robin, Miller told IGN that they had both written separate treatments for the movie. In IGN's new documentary, Batman: Year One - The R-Rated Reboot That Almost Was, Miller explains: "Darren wrote one version and I wrote one version. Neither got produced." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/batman-year-one-the-r-rated-reboot-that-almost-was-ft-frank-miller"] Despite the double-headed approach, both creators were ultimately turned down, with Miller joking, "It has to be agreed upon by the entire United States Congress before it proceeds." He continued, "It’s Batman! So many people have to approve anything to do with a trademark of that value that the odds are that anything is going to be squashed." Interestingly, while those drafts were ultimately never used to make the intended film, they may not have been unused entirely. Former Warner Bros. president of worldwide production, Lorenzo di Bonaventura explained to IGN how those rejected scripts may have affected future movies, including Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, which did end up taking a grittier tone: "I don’t remember what Chris [Nolan] did or didn’t read as he jumped in. But any time you do a draft like that, everybody reads that draft who comes aboard, right? So those ideas can filter in. The Anne Hathaway Catwoman, was it affected by the Aronofsky draft? I have no idea. I find that in the process of developing any big franchise, little ideas somehow find a way when they’re good of never dying, no matter how many drafts, no matter how many filmmakers. Somehow they keep coming back in. "I have no doubt that the exploration of Darren’s version impacted everything following it to some degree. Now you tell me how much. That’s a hard one." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=ranking-the-batman-movies&captions=true"] There's far, far more to learn in the full documentary about Batman: Year One, which would have been a darker, bloodier take on the Batman mythos, had it ever seen the light of day. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.  

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