Comics Continuum has sources that claim Frank Miller’s Batman: Year One will be one of the upcoming DC Comics animated movies, and that it will be directed by Sam Liu (Superman/Batman: Public Enemies, Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths). Honestly, I really hope that these sources are either bullshit or misinformed. That’s not a dig at Comics Continuum, I just really want this to be false. I don’t want this because it’s simply not needed. So much of Batman: Year One has already been mined for the live-action films. Some of it’s been adjusted, but we’ve already seen the early days of Batman and Jim Gordon, the fight against the Falcone crime family, Flass as a corrupt cop, Gordon’s family held hostage, etc. It’s been done. The only major element we haven’t seen is Selina Kyle’s early development into Catwoman (and she starts as a dominatrix…), and some typical scenes dealing with prostitutes. There’s some stuff with Gordon having an affair, but that’s not all too interesting either. Miller’s work tends to be ‘mature’ in the terms that a 13-year-old would view the concept and I can do without that nonsense now. Between that and material that has already been translated to the screen, this doesn’t excite me at all.
Comics Continuum also says that the previously confirmed Green Arrow short film, expected on the release of Superman/Batman: Apocalypse, is written by Greg Weisman (producer of the upcoming Young Justice show). That release is expected in September.
No offense, but they changed Flass from an initially intimidating and brutal rogue cop to an obese and boring version of the character. The scene from Batman Begins with the signaling of the bats did not do the book justice. In the movie, Batman signals the bats before a shot is fired at him. I prefer a shot-up and bloodied Batman using the signaling device as a last resort. So yeah, I would prefer a straightfoward adaptation.