Hey folks, Harry here... Darren Aronofsky has had an insanely difficult time post REQUIEM FOR A DREAM. I have heard that Warners is very very cold on BATMAN: YEAR ONE as Darren and Frank conceived it, God I want That Script! And while it may be dead at Warners, the project is actually one of the things that Lorenzo DiBonaventura has with his production company and there's always a chance that he'll continue to develop it and bring it back, but with the Christopher Nolan BATMAN being the new kid on the block, expect that to have more steam than anything else. HOWEVER, this project called FLICKER below intrigues the living hell out of me. I really really really want to see this film come about!
Hi Harry,
Aronofsky.net has just posted some interesting news on director Darren Aronofsky ('Pi', 'Requiem For A Dream'). I'll give you the gist of it, you can read the more extensive article(s) at the abovementioned site...
'FLICKER'
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Aronofsky recently signed with Regency for a new feature film deal. The deal covers Aronofsky writing, producing and directing the project(s). The first project under development will be the novel "Flicker," with Jim Uhls ("Fight Club") in negotiations to adapt.
"Flicker" (written by Theodore Roszak) is a conspiracy thriller that takes a disturbing and revisionist look at film history through the eyes of a Los Angeles film student who starts to research a long-forgotten film director of the '30s. Becoming obsessed with the kitsch filmmaker, the student becomes convinced that his B-movies hold hidden secrets, dark, flickering moments that seem to be part of a plot to destroy life on Earth.
'BATMAN: YEAR ONE"
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Although Aronofsky 'officially' is still attached to this project it is very unlikely he will have anything to do with it. A couple days ago website comics2film.com reported that at a recent science fiction and fantasy convention in Boston, DC Comics editor Bob Greenberger was heard saying that Aronofsky's 'Batman: Year One' is now "gone". And moreover a very reliable source told aranofsky.net that WB was not keen on the Aronofsky/Miller script at all. Also the same source says that we should not expect Christopher Nolan ('Memento') taking over this project. He will be involved in a DIFFERENT Batman project. So it seems that if WB is still interested in 'Year One', they will probably hire another director.
Cihan/Belgium.
