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Joss Whedon's Batman Movie Pitch

Every fanboy knows (and worships at the altar of) Joss Whedon. The famed fantasy & scifi Writer/Director is best known for his Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly series. But did you know that he's had a few stabs at comic book movies as well?

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By ComicBookMovie - 8/11/2008
You've probably heard about the frustrating fiasco that ended with Whedon leaving leadership of the Wonder Woman movie, but before that sad turn of events, Joss pitched a pre-Nolan Batman script and was hopeful to helm the Dark Knight! MTV got him to talk about it...

“Well, I actually did pitch a ‘Batman’ film when [Warner Bros. began developing "Batman Begins"], and it wasn’t what they did but the vibe was very similar,” said Whedon. “Mine was a bit less epic. It was more about the progression of him and it was more in Gotham City. He didn’t go to Tibet and meet cool people, but it was very similar in vibe [to Nolan's "Batman Begins"].”

After a little prodding, Whedon opened up a bit about his “Batman” idea, even going into detail about what villain he planned on using…or not using.

“In my version, there was actually a new [villain], it wasn’t one of the classics — which is probably why they didn’t use it,” he laughed. “It was more of a ‘Hannibal Lector’ type — he was somebody already in Arkham Asylum that Bruce went and sort of studied with. It was a whole thing — I get very emotional about it, I still love the story. Maybe I’ll get to do it as a comic one day [ed. note: HINT HINT, DC Comics... ].”

Despite losing out to Nolan, Whedon has no hard feelings, and gave nothing but praise to the Director Who Can Do No Wrong. “I just love the respect [Nolan has] for the character and the world,” he said. “I thought Christopher Nolan’s done an amazing job of bringing out the comic book, and I see a lot of movies [coughs “HULK”] — sorry, I had a Hulk stuck in my throat — that don’t really have the aesthetic or the pathos or really get why the comic book works.”
Source: MTV
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MrRogers - 3/10/2012, 1:32 PM
Lol cough hulk
D1OfficerJackass - 3/10/2012, 2:36 PM
sounded interesting.
TheBigBoss917 - 3/10/2012, 10:03 PM
Notice the comments, not one from when this article was published, No one gave a [frick] about this guy until he was called to direct the "fabled" Avengers. Nolan is legendary from Memento to TDKR, hate it or love it
Luminus - 3/11/2012, 1:08 PM
I didn't know who Nolan was until Batman Begins. I couldn't get past the first few minutes of Momento. I, and many others, knew the legendary Josh from Buffy, Firefly and Astonishing X-Men, hate it or love it.
whatshisnameMD - 3/11/2012, 5:41 PM
Whedon has done so much for this world and created so many interesting stories. @TheBigBoss917 You have no idea what you are talking about. Nolan's movies were good, but Whedon's movies and shows had fan boys drooling in anticipation.

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