10 Things You Need To Know About Darren Aronofsky's Batman

2. It Lead To Batman Begins

It's sort of a shame that Aronofsky's film didn't get made in a lot of ways €“ it might have opened the door to more non-traditional takes on superheroes, and maybe allowed the genre to mature a little more. It might also have been a total box-office bomb that put Warner Bros off of making another cape film for decades, though, thus plunging us all into a world without the current big DC plans and the Marvel Cinematic Universe to boot. But the best reason for Year One never making it past script form? It meant that Christopher Nolan got to make his version of the Batman films. According to Aronofsky there was a vague plan for a time to have multiple Batman movies: his grown up one, a more teen-oriented one, one accessible to kids, etc. Obviously Warner Bros got cold feet on the plan overall, but it's clear that working on Year One helped them focus a little: they wanted a grounded, somewhat mature take on The Dark Knight, but not quite as down and dirty as the take Miller and Aronofsky were presenting. And, so, Batman Begins eventually happened, leading to probably the best trilogy of superhero movies so far. Apart from Blade, obviously. Aronofsky may very well have helped with the casting, too...