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

5. The Costume Was Pretty Traditional

In fact one of the few places that Darren Aronofsky's Batman: Year One stuck to the accepted narrative of the Dark Knight is in the costume design. It's only in the past few years that images leaked onto the internet of concept art for his abandoned film, with the man himself taking to Twitter to confirm that he hadn't commissioned the work himself. Which is probably because it wasn't his job to, jeez, what a control freak. As far as anyone can tell the designs are legit, though, giving a look at Selina Kyle in her standard black catsuit (along with goggles similar to the sort she was wearing in the comics at the time), a typically bespectacled and grey-haired Jim Gordon, some Rube Goldberg-esque Bat-Gadgets, and the Lincoln Batmobile. Apparently at some point in the script the Dark Knight comes into at least a little money, though, since the costumes they were considering were pretty close to the sort worn in the comics. The insignia across the chest varied in size and shape, but everything else was in order: cape, cowl, gloves, utility belt, boots, tights, underwear over trousers. Some involved more straps, or darker colours, but otherwise pretty traditional.