Warner Bros. Home Video are developing an animated adaptation of the classic Frank Miller and David Mazzucchilli comic story
Batman: Year One, according to
Comics Continuum.
Sam Lieu, co-director of the animated fares
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, Planet Hulk, and
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies will helm. I haven't seen any of these but I'm led to believe by those who have that they are the weakest of the DC Animated Universe.
Batman: Year Oneis the seminal story in the recent history of the Caped Crusader. Published in 1987, it was the first tale in decades that took Batman out of the camp and parody prison that the popular Adam West show had confined him in, and instead into a very realistic, very gritty real-world. The story continues to be hugely influential to the DC Universe and was used as much of the basis for David Goyer's original
Batman Begins script. On July 27th, Warner Bros. will release
Batman: Under the Red Hood, and hopefully if that performs and
Batman: Year One catches a fanbase - these adaptations of classic Batman stories might become more and more regular. Who isn't dying to see
Batman: The Long Halloween, The Killing Joke and
The Dark Knight Returns in this format?