OK, it is not official, but at least they are willing to consider the idea of a movie based on the graphic novel…that is a tremendous first step.
Now the thing will be to see if Mr. Tucker can follow up and get a good script and accomplish the task. We are in a Comic-book based movie boom and I would not see why one of the most iconic Joker stories of all times can’t be translated into the big screen, but it is a matter of timing and scripting magic.
About the rating…I don’t thing that a movie with such the violent content derived from the graphic novel could get a more audience friendly rating. I think R is a good rating, but maybe they can manage to barely make a PG-13. One word of caution…if an adaptation of this graphic novel is to be made, please be respectful to the original story and don’t “chop the plot” just to get a rating.
Get the substance of what made THE KILLING JOKE a great and classic story and then work on what you need to do to translate that to the big screen.
(Please read all about it in the full report here in BATMAN-NEWS HERE)
