"A rated-R superhero movie was probably 10 to 15 years out of whack with the reality of the business then," Aronofsky said of the scrapped project from 2000. There was a time in mid-2000, post ...

Way back in the early parts of 2000, Warner Bros. approached Darren Aronofsky, coming off the back of Requiem For A Dream, to take on Batman and bring it in a much more darker, realistic tone.