Bruce Timm Says There's A BATGIRL Mini-Arc Before THE KILLING JOKE Begins

Bruce Timm Says There's A BATGIRL Mini-Arc Before THE KILLING JOKE Begins

Executive producer Bruce Timm says his creative team opted to create a Batgirl prologue before the animated feature actually dives into tackling the graphic material of Alan Moore's Batman: Killing Joke.

By MarkJulian - Jun 02, 2016 12:06 PM EST
Filed Under: Batman (Animated)
Source: Empire
When developing their animated adaptation of Batman: The Killing Joke, executive producer Bruce Timm stated that they had two options - pad out the Alan Moore's storyline or craft a short introduction to Batgirl before the events of The Killing Joke begins.  

According to Timm, it would have been a bit sacrilegious to tamper with the source material so he, director Sam Liu and the rest of the creative team chose the latter option.  "We thought if we were going to expand this to feature length, we didn’t want to just pad out the original story by putting in a bunch of stuff between sequences of the story, because it’s literally a whole other half of movie that we could add. So we took that opportunity to basically tell a Batgirl story, which we don’t often get a chance to do these days. And it was great, because we could spend more time with her as a character and get to understand what she’s all about and how she’s similar to Batman in some ways, and really different in others. They come at the crime fighting thing from two completely different places. The good side of that is we get to spend more time with her and learn that she’s an interesting character. We get to really like her. The bad side of that is that we get to like her so much that when The Killing Joke part of the story happens, it’s, like, 'Oh, no!', because we really like her. So it’s a double-edged sword."

With Timm discussing how the film starts and the focus on building up Batgirl before the elements of The Killing Joke start to bring her back down, it will be interesting to see if the film sticks with the original ending for the graphic novel or whether Timm and co. tack on an original epilogue in addition to the prologue? 


Mark Hamill and Kevin Conroy voice the Joker and Batman, respectively. Tara Strong voices Barbara Gordon. Sam Liu directs, while Bruce Timm serves as executive producer. The film will be the 25th release from the DC Universe: Animated Originals division of WB Animation.

The films goes on-sale on cable and gaming VOD platforms on July 23.  Digital retailers like Amazon, vuDu and Xbox place the film on sale July 26.  Blu-ray and DVDs go on sale August 02.
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BlackIceJoe
BlackIceJoe - 6/2/2016, 12:23 PM
This is going to be a great movie and it can't come soon enough.
HugoStiglitz
HugoStiglitz - 6/2/2016, 12:24 PM
Rick Famuyiwa To Direct ‘The Flash" confirmed
FishyZombie
FishyZombie - 6/2/2016, 12:27 PM
we already knew this
CaptainAmerica
CaptainAmerica - 6/2/2016, 12:35 PM
TheRealTomServo
TheRealTomServo - 6/2/2016, 12:40 PM
Good. Batgirl deserves more love than she gets from the GA.
PsychoticSpaceRaccoon
PsychoticSpaceRaccoon - 6/2/2016, 12:51 PM
It is (already) known.
Quicker
Quicker - 6/2/2016, 12:55 PM
I wonder how they're going to do the end. Are they going to keep it ambiguous like in the comics? Or are they go with what Grant Morrison said and have Batman just flat-out kill Joker?
fastflames
fastflames - 6/2/2016, 1:26 PM
I'm very very excited for this!! Im excited to see the R ratting handled in this sort of format.
Donovan
Donovan - 6/2/2016, 3:08 PM
...man, I want this to be good, but it certainly is an edgy story to translate into motion...let's wait and see...
billnye69
billnye69 - 6/2/2016, 5:50 PM
SuperbatSpider1003
SuperbatSpider1003 - 6/2/2016, 6:48 PM
That animation hasn't grown on me yet to be honestv
SWelch
SWelch - 6/3/2016, 10:15 AM
It is the first DC animated movie I have been really looking forward to seeing in a while. I am sure I have said this else where but I really would love for the to adapt some Elseworld stories. For Batman, Gotham By Gaslight, Gotham Noir and Holy Terror.

Superman Elseworld stories to adapt are, Red Son, Speeding Bullet, Secret Identity and War of the Worlds.

For Batman/Superman stories it would be Elseworld's Finest, Elseworld's Finest: Supergirl & Batgirl and Superman & Batman: Genrations.

Of course for the JLA The Nail, the sequel, Anoter Nail and Justice Riders.

Would also love to see The Golden Age adapted and Green Lantern: Evils Might.
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