 Before Christopher Nolan (I) (qv) took over, director  Darren Aronofsky (qv) was attached to make a Batman movie based on  the graphic novel "Batman: Year One" and have the author  Frank Miller (II) (qv) write the screenplay. By 2003 there was a  first draft screenplay with story boards, which are properties of  AOL Time Warner. Warners decision for not producing the film is  unknown, but based on the details that have since leaked out, it  would probably have to do with the screenplay, which strayed a  considerable amount from the source material, making Alfred an  African