Entertainment Weekly has reported on their site that the Animation studio has rated their Direct to Video animated film THE KILLING JOKE R…which sets a precedent for the DC Animated Universe.
Batman: The Killing Joke isn’t kidding around. Warner Bros’. direct-to-video animated film based on the notorious Alan Moore comic has been rated R, the studio’s home entertainment division tells EW exclusively.
The Killing Joke marks the first film in the DC Universe Original Movie franchise to receive an R rating, and the second Batman movie to do so. (The extended home-video version of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was the first.)
And for me this is encouraging. Means that DC is sticking to the original spirit of the novel written by Alan Moore and not “watering” the material for a younger audience. This was not a graphic novel for children when it was first published, and it is DEFINITELY NOT A FILM FOR CHILDREN even now. I can’t wait to see the movie.
(For the complete ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY article, please go HERE)
