Moving away from the story, I imagine one of the more difficult parts of this movie is transitioning the still imagery of the graphic novel into an animated, non-stop medium. As the producers of this movie discuss, the art in The Killing Joke is very beautiful and memorable, but not easy to accurately reflect in an animated movie. Because the visuals of this story are so important in drawing the reader/viewer in, though, it would be a disservice to the original work to simply take the plot and put in into a new visual setting. In order to replicate the feel of the novel, the people working on this movie would have to attempt to make the movie look as similar to the novel as possible without taking away from either the quality of the animation or the iconic feel of the original art.
Here's the 10 minute featurette where the producers and voice actors discuss the movie. If you're a fan of Batman and/or comics in general and you haven't already read The Killing Joke (which you should absolutely do), make sure you find the time to watch this movie when it comes out this summer.
Original Blogger Article: More Batman! (adapting a graphic novel into a full length animated feature)
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