“It was the darkest thing you’ve ever seen” An early script for Batman v Superman could have seen the Joker kill Batman’s wife, according to Batman and Robin writer Akiva Goldsman.
The writer explained to Collider the draft was written in the early 2000s, with the finished film scheduled for 2016. “It was the darkest thing you’ve ever seen,” he said. “It started with Alfred’s funeral,” Goldsman explained, “Bruce has fallen in love and renounced being Batman, the Joker kills his wife, and then you discover it was all a lie.
Just that the love itself was constructed by the Joker to break [Bruce].” The writer explained this version of the film wasn’t made in the end due to such heavy material.
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