After the response to Batman and Robin, Warner Bros is looking for a way to rejuvenate the franchise. Shockingly, the very man who killed the franchise, convinces Warner Bros for one last chance. Joel Schumacher finally is able to adapt Frank Miller's Year One arc after years of pitching it to the studio. He cast an unknown Irish actor to fill the role of the Caped Crusader in his early days and populates the rest of the cast with well known character actors. Low budget and gritty, it's a shockingly faithful adaptation of Miller's groundbreaking comic.
Batman: Year One (2000)
Directed by Joel Schumacher
Written by Andrew Kevin Walker
Colin Farrell - Bruce Wayne
Kiefer Sutherland - Lt. James Gordon
Halle Berry - Selina Kyle
John Spencer - Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb
Robert Forster - Carmine Falcone
Ciarán Hinds - Alfred Pennyworth
Virginia Madsen - Detective Sarah Essen
Catherine Keenar - Barbara Kean Gordon
Will Patton - Detective Flass
Gabriel Macht - Harvey Dent