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Buoyed by his Oscar nod for scripting A History of Violence, Josh Olson has become one of the most sought-after writers in Hollywood. But amidst the offers following his nomination came the opportunity to pen a chapter of Batman: Gotham Knight and that was an offer simply too tempting to resist. The result is an impressive opening segment to the film that not only arrests the imagination with visually stunning perspectives of Batman, but sets the thematic tone for the entire six-chapter film.
In the segment, entitled “Have I Got a Story for You,” Olson tells the story of how chance encounters with Batman by a group of street-wise youngsters leave each kid with a very different impression of the Dark Knight.
Since A History of Violence, for which he was also nominated for the British Academy Award, the Writer’s Guild Award, the Edgar and the USC Scriptor award, Olson has been busy drafting screenplays for both film and television. Olson has adapted the Dennis Lehane short story Until Gwen and will be directing the project himself. He worked on a draft of Halo for Peter Jackson, and is currently adapting L. Frank Baum’s
Oz books for Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures.
Olson will join fellow Batman: Gotham Knight writers Brian Azzarello, Greg Rucka and Alan Burnett, along with executive producer Bruce Timm, on the panel following the film’s premiere at Wizard World Chicago on June 28. Batman: Gotham Knight will arrive July 8, 2008 on DVD and Blu-Ray disc, and will also be available that day On Demand via digital cable and for download through broadband sites.
Olson strode off the yellow brick road for a short discussion of his role in the creation of Batman: Gotham Knight, his amusement over 1960s Batman action verbiage, and his passion for a good, old-fashioned decapitation.
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Noveck was instrumental in launching Batman: Gotham Knight into production, guiding the team toward its original concept and recruiting an amazing array of writing talent for the project. It proved to be a most interesting production at every turn including diverging from many of the traditional processes to bridge the creativity between the writers, the production team at Warner Bros. Animation and the directors and animators at three individual studios in Japan.
As Noveck says, the end result is even more intriguing, inspiring and visually stimulating and he looks forward to witnessing the reaction of Batman fans across the planet. His first opportunity will come at Wizard World Chicago on June 28 when he moderates the panel following the world premiere of Batman: Gotham Knight.
Batman: Gotham Knight will arrive July 8, 2008 on DVD and Blu-Ray disc, and will also be available that day On Demand via digital cable and for download through broadband sites.
Noveck explained the origins of Batman: Gotham Knight, his sentiments on the movie, and his thoughts on how it will be received by fans in a short interview this week.
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New allies, enemies, and challenges await Batman, but he must also deal with old dangers and loose threads. Not everyone is thrilled that there is a Batman to protect Gotham City, and there are many who want to take down the mysterious masked crime fighter. As Batman fights his never-ending battle to protect those he loves and clean up his great city, he will grow closer to becoming a legend and fulfilling a destiny he never imagined.
About the Author:
Louise Simonson has had a long career in the comics field. In the early 80’s she was an editor for Marvel Comics. She then became a full-time writer and worked on such titles as The New Mutants and The X-Factor. In the 90s she moved to DC Comics, where she wrote Superman: Man of Steel. Now a freelancer, she does writing for Marvel, Dark Horse, and DC Comics. Additionally, she has written thirteen comic-related novels and children’s books featuring DC Comics characters and did the text for the Rizzoli coffee-table book, DC Comics CoverGirls. She is married to comic book artist-writer Walter Simonson and lives in the suburbs northwest of New York City.
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