Alan Moore's graphic novel "Batman: The Killing Joke" is on its way to getting an animated feature and according to the latest news on the subject, the feature may get an R rating.
Twitter user who goes by the handle Stitch Kingdom posted a message on the microblogging site saying that DC Comics has given the approval to animator James Tucker to turn the novel into an R-rated animated film.
The approval was reportedly announced by Tucker himself at a New York Comic-con panel last Oct. 9.
However, on the same day, Stitch Kingdom took back his post and corrected his message stating that while the animator may have been given the go signal, it doesn't mean that he will go for it.
Apparently, Tucker was misquoted, and he also aired his side on Twitter.
"Never fails that I get misquoted at a con! I'm not directing "Killing Joke" and what rating it gets won't be decided for a long time," Tucker's tweet read.
To set things straight, "Batman: The Killing Joke" has not been given an R rating just yet, but it is still possible that the animated film may receive such rating and if it does, it won't come as a big surprise.
The graphic novel itself is full of controversial violent scenes involving Jim Gordon's daughter, Barbara, a.k.a. Batgirl.
In the comics, Barbara had to go through a brutal ordeal under the hands of the psychopathic Joker.
The typical sinister Joker shot Batgirl, tortured her, and left her paralyzed. Worse, the supervillain took photos of her in her tortured state without her clothes on.
Joker then sent the photos to the commissioner — who was also imprisoned — in an effort to drive him crazy.
From the graphic novel, DC Comics fans can only see hints of what Barbara has gone through, but giving an R rating to the film could mean that producers will be given the freedom to be more extreme with the comic's notably disturbing plot.
Meanwhile, not a lot has been revealed about the "Killing Joke" at this point, except that Mark Hamill ("Batman: The Animated Series") will return as the voice of the Clown Prince of Crime.
IMDb also listed that the animated feature will be released by 2016.
