{"id":12732,"date":"2016-04-15T10:04:51","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T17:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/?p=12732"},"modified":"2016-04-15T10:05:18","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T17:05:18","slug":"batman-the-killing-joke-to-be-rated-r","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/batman-the-killing-joke-to-be-rated-r\/","title":{"rendered":"“Batman: The Killing Joke” To Be Rated R"},"content":{"rendered":"

Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment’s direct-to-video animated adaptation of “Batman: The Killing Joke” has officially been rated R, something that was in question.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Sam Register, president of Warner Bros. Animation & Warner Digital Series says: “From the start of production, we encouraged producer Bruce Timm and our team at Warner Bros. Animation to remain faithful to the original story – regardless of the eventual MPAA rating. ‘The Killing Joke’ is revered by the fans, particularly for its blunt, often-shocking adult themes and situations. We felt it was our responsibility to present our core audience – the comics-loving community – with an animated film that authentically represented the tale they know all too well.”<\/p>\n

They also add that there are no plans for a PG-13 version of the film. This adaptation of the classic Alan Moore comic features the return of “Batman: The Animated Series” stars Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill, reprising their iconic roles as Batman and the Joker respectively.<\/p>\n

The film is expected to debut on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD later this year and will feature an original 15-minute prologue that helps set up the story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment’s direct-to-video animated adaptation of “Batman: The Killing Joke” has officially been rated R, something that was in question.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1opIU-3jm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13195,"url":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/three-more-post-killing-joke-films-planned\/","url_meta":{"origin":12732,"position":0},"title":"Three More Post-“Killing Joke” Films Planned\u00a0","author":"Forbidden Panel","date":"July 23, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Warner Bros. 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