Zack Snyder may not be done with DC and Batman yet, but his current obsession is something that is tailor-made for him. In an interview with Variety, Snyder revealed that he was reading the comic book series Dead Samurai by John Dolmayan, and for someone who has made Dawn of the Dead and Army of the Dead, it is perfect.
I’m reading a comic book called Dead Samurai, about a zombie apocalypse in feudal Japan…It has everything. You could imagine beautiful, snow-covered feudal Japanese forests with these bleeding zombies coming for this ‘Throne of Blood’ samurai with arrows in his back. That’s something we’ve been getting our teeth into a little bit.
The filmmaker is currently traveling with his dream project, The Last Photograph. While his next project is either an adaptation of Escape from New York or the UFC movie, Brawler, the graphic novel, which sees a Japanese samurai getting a young girl to safety, needs to be made. It reads like The Last of Us on steroids and will be perfect for Snyder’s style.
Ultra-Violent Dead Samurai Is Perfect for Zack Snyder’s Filmography
When you read the plot of Dead Samurai, you know exactly why it is right in Zack Snyder’s ballpark. The setting is 18th-century feudal Japan, and the country is ravaged by a leprosy-based disease that has turned much of the population into cannibalistic zombies. It is a violent world, and the zombies are just the icing on the cake.
Shinzu, a Samurai, must escort the last surviving member of his clan to safety and travel across zombie-infested and enemy-filled Japan. The plot sounds like The Last of Us meets Logan, except it is set in historic Japan. The zombies are, of course, the main antagonists, but there are still rogue ronin and bandits on the way (via LOCG).
Zack Snyder has already tackled the zombie genre in two films: his feature film debut, Dawn of the Dead, and his Netflix film, Army of the Dead. Both are wildly different takes on the genre and are among his best films. He has been able to explore not just the spectacle of a zombie apocalypse, but also the human stories involved in it, which Dead Samurai deserves.
Snyder has also done historical fiction, with his most famous film being 300. He adapted Frank Miller’s comic, using the panels as storyboards, and did a near-faithful adaptation. He has also adapted Alan Moore’s Watchmen and has given his own take on DC’s Superman and Batman. The comic is screaming for a Snyder adaptation.
Snyder Still Deserves a Shot at Adapting The Dark Knight Returns
Zack Snyder may be working on multiple projects at the moment, but the one project he has expressed great interest in making is an adaptation of Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns. The iconic graphic novel sees Batman come out of retirement when he sees Gotham dwindling further into crime and chaos.
Snyder taking on Batman again is a risk. The last time he did so, he divided audiences and critics, as with Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice. There are many elements of TDKR in BVS, including the metallic suit and an older Batman. However, if he gets to do a true-blue adaptation, it would definitely be interesting.
The most interesting thing about Snyder deserving a shot at adapting the classic is his reasoning, and it is oddly fitting. While speaking to Variety, Snyder said,
Watchmen came at the beginning of the superhero movie phase, so it would be super fitting to have The Dark Knight Returns come now, at what I would say is possibly, I don’t want to call it the twilight, but we’re down the road of the superhero movie genre, and I think audiences would understand the why of it.
Snyder has always tried to subvert the superhero genre with his adaptations, and Frank Miller’s graphic novel did that too, in its own spectacular way. It seems like the core vision is already aligned. But as Snyder mentioned, the project would have to be separate from any shared continuity, so it might not happen anytime soon.
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