Mark Millar, creator of such titles as Wanted and Kick-Ass, just announced his next project – Nemesis.

How’s this setup that Millar gave to Comic Book Resources?:

Yeah, a lot of people who’ve read it have been coming up with hilarious tag-lines. “What if Batman was The Joker?” is the tame one. “What if Batman was a total cunt?” is maybe my favourite, although it’s hardly going to be an ad. [It’s] is a reversal of the Bruce Wayne or Tony Stark archetype. What if this genius billionaire was just this total shit, and the only thing that stood between him and a city was the cops? It’s Batman versus Commissioner Gordon, in a weird way. Or maybe a super-villain version of “Se7en.” A billionaire anarchist up against ordinary people. The Joker’s the best thing in the Batman movies, so this guy is a bit of an amalgamation of all the stuff we like.

Nemesis drops in 2010. Unsurprisingly, Hollywood’s already calling Millar about the film rights. If the book lives up to a fraction of the hype, expect a sanitized film version in theatres by Holiday 2012 or Summer ‘13.

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