How would you adapt The Long Halloween into a two hour movie?

[Spider-Kurt!]

I keep reading about people wanting to see TLH in animated or live action form. It's a great story but a pretty long one. I think a mini-series or a season long live action plot would be the best way to go but if not, what would you take out and what would you keep for a 90 minute or two hour movie?

 

[Catman]

TV would be the best solution, but if a movie was required the best to do is keep it simple. Meaning...remove all the guest-star villains.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

Into 2 hours?

Not possible.....I think. It'd have to be wither 2 films or a mini series. That's one long ****ing book, I tell ya.

 

[Redwoods Wolf]

Best bet would have been in TAS. That would have been pretty awesome.

Into a 2-hr. movie? I think you'd have to remove a lot of the subplots, completely change the pacing, and all in all, remake it for the worse. There might be a good way, but I can't think of one.

 

[Agentsands77]

THE LONG HALLOWEEN could not be successfully distilled into a two hour movie. Maybe a three hour movie...

 

[Mr. Socko]

I'd love a live action Batman show once Nolan is finished up. But the show would have to be more like comics.

 

[Canadian Rider]

This is one more story that would not transfer well into live action media. I think a TV "cartoon" would work the best and could provide the story without reducing the number of characters or subplots. It is a great story and deserves the right treatment.

 

[Road Warrior]

A lot of sub-plot would have to be removed, but it's not a big deal.