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Batman Begins

[2005, Movie]

Batman Begins: Review

Less archly stylized than Tim Burton's cheerfully macabre BATMAN (1989) and vastly superior to the vulgar excesses of Joel Schumacher's crudely camp sequels, Christopher Nolan and David Goyer's somber prequel puts the darkness back in the Dark Knight's corner of crime-fighting hell. Set in a Gotham City suspended somewhere between America's past and a future that never was, it tells the story (or more accurately, given the variations spun by an assortment of comic book writer... read more

Batman Begins: TV Guide News

Will Christian Bale Go to Bat for Terminator 4? | Today's News: Our Take | 12/3/2007
According to the Reporter, Batman frontman Christian Bale is in talks to join another boffo franchise, playing a grown-up John Connor in Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins. (Hey, I think Phantom Menace just lost the honor of worst film title ever.)Bale is currently lensing the Batman Begins follow-up The Dark Knight; McG (Charlie's Angels) is in negotiations to direct this latest Terminator trip. read more
The Dark Knight: The Joker Revealed! | A Beautiful Fraud | 11/28/2007
Aside from The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Sandman Mystery Theatre and Rex Mundi, I’m really not a very big comic-book fan. But I’ve got to admit I can’t wait for The Dark Knight, director Christopher Nolan’s sequel to the supremely excellent Batman Begins that’s scheduled to hit theaters in July 2008. The reason: The advent of the Joker, one of the greatest pop-culture villains since Richard III. I’m one of the few people who doesn’t really like Tim Burton’s Batman, mainly because I’ve always hated Jack Nicholson’s buffoonish turn (let the flaming begin). The Joker should inspire giddy fear, not goofy laughs (check out Allan Moore’s classic Joker story arc in The Killing Joke for what I think is the best – and scariest – take on this endlessly fascinating character). So I was thrilled to learn that Heath Ledger had been cast in the role, since he’s a good actor who, I suspect, has a dark side worth... read more
Kidman Joins One Fiennes Nazi Drama, More Film News | Today's News: Our Take | 8/20/2007
Nicole Kidman is joining Ralph Fiennes in The Reader, based on Bernhard Schlink's best-seller about a female defendant in a Nazi war-crimes trial.... Also per the Reporter, American Pie shtupper Jason Biggs is the best (and betrayed) bud of Bachelor No. 2 (aka Dane Cook), while The Class' Lizzy Caplan is Kate Hudson's No. 1 gal pal.... Per Variety, Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston are the married owners of an incorrigible Labrador retriever in Marley & Me.... Senator Patrick Leahy plays "a distinguished gentleman" in a scene with Batman, the Joker and Alfred in The Dark Knight, says the AP. read more
Christian Bale Won't Shed Light on a Batman Return | Today's News: Our Take | 6/27/2007
Christian Bale, whose war drama Rescue Dawn hits theaters July 4, proved evasive when asked by TVGuide.com about the rumored return of Cillian Murphy's Scarecrow in the Batman Begins follow-up Dark Knight. "I won't confirm it, 'cause I never know what I can and can't say," he hedged (in what our Raven describes as "his seriously hot native-Welsh accent"). "I usually wait for other people to say it, then I know it must be common knowledge."That unsaid, Bale notes that the sequel — hitting theaters in July 2008 — enjoyed a seamless transition, with the returning likes of Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman and Michael Caine joined by newcomers Heath Ledger (as the Joker), Aaron Eckhart (Harvey Dent/Two Face) and Maggie Gyllenhaal (replacing Katie Holmes as love interest Rachel Dawes). "It's been a nice progression," he said, "and we have the confidence now," based on Batman Begins' strong reception. — Additional reporting by Raven Snook read more
At the Movies: Batman Recasts Kate with Maggie | Today's News: Our Take | 3/9/2007
Per Variety, Maggie Gyllenhaal is in final talks to play Rachel Dawes, the Katie Holmes role in Batman Begins, in the follow-up The Dark Knight.... Clint Eastwood is looking to direct and Angelina Jolie may star in The Changeling, about a woman whose son is abducted and then returned. Or is he?.... Per the Hollywood Reporter, Walt Disney will introduce its first African-American animated heroine with The Frog Princess, pegged as "an American fairy tale" about a girl who lives in New Orleans' French Quarter.... DreamWorks and producer Steven Spielberg are bringing Belgian comic-strip hero Tintin to the big screen. read more