Cheap Heat Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 03. It might give people a reason to see Catwoman. That is just way too funny and true. I remember reading a story that Fox put the SW: Episode 1 trailer on a crappy movie just to increase ticket sales. They did the same for Scary Movie 2. Kevin Smith's fan base is so loyal that during the theatrical run of Scary Movie 2 (2001), many people bought tickets for the film simply to see the trailer for "Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back". After the trailer ran, many movie-goers left the theatre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted August 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2004 Here's a link to a clip of Bale running on rooftops here in Chicago. Though he's in some sort of costume, it isn't the costume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted August 18, 2004 Report Share Posted August 18, 2004 Ran across an article whilst browsing IGN, which talks about the Scarecrow. Minor spolier below: He will have the sack mask Here's a pic of Murphy as Crane: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted August 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 So this call sheet for Batman Begins has suddenly popped up online. No one can confirm its validity, so take it for what it's worth. Anyways, onto the interesting stuff. If look closely at the part I've highlighted, one T.Welling is listed as playing "Kent". Naturally, people are assuming this is Tom Welling of Smallville fame. And, if so, one has to wonder if this "Kent" will be called by name or just floating around in a scene. Now, I've only seen one episode of Smallville, but I will mark hard if this is Tom Welling and he's called by name. Oh, and here's a ninja. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted August 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 The bat closes in for the kill Batman is back, and not only is he deeper, darker and more sinister than before – he's Welsher too, and has had four genuine £1 million, 100mph Batmobiles built for him. John Hiscock reports It is nearing midnight and the street leading to Chicago's Franklin Bridge is jammed with hundreds of extras dressed as riot police, firemen and paramedics. Someone hoses down the street to give it a wet-by-night look while lights and cameras are moved into position and police cars, men on horseback and film production assistants mob the entrance to the bridge. Everyone is waiting for the Batmobile to roll into position for a stunt involving a car jump across the Chicago River. Calmly supervising the apparent chaos is the 33-year-old British director Chris Nolan, who has never before directed an action film, let alone anything like Batman Begins, the £100 million production that Warner Bros executives hope will revive the lucrative Batman franchise, which crashed with the disastrous Batman and Robin in 1997. Nolan, whose previous films include the low-budget Memento and Insomnia, won the job on the basis of his enthusiasm, ideas and a promise to return Batman to its roots in character drama. Unlike Tim Burton's gothic Batman fantasies, Nolan has opted for gritty urban realism, delving into just how and why Bruce Wayne became Batman. "This Batman is grounded in reality," he explains, leaning against the bar of a nearby restaurant during a break in filming. "He has no super-powers; all he has is his wealth, which he uses to obtain the technology he needs to do what he has to do." While the choice of Nolan may be something of a gamble, an even bigger roll of the dice is his casting of Christian Bale, a British actor relatively unknown to American audiences, as Batman. The Welsh-born Bale, who as a child actor starred in Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun and in 2000 played the serial killer Patrick Bateman in American Psycho, is portraying Batman as a sinister figure. Bale's Batman is far removed from the campy, comic-book character played by Adam West in the 1960s television series and darker than previous film Batmen Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer and George Clooney, whose nipple-studded Batsuit made the Caped Crusader more of a laughing stock than a hero. "This Batman remains in the shadows and is fuelled by a great deal of rage," says Bale, 30. "He has tremendous anger. He's not a knight in shining armour, because of his personal need for revenge." Nolan has surrounded Bale with virtually an all-British crew and cast, which includes Michael Caine as Bruce Wayne's butler and guardian, Alfred; Gary Oldman as Lieut James Gordon of the Gotham City police department; and Liam Neeson as Wayne's mysterious mentor, Henri Ducard. Most of the filming is being done at Shepperton, where a dank, monstrous Batcave has been built, complete with lagoon, waterfall and subterranean bachelor pad. In a converted airport hangar, Nolan's crew have built a full city block of Gotham, much of it based on the slums of Kowloon in Hong Kong, which were torn down in 1994. For added realism, many of the outdoor scenes are being shot in Chicago, which is standing in for Gotham City. City officials have co-operated by blocking off streets to allow the high-tech, armour-plated Batmobile to roar through the city at speeds of up to 100mph, and some of the city's buildings are being used for spectacular stunts involving Batman and the arch-villains, Scarecrow, played by Cillian Murphy, and eco-terrorist Ra's Al Ghul, played by Japanese actor Ken Watanabe. Nolan studied 65 years of Batman comics to come up with Batman Begins, the story of how a young Bruce Wayne sees his parents murdered and then, after a long exile, returns to Gotham as a 25-year-old bent on seeking revenge. "Batman is one of the great figures of pop culture, but there has to be a good reason for making this film," says Nolan.  According to the new storyline, which Nolan concocted with David Goyer, Wayne's family's military subcontracting business, Wayne Enterprises, has been seized by shareholders who have dumped the company's most ambitious designs and their inventor, Lucius Fox, played by Morgan Freeman, on the scrapheap. Wayne befriends Fox, using his designs to create Batman, just in time to take on the villainous Scarecrow, who is intent on poisoning all of Gotham. But the starting point for Nolan's vision was the Batmobile. For a full year he and his British production designer Nathan Crowley holed up in the garage of Nolan's Los Angeles house working on a design for the Batmobile that would make sense for the story. "I wanted to make sure that the Batmobile, like everything else in the film, is possible and believable," says Nolan. Unlike the Batmobiles in previous films, this one is a genuine, high-speed, militaristic vehicle – a muscle-car for a tortured soul. A cross between a Lamborghini and a Humvee with three engines – one of them a jet – the front is covered with jagged plates of armour. Four have been built at a cost of £1 million each and stunt driver George Cottle swears they are among the fastest vehicles he has ever driven. The man at the centre of all the activity and expense, Christian Bale, treats everything with a cool nonchalance and is seemingly undaunted by the responsibility he bears. Like the character he portrays, he is something of a loner and takes his job seriously. "This is probably the biggest film I will ever do, and if I didn't treat it seriously, nobody else would," he says. "I wanted to make Batman more like a creature, more like a beast, than a human being. I didn't want him to be just a funny bloke in a fancy-dress costume. You're either going to look like a complete fool or you're going to look like a bad-ass. So you have to look like a bad-ass." His female lead, American actress Katie Holmes, 26, who plays the Gotham district attorney Rachel Dawes, has no doubts about her co-star. "He's a great Batman," she says. "I got the chills when I first saw him in his costume. Christian's ideal for the part because he's got a bit of a dark side, too." Bale began acting in British television commercials when he was nine and appeared on stage with Rowan Atkinson in the comedy The Nerd. His film break came when, at 13, he won the leading role in Empire of the Sun. He moved to America in 1992 to portray the pro-labour leader of a band of urchins hawking newspapers in the ill-fated Disney musical Newsies and then played Laurie in Gillian Armstrong's Little Women. He followed that with Velvet Goldmine and several low-budget and not very successful films until he undertook his most challenging role of Wall Street stockbroker-cum-serial killer Patrick Bateman in the controversial American Psycho. He had just lost 80lbs for his role in the psychological thriller The Machinist when he was cast as Batman, so he had to work hard to quickly regain the weight. Now he is struggling to keep cool and retain his weight in the confines of the neoprene-and-foam-latex Batsuit. "It's hot, dark, sweaty, claustrophobic and it gives me a headache," he says with a grin. "But I'm not going to sit around whining about it." Due for release next summer, Batman Begins may not yet mean anything to cinemagoers, but the odds are that they will be seeing plenty of Christian Bale in the next few years: he has already signed up for two Batman sequels. source: Telegraph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted October 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 This is RUMORED to be the concept art for The Scarecrow. Though, Warner Bros. has yet to confirm it, so take it for what it's worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James D. Posted October 8, 2004 Report Share Posted October 8, 2004 Wait, there are going to be THREE new Batman movies?!?! :OMG: :OMG: :OMG: My God, words cannot express how psyched I am about this movie. I hope Batman: Begins does well at the box office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted November 12, 2004 Report Share Posted November 12, 2004 Some more talk about sequels on Dark Horizons. One thing worried me: Goyer denied all the recent rumours on the Net, but did say "On one hand, we're really tempted not to do another one, to do the one and walk away. Now I REALLY hope it does well at the Box Office if some are thinking that.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted December 5, 2004 Report Share Posted December 5, 2004 Who wants to see a poster? From Darkhorizons.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat DJ Posted December 5, 2004 Report Share Posted December 5, 2004 I hate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted December 5, 2004 Report Share Posted December 5, 2004 artistically it has merit, but I'm not sure what clouds have to do with anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted December 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2004 I somehow doubt that's the real deal. Or, if it is, it's just a teaser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James D. Posted December 5, 2004 Report Share Posted December 5, 2004 JUNE 17th?!?!?!?!?! :OMG: :OMG: :OMG: I was under the impression that it was coming out next Winter. SWEET!!!!! Please be real. PLEASE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted December 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 The poster is posted at the official website, so I guess it (as well as the June 17 release date) are real. Oh, and the site also lists it as a teaser poster... thank goodness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 I just wanted to post this because there wasn't any Katie Holmes pictures in the thread yet. And because I think she is hot. And yes, this is from the film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted December 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2004 Here's the international teaser poster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Jim Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 Here's another teaser poster: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat DJ Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 I somehow doubt that's the real deal. Or, if it is, it's just a teaser. It's on the official site. Ugly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 I'm not overstating this, but that one with the Bats is x1000 times better than the clouds one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted December 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 I somehow doubt that's the real deal. Or, if it is, it's just a teaser. It's on the official site. Ugly. I noticed that after I posted my doubts but never bothered to edit my post. That thing is so damn ugly. And I'm with you Max: the bat/cave one is way cooler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James D. Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 Here's the international teaser poster. GREATEST. FUCKING. POSTER. EVER. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Jim Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 Here's the international teaser poster. GREATEST. FUCKING. POSTER. EVER. Seconded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted December 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 Here's a link to the latest trailer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted February 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2005 For those who missed the Super Bowl, I highly suggest you click here. (QuickTime is needed, and the file is nearly 8 MB.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarrik Posted February 19, 2005 Report Share Posted February 19, 2005 Saw the Trailer for this movie during Constantine. It was kicking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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