Christian Bale is the new BATMAN

[21Jumper]

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IT'S OFFICIAL: Christian Bale IS Batman
POSTED ON 09/11/03 AT 3:00 P.M.
BY THOMAS CHAU


Warner Bros. has officially announced that Christian Bale will play Batman in the next "Batman" pic, which will begin filming in January. Below is the press release:

Christian Bale has been cast in the starring role of Bruce Wayne in Warner Bros. Pictures upcoming Batman movie, to be directed by Christopher Nolan and produced by Emma Thomas. The announcement was made today by Jeff Robinov, President of production for Warner Bros. Pictures.

Principal photography on the film is expected to begin in early 2004. The movie is written by David Goyer and Nolan, and will follow the early career of The Dark Knight.

Said Nolan, What I see in Christian is the ultimate embodiment of Bruce Wayne. He has exactly the balance of darkness and light that we were looking for.

Robinov stated, Now that weve found the best person to play Batman, we are really looking forward to moving ahead with the rest of our casting, and are excited about the exceptional group we are assembling.

 

[amnesiac]

RAWK! Christian Bale is awesome. This should be good. :beer:

Oh and where's the source for the link?

 

[Lager]

Glad it wasn't either Joshua Jackson, Ashton Kutcher, Jake Gallenhyle or Carrot Top.

 

[filmmaker]

Thank god!

Please, please, please... be good!

 

[anxi80]

good. i saw a list of all the actors they were considering, and Bale was the one that stood out to me. the other's looked like they had no business even NEAR Wayne Manor.

 

[vi edit]

Much better choice than George Clooney. I like George, but a latex bat suit just isn't him.

 

[JimRaynor]

Christian Bale (For those of you who don't know him, I didn't)

Well I don't really know this dude but on one can ever replace Michael Keaton IMO.

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: amnesiac
RAWK! Christian Bale is awesome. This should be good. :beer:

Oh and where's the source for the link?

Good stuff man.

Mr Bale is cool actor

Koing

 

[Angrymarshmello]

Yep, better than George. George was too nice guy to be a good Bruce Wayne, not enough of a hard edge.

 

[SackOfAllTrades]

i hope the new director doesn't bastardize the movie like Schumacher did.

 

[anxi80]

Originally posted by: amnesiac
Oh and where's the source for the link?

here ya go!

 

[Electric Amish]

Woohoo!!

He goes from Dragons to Bats.

Umm... but he's from Great Britain. Batman can't have an english accent...

 

[Saulbadguy]

Noone has said anything about this yet..Christian Bale..Patrick BATeMAN...?!?!? You know..American Psycho...Christian Bale...yeah.

 

[Rudee]

He looks like Joe from that old sitcom 'Wings'

The superhero movie theme is getting beaten to death IMHO. What next... Underdog The Movie?

 

[Saulbadguy]

Originally posted by: Rudee
He looks like Joe from that old sitcom 'Wings'

The superhero movie theme is getting beaten to death IMHO. What next... Underdog The Movie?

Aquaman! Actually..i'm surprised a "new and improved" Captain America hasn't been released yet. It would sell millions. Just have the story laid out, and him beating up some brown people. America would love it!

 

[Nitemare]

How is the director?

 

[drewshin]

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: JimRaynor
Christian Bale (For those of you who don't know him, I didn't)

Well I don't really know this dude but on one can ever replace Michael Keaton IMO.

he was in that Matrix (wannabe) movie right?

 

[Czar]

good choice I think but after seeing equalibrium, he seems rather small


but its hollywood, they make Stallone look tall

 

[Maverick]

at least that moron joel schumacher isn't directing any more. He ruined the series.

 

[SackOfAllTrades]

Equilibrium never had any scenes in bullet time.

 

[drewshin]

cool! christian bale is cool. i still have to check out that equilibrium movie.

it looks like chris nolan will be the director! (insomnia)

taken from movies.go.com:

The fifth installment was initially based on Frank Miller's graphic novel Batman: YO, a film-noir-infused, four-issue story written in 1987 and published by DC Comics that detailed Bruce Wayne's first year as Batman, including the self-doubts and blunders he had to overcome in order to emerge as a full-blown crime fighter. Now director Christopher Nolan has taken over the series, with the film based on another script, titled Batman: The Frightening, which features The Scarecrow as the lead baddie.

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: Nitemare
How is the director?

He did Insomniac and Memento. Rather odd choice for a super hero movie. But then again, Sam Ramis was an odd choice for Batman, and IMHO that turned out very well. With Nolan, I'd expect a much darker, and more elaborate plot/atmosphere.

 

[TheeeChosenOne]

GREAT CHOICE!

He's the future Tom Cruise if he's given the right projects to work on.

 

[Lyfer]

Looks good.