Tag: Batman Begins
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Disney Shouldn’t Have Shelved Guillermo del Toro’s Star Wars Movie
There was a brief period of time after the rights to the Star Wars franchise were first sold to Walt Disney Pictures where it seemed the possibilities for the franchise were endless. With talented filmmakers like Rian Johnson, J.J. Abrams, and Gareth Edwards helming new installments in the franchise, any great director had the potential…
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Man Of Steel Writer Thinks ‘It Was Crazy’ For DC To Replicate The Marvel Cinematic Universe
David S. Goyer knows a thing or two about how to make a good superhero movie. Not only is he responsible for writing the best superhero trilogy ever made, but he’s also helped pen screenplays for “Batman Begins,” “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance,” “Man of Steel,” and “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.” Not for…
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Guillermo del Toro Confirms Axed ‘Star Wars’ Movie, Writer David S. Goyer Scripted It Four Years Ago: ‘There Is a Lot of Cool Art Work From It’
Guillermo del Toro confirmed on X/Twitter that he planned to direct a “Star Wars” movie around four years ago from a script by David S. Goyer, best known known for writing superhero movies such as “Batman Begins,” “Man of Steel” and more. The project never made it past development, but Goyer confirmed on the “Happy…
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‘The Dark Knight’ Trilogy Returns to Select Theaters for Batman Day
Even though Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy ended over a decade ago, most comic book fans still consider the films to be some of the best of the genre. The realistic take on Batman was truly ahead of its time and now for Batman Day this September, fans can revisit all three classics thanks to…
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Two Sentences From Christopher Nolan Unlocked Oppenheimer For Cillian Murphy
Prior to July 21, 2023, you could’ve made a pretty solid case that Cillian Murphy is one of the most underrated actors working today. But now that Christoepher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” has mushroomed across the cinematic landscape, there can be no doubt: Murphy is a staggeringly talented performer who, at the age of 47, has barely…
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Why Joker ‘Required’ Heavy Police Presence At Its LA And NY Showings
Todd Phillips’ 2019 film “Joker” more or less took the same approach to the famous DC Comics villain that filmmaker Christopher Nolan took with Batman in his 2005 film “Batman Begins.” Both took a look at a wild, outlandish character and asked what would have to happen in the real world to create such a…
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Christian Bale’s Batman Begins Bodybuilding Caused A Small Crisis Behind The Scenes
Everyone knows the story of Goldilocks and the three bears, wherein a girl isn’t satisfied with the things she discovers until they’re “just right.” This concept has permeated a number of disparate fields, even making it into scientific circles where the “Goldilocks principle” is used as a measure of balance.Apparently the “Goldilocks principle” applies to…
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Cillian Murphy Wishes He Was in ‘Interstellar,’ Says Christopher Nolan’s Film ‘Broke My Heart’
“Oppenheimer” is a high point in both Cillian Murphy and Christopher Nolan’s careers and the culmination of nearly two decades of collaboration between the two men. No film in Nolan’s oeuvre is more reliant on a single actor to carry the story — and he trusted the role (and the sacrifices that accompanied it) to…
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Cillian Murphy’s Favorite Oppenheimer Scenes Were The Most Harrowing To Film
This post contains spoilers for “Oppenheimer.”Cillian Murphy wasn’t about to phone in his “Oppenheimer” performance. The actor had been waiting since 2005, when he played The Scarecrow/Dr. Jonathan Crane in Christopher Nolan’s “Batman Begins,” to take the lead in one of the director’s films. In the almost 20 years since that movie debuted, Murphy has…
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Christopher Nolan Says the Script for Scrapped Howard Hughes Film Reached ‘Satisfaction’
Christopher Nolan is revisiting his best unmade movie, a Howard Hughes biopic.The “Oppenheimer” writer-director revealed to The New York Times that he reached “satisfaction” with his shelved script that was overshadowed by Martin Scorsese’s “The Aviator” starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Cate Blanchett. “The Aviator” was released in 2004, with Nolan’s follow-up to 2002’s “Insomnia” instead…