Christopher Nolan
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Batman Begins screenwriter David Goyer secretly thought the film would never get made
Batman Begins writer David Goyer wasn’t confident that the film would actually get made (even when he was writing it)
July 03, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
News
Christian Bale's Batman didn't show up early enough in Batman Begins for Warner Bros. bosses - but here's what convinced them they were wrong
Batman Begins screenwriter David Goyer had to convince Warner Bros. that it was okay to keep Bruce out of costume for the first hour of the movie
June 30, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
News
The Lazarus Pit was an early part of Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins - but one concern left it out
Chris Nolan and David Goyer toyed with the idea of including the Lazarus Pit in Batman Begins
June 29, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
News
Christian Bale's Batman utility belt was a big subject of debate during The Dark Knight trilogy, with Christopher Nolan at one point considering dropping it all together
Chris Nolan debated removing Batman’s utility belt from the costume or making it a color other than yellow
June 28, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
News
Orlando Bloom as Christopher Nolan's Batman? The Lord of the Rings actor thinks the role could've been his but he told Nolan 'no'
Orlando Bloom recalls how he turned down the chance to star in Chris Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy
June 27, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
News
Dark Knight trilogy writer initially didn't think Warner Bros. would "take a big swing" on the Christopher Nolan take on a grounded Batman movie
Batman Begins is such a huge departure from the Batman movies that came before it that we can understand why David S. Goyer was skeptical at first.
May 29, 2025
Trent Cannon
News
Before Bane, the head of Warner Bros. wanted the third Christopher Nolan Batman movie to star Leonardo DiCaprio as the Riddler
Instead of DiCaprio as The Riddler, we got Tom Hardy's take on Bane, which doesn't feel like a bad trade, in hindsight
May 29, 2025
Trent Cannon
News
The first image of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey shows Matt Damon (and his new beard) as Odysseus
We're reserving judgement on the image until we've seen more, but we expect certain parts of the internet will have a lot to say about Matt Damon's costume in this first image.
February 18, 2025
Trent Cannon
News
Scream’s Skeet Ulrich was in talks for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey movie, but just learned he didn't get the part
Skeet Ulrich auditioned for Chris Nolan’s Odyssey, but didn’t get the part
February 07, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
News
The Brutalist's Guy Pearce opens up about being blacklisted for nearly 30 years from Warner Bros. Pictures after LA Confidential
Guy Pearce vs. Warner Bros., a cold war going on since the '90s.
January 30, 2025
Chris Arrant
Guides
The Odyssey release date: Christopher Nolan's next film will adapt Homer's epic poem
Christopher Nolan's upcoming film, The Odyssey, will be released by Universal
December 27, 2024
Jules Chin Greene
News
Guy Pearce was Christopher Nolan's first choice for Batman Begins big bad, but Warner Bros. exec blacklisted him from the company according to the actor
Pearce said that director Christopher Nolan wanted him for the part that eventually went to Liam Neeson, but an unnamed executive stood in everyone's way
December 13, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
In a different timeline, Robert Downey Jr. might have been cast as Scarecrow in Batman Begins
The casting could have changed movie history forever (if only by undoing Marvel's secret weapon)
February 08, 2024
Trent Cannon