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CHRISTIAN BALE CAST AS BATMAN

Christian Bale has been cast in the title role in Warner Bros. Pictures' upcoming Batman movie, to be directed by Christopher Nolan, it was announced Thursday afternoon.

Jeph Loeb, who writes the Batman and Superman/Batman comics and is a consulting producer on the Smallville television series, told The Continuum that the casting of Bale is "a terrific choice."

"He brings with him an air of mystery, danger and wealth," Loeb said. "And, from what I'm told, the chicks think he's hot!"

Bale, 29, who first drew critical attention for his starring role in Empire of the Sun, has starred in such diverse films as Little Women, Portrait of a Lady, Metroland, American Psycho and Laurel Canyon.

The announcement was made by Jeff Robinov, president of production for Warner Bros. Pictures.

"Now that we've 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," Robinov said.

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."

Principal photography on the film is expected to begin early next year. The script is written by David Goyer and Nolan, and will follow the early career of Batman. The film is being produced by Emma Thomas.

Goyer, who is writing and directing Blade: Trinity, could not be reached for comment on Thursday.

Dear lord please get Goyer off this.....

Which villan is going to be in the movie?

Probably Scarecrow, since Batman-thefrightening.com has been registered as a domain name.

That would certainly fit Nolan's style of filming(as it would with Aronofsky, the director originally slated to the project). Very claustraphobic sense to his movies.

My pubes itch.

I'm not a huge Bale fan......but we'll see.

If anyone doubts Christian Bale (or especially if you like the guy), go rent Equilibrium now! It is a very good low-budget sci-fi movie about a totalitarian future society, where Bale plays an ass-kicking lawman called a Grammaton Cleric. Sean Bean and Taye Diggs also star. The movie is reminiscent of Fahrenheit 451, Brave New World, 1984, and a little movie you may have heard of called The Matrix.

Equlibrium has plot holes and other flaws, don't get me wrong. But I don't think it ever played in theaters, and it is definitely worth seeing (especially for sci-fi/genre fans and Batman lovers). The gun battles in this movie, while not quite Matrix caliber, are in the same vein as The Matrix and have to be seen to be believed. And Bale can do intense-in-long-black-coat very well--good practice for wearing the cape.

Equilibrium played in theatres. I just never got around to watching it there. As a matter of fact, based on the poor reviews I read, I then decided to not watch it at all on video. Maybe one day they'll show it on HBO...

Regardless, I'm glad he was picked as Batman. Hopefully it will be a new continuity rather than Batman V as I fear it will be.

I never felt the urge to see equilibrium. it looked like it was just apeing the style of the matrix. Like that hasn't been done enough.

I like Bale though.

I don't think they are going to define it as either a continuation or a reboot. just make a Batman movie. That suits me. they can pay no particular mind to the previous four, and we don't have to deal with the needless origin story that they always insist on doing in comic book films.

She's gotcha there!

According to this the villain is scarecrow, though this disputes the validity of certain aspects of the first article.

This looks like the script, though I can't identify the villain on brief glance. I have no idea if this is real....or what it's suppose to even be.