To make matters a bit odder, there is no film preview, only a few voice-overs and a black screen video with a bat emblem crumbling and turning into light. At least there is a brief narration of Michael Caine (as Alfred), if that is the sort of thing fans are looking for. Maybe that's all the hype Warner Bros. wants to or is willing to give, as the movie is presently being filmed. CNN also has a video demo of a scene filmed in Chicago showing the old Brach's Candy factory being blown up. But other than a humdinger of a blow-up, it's hard to tell what the scene is.
As for the lineup: Christian Bale returns as Batman and Bruce Wayne, Maggie Gyllenhaal replaces Katie Holmes as Rachel (since Katie has been abducted by aliens), and Heath Ledger is playing The Joker. Hopefully, The Joker won't tell Batman, "I wish I could quit you!" This cast seems a bit odd, but since Batman Begins turned out pretty well, it's going to be hard not to give this one the benefit of the doubt.
This is one of those franchises that keeps giving and giving to Time Warner. You can review statistics for Batman Begins gross in the U.S. and internationally, plus the production and ad budgets, at The-Numbers.com. A couple hundred million in profit here and a couple hundred million profit there never hurt any of the big studios.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
9-06-2007 @ 2:17PM
Jeff said...
wait so what is the small problem? hype 3/4 of a year before the release? have you ever heard of a teaser trailer? What is it you keep finding odd? A gay guy playing the joker? If you recall, Heath Ledger was an actor in that movie, he's not playing the same character in Batman.