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Batman Begins is a 2005 superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan and written by Nolan and David S. Goyer.Based on the DC Comics character Batman, it stars Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne / Batman, with Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman, Cillian Murphy, Tom Wilkinson, Rutger Hauer, Ken Watanabe, and Morgan Freeman in supporting roles.
In Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight trilogy, this iteration of the character is portrayed by Christian Bale in Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012). In 2016, a new iteration of the character was introduced in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU), portrayed by Ben Affleck.
Before the premiere of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (which saw Ben Affleck take on the role), The Guardian surveyed the previous Batman actors including Bale and judged him to be the best Batman due to his balanced and realistic portrayal of the character especially in Batman Begins, stating that "Bale gave us a Batman we could believe in ...
Michael Keaton in 1992's Batman Returns. ... Christian Bale as Batman in The Dark Knight (2008) ... despite the A-list cast and the introduction of another DC favorite, the movie was met with poor ...
Compared to Christian Bale’s gravelly voice in The Dark Knight, Adam West’s take on Batman was much more personable. The first big-screen adaptation of the Batman will forever belong to the ...
Bale led the films, starting with Batman Begins in 2005. The Dark Knight , memorably starring Heath Ledger as the Joker, followed in 2008, with trilogy closer The Dark Knight Rises arriving in 2012.
Batman Returns earned $25.4 million in its second weekend (a 44.3-percent drop) and was the number-one film again, ahead of the premiering Unlawful Entry ($10.1 million) and Sister Act ($7.2 million). [90] [91] By the film's third weekend, it was the second=fastest film to gross $100 million (11 days), behind Batman (10 days). [92]
Bale portrayed American billionaire Bruce Wayne and his superhero alias Batman in Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins, a reboot of the Batman film series. Nolan cast Bale, who was still fairly unknown at the time, because Bale had "exactly the balance of darkness and light" Nolan sought.