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Jack Nicholson made a rare public appearance for Saturday Night Live’s 50th Anniversary celebration episode, making up part of the live crowd and introducing one of the acts.Appearing in the audience for the episode, the acting legend was applauded as he introduced a former SNL cast member, saying: “Ladies and gentlemen, Adam Sandler!” An excited crowd was led by Sandler saying “Let’s hear it for Jack baby! Jack made it out tonight! Love you brother”. The pair appeared together in the 2003 comedy hit Anger Management.One of Hollywood’s most celebrated stars, Jack Nicholson is best known for his work in cinema classics like The Shining, Chinatown, A Few Good Men, and as The Joker in Tim Burton’s 1989 version of Batman.

death from pneumonia at the age of 65 on Tuesday.“I’m remembering Val Kilmer today with great admiration for him as a man and as a generational talent who left us an enviable legacy of indelible acting performances,” Carrey, 63, said in a statement to The Post on Wednesday.“His greatest artistic achievements were rivaled only by the grace and courage with which he endured his life’s most challenging moments,” Carrey, who recently unretired from acting, added. “Wishing his family so much love.”Kilmer and Carrey both starred in 1995’s “Batman Forever.” Kilmer, who donned a Batman mask in his final Instagram post before his death, starred as Bruce Wayne/Batman while Carrey played the villainous Riddler.The movie, directed by Michael Schumacher, also starred Chris O’Donnell as the sidekick Robin, Tommy Lee Jones as Harvey Dent/Two-Face, Nicole Kidman as Dr. Chase Meridian/Catwoman, and Drew Barrymore and Debi Mazar as the characters Sugar and Spice.

his death at 65.Kilmer died after a battle with pneumonia on Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles, his daughter Mercedes confirmed.In a video shared on his social media account, Kilmer could be seen sitting next to a painting he made of Batman — which served as one of his most successful roles in his decades-long career.In the clip, shared with his 645,000 followers on Instagram, the actor declares he is “ready” before grabbing a Batman mask and donning it for the last time.“It’s been a while,” he quipped as he got into character, before turning to the camera for a final look.Artist David Choe, who sat near the actor in the video, could be heard complimenting how “great” Kilmer looked in his mask.Kilmer was cast in Joel Schumacher’s 1995 hit “Batman Forever” after actor Michael Keaton had dropped out.A post shared by The Choe Show (@choe_show)The film went on to become a box office smash, grossing over $336 million.“Everything was different about this job than I’d experienced before. The size of the character and how strange it was that Michael Keaton had decided not to do it — I just said yes, without reading the script,” Kilmer told Entertainment Tonight in 1995.In his final social media post, shared just over a week ago on March 22, Kilmer unveiled one of his last artworks that he uploaded for purchase on his website.“It’s got that late-night glow.

Heath Ledger as The Joker in The Dark Knight left co-star Sir Michael Caine “terrified”, according to the latter’s memoir.Ledger would play the iconic Batman villain in Christopher Nolan’s 2008 blockbuster, redefining the role in a performance that would win an Oscar. The actor died in January 2008, four months before the release of the film, after overdosing on prescription drugs. He was 28 years old.Caine, who played Bruce Wayne’s butler Alfred in the movie, recalled working with him in his book Don’t Look Back, You’ll Trip Over: My Guide to Life.“The smeared makeup, the weird hair, the strange voice.

“excruciating experience” of playing the superhero in a new interview.This comes after he told the Los Angeles Times in 2022 that it was “awful” and “the worst experience.”“There are a number of reasons why that was a really excruciating experience,” Affleck shared with GQ in an interview published on Tuesday, March 25. “And they don’t all have to do with the simple dynamic of, say, being in a superhero movie or whatever. The star — who is making the rounds promoting “The Accountant 2,” the follow-up to the 2016 thriller — explained he’s “not interested in going down that particular genre again.”For him, it’s “not because of that bad experience, but just: I’ve lost interest in what was of interest about it to me.

Rocksteady is reportedly working on a new, single-player Batman game as Warner Bros. Games looks to focus on its core franchises.Speaking in a financial call, Warner Bros.

Marvel actor David Dastmalchian has revealed his career ambition is to play Batman’s nemesis The Joker.Speaking to Collider at the recent Saturn Awards, the actor confessed he would love to take on the role made famous by Jack Nicholson, Heath Ledger, and Joaquin Phoenix among others.“I know we’re just kidding around here, but I would love it” he said, before explaining: “I think some people go ‘Hamlet is my life’s quest,’ or ‘Willy Loman is my life’s quest.’ Getting to put on the makeup of the Clown Prince of Crime at some point in my lifetime is up there next to one of my greatest career dreams, which is to be an enemy of James Bond.”Dastmalchian came close to his dream in 2008, when he played a henchman for Ledger’s Joker in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight. In Batman TV show Gotham, he also played the character of Dwight Pollard, who was a disciple of Jerome Valeska (Cameron Monaghan), a version of The Joker within the show.A talented character actor, he has played many roles across the Marvel and DC Universes.

Call Me By Your Name star Armie Hammer has been cast in vigilante thriller The Dark Knight, continuing a comeback for the actor who has been away from the film industry since 2021.As reported by Variety, the film is about a character called Sanders, who takes to the streets looking to take justice into his own hands hunting criminals. He becomes a social media sensation, with his public status as a hero contrasting with the opinion of a police chief, who sees him as a scourge to society.The film will be written and directed by German filmmaker Uwe Boll, best known for 2005 video game adaptation Alone In The Dark.The title of the film, as well as the broad subject matter, is reminiscent of the Batman franchise, with Christopher Nolan’s 2008 film The Dark Knight having the same name.

Harry Potter movies and Tim Burton’s Batman, Pratt passed away in December 2024, as confirmed via a statement made by the British Society Of Cinematographers (BSC). The statement did not specify the date, location or cause of Pratt’s death.Pratt was born in 1947 in Leicester, and studied at Durham University from 1966.

Christopher Nolan by a Warner Bros. executive.The actor told Vanity Fair that the reason he hasn’t worked with Nolan since the 2000 thriller Memento was due to an executive at the studio who wasn’t a fan of his acting.While Nolan is known for working with many of the same actors repeatedly, Pearce shared that he’d not worked with the director since he began working with Warner Bros. in 2002 for the thriller Insomnia – his relationship with the studio ended in 2020 with the sci-fi action movie Tenet.Pearce explained that Nolan had approached him to play Ra’s al Ghul in 2005’s Batman Begins, a role eventually taken by Liam Neeson, as well as a character in The Prestige the following year.He said: “He spoke to me about roles a few times over the years – the first Batman and The Prestige.

on a “Wayne Enterprises”-branded website, which sells other expensive Gotham-related paraphernalia, reads.Officially called “The Tumbler,” this is a recreation of the sweet ride that Christian Bale’s Bruce Wayne piloted to combat Heath Ledger’s Joker in the 2008 “The Dark Knight.” The chase scene is often considered one of the most iconic in cinema.“The exterior of each Tumbler will look the same as they were seen in the Dark Knight Trilogy,” Robert Oberschelp, head of global consumer products at Warner Brothers Discovery, told Architectural Digest.“However the interiors are being custom-built to each owner’s specifications. Each vehicle’s driver seat, steering wheel, pedals, and more will be custom made.”A few notable standard inclusions for each of the 5,511-pound Batmobiles are both “imitation gun turrets” and “jet engine simulation.” The latter is a fire-less, driver-safe version of the flame-fueled afterburner shown on screen, notably as Wayne raced to save the life of Rachel Dawes in the 2005 “Batman Begins.”Made by the stunt car specialists Action Vehicle Engineering, the Batmobiles are made with armor-worthy material, including aeronautical steel, Kevlar, and carbon fiber.

The Penguin’s high ratings have opened the door to a potential season two.Set in the same universe as 2022’s The Batman, the DC crime drama follows Oz Cobb’s rise to power in Gotham City’s criminal underworld.Colin Farrell, who reprises his role from The Batman, takes the lead, alongside Cristin Milioti, Rhenzy Feliz, Deirdre O’Connell, Clancy Brown, Carmen Ejogo and Michael Zegen.The show is developed by Lauren LeFranc, while The Batman director Matt Reeves serves as an executive producer.HBO has not officially announced whether The Penguin will return for a second season. The show was originally billed as a miniseries, setting up events for the upcoming sequel to The Batman, but the positive reception appears to have made a follow-up possible.If HBO does go ahead with a second season, it likely won’t be released for a few years yet.

Barry Keoghan as the Joker is reportedly in development at HBO Max after the success of The Batman spin-off The Penguin, but not all fans are happy about the news.The Batman director Matt Reeves established a new shared universe focusing on Batman with the 2022 movie, and was the executive producer of HBO’s The Penguin as well as Amazon Prime’s animated series Batman: Caped Crusader.And now there are rumours, as discussed on the Marvelvision podcast, that HBO is developing another spinoff focusing on Keoghan’s Joker, who was briefly seen in the first movie – neither Reeves nor The Penguin showrunner Lauren LeFranc have confirmed anything, but they have hinted at more spinoffs being in the works.In the movie, Keoghan was credited as “Unseen Arkham Prisoner”, but Reeves later confirmed that the character was the Joker. Warner Bros.

Harry Potter franchise will have longevity like the Batman one with fans one day asking “what Harry are you?” as they do with the various incarnations of Batman, a studio executive from Warner Bros. has said.It comes as a new Harry Potter spin-off series is in the works, which is slated to land in 2026.

told Variety. “In the show, there was a lot of violence towards women, and that’s not my thing,” he added. Mark Strong will play the mafia don in the show.

The Journal of Psychology in August found that superhero movies can promote prosocial behavior — actions that benefits other people or society as a whole. Researchers wanted to see how the films that are typically filled with violence affect viewers in terms of empathy and moral reasoning.

Just when I was ready to declare that Joker: Folie à Deux isn’t a musical, it turned into one. Despite any confusion or misdirection that preceded its release, and notwithstanding that the film eases slowly into having its characters say their piece in song, director Todd Phillips’ sequel to his grim 2019 hit Joker eventually does let its musical-loving freak flag fly.Though, unlike the Hollywood musicals the movie references through posters, clips, and song and design choices, Folie à Deux doesn’t exude joy or winsome romance.

was weird to look in the mirror for the first time, and see that looking back.” Premiering Sept. 19 on HBO (9 p.m.) and streaming on Max, the crime drama is a spinoff from the 2022 “The Batman” movie.

Tim Burton has explained why he has no interest in making another superhero film.The 65-year-old director, who is set to release the long-awaited Beetlejuice Beetlejuice starring Michael Keaton and Jenna Ortega this September, helmed both Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992) at the beginning of his career, but hasn’t made a superhero film since.In a new interview with Variety, the filmmaker explained why he has no desire to return to the genre, saying: “I come at things from different points of view, so I would never say never to anything. But, at the moment, it’s not something I’d be interested in.”The Edward Scissorhands director added: “I was lucky because at that time, the word ‘franchise’ didn’t exist.

Batman is back in animated form in Batman: Caped Crusader.Developed by Bruce Timm (Batman: The Animated Series), the Amazon series sees Hamish Linklater voice the iconic superhero in the early stages of his crime-fighting career.A synopsis for the show reads: “Welcome to Gotham City, where the corrupt outnumber the good, criminals run rampant and law-abiding citizens live in a constant state of fear.“Forged in the fire of tragedy, wealthy socialite Bruce Wayne becomes something both more and less than human—the Batman. His one-man crusade attracts unexpected allies within the GCPD and City Hall, but his heroic actions spawn deadly, unforeseen ramifications.”Other members of the voice cast include Jason Watkins as Alfred Pennyworth, Krystal Joy Brown as Barbara Gordon, Eric Morgan Stuart as Jim Gordon, and Christina Ricci as Catwoman.When the show moved from HBO Max to Amazon, it was officially picked up for two seasons.As for when the show will return, showrunner Bruce Timm told TheWrap in August 2023 they were “still working on the scripts and starting to record” for the second season.

according to Julien’s Auction’s, who is co-hosting the sale. “The weight and quality of this shield indicates it was likely utilized for scenes that required a soft and flexible stunt prop,” the lot description reads.For those looking to save Gotham City, an original unused cowl developed for Christian Bale for Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight” (2008) is also up for bid.