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Christopher Nolan was “hesitant” to make ‘The Dark Knight’

Christopher Nolan was initially “hesitant” to make The Dark Knight, the director’s brother has revealed.In 2003, Warner Bros. Pictures tapped Memento director Christopher Nolan to helm an untitled Batman film, which was released in 2005 titled Batman Begins.
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Children under 15 now allowed to watch The Batman in Belfast as the only UK council to overrule age rating
new Batman movie in Belfast after the city council overruled the age rating given to the movie.It means Northern Ireland’s capital will be the only location in the UK where the movie, starring Robert Pattinson, will have a 15A rating.The Batman was originally given a 15 rating by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC).Michael McAdam, managing director of the Movie House chain in Northern Ireland, had previously made the application after he said cinema staff had faced abuse from parents in recent years because younger teenagers were not permitted to watch films with a 15 classification.He said a new 15A classification would allow parents to make the decision and accompany their children to the cinema.A proposal he took to the council’s Licensing Committee was narrowly defeated last month, but on Tuesday night the full council accepted a proposal from Sinn Fein councillor Arder Carson that the film should have a 15A rating.Mr Carson told the meeting: ‘My batphone has been ringing off the hook for these last two weeks with people asking me what in the sweet name of Gotham City is going on in that Licensing Committee.‘We all know the crux of the matter. There has been a request from the Moviehouse.‘The request from the applicant is that the council agrees to impose a rating of 15A which would allow young people under the age of 15 to see the film as long as they were accompanied by an adult.‘We have the authority to do this.
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Riddler star Paul Dano on ‘incredible’ Batman fan art and the power of the DC fandom
supports HTML5 videoThe Batman stars Paul Dano and Jeffrey Wright have praised the caped crusader’s ‘passionate’ fandom, revealing that it’s ‘unlike anything else’ either of them has been involved with before.The actors, who play Edward Nashton, aka The Riddler, and Gotham City Police Department detective Lieutenant James Gordon, also shared that they were ‘excited’ to give the film to the public for them to ‘take a hold of it and make it completely their own’.Robert Pattinson is making his debut as Batman in the hotly anticipated flick, which follows a young Bruce Wayne, two years into his career as Gotham’s crime-fighting vigilante detective.Speaking exclusively to Metro.co.uk, Emmy and Bafta nominee Paul described his positive experience in being involved with such a major movie, calling it ‘so much fun’.‘It’s actually been, to my surprise, so much fun – the fact that the fans are this passionate.’He also divulged that he had seen some of the fan art on the internet and been impressed, adding: ‘I mean, some of the artwork that people send online, it’s incredible – and the fervour around it and the anticipation.‘So now that we’re at the point we get to share this film – finally – it feels really, really special.’‘And also because I like what we’re about to give them!’ he laughed.The Little Miss Sunshine actor’s co-star weighed in on the power of DC fans too, saying they surpassed those of even James Bond himself, with the actor having appeared as Felix Leiter in three of Daniel Craig’s outings as the iconic 007 – including 2021’s No Time To Die.‘I really came to realise that we talk about this film as our film, but I think maybe more so it’s their film – as in the fans – because there’s such a profound sense of
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Robert Pattinson and Zoe Kravitz smoulder on red carpet as The Batman premiere takes place in London
The cast of the massively anticipated new DC film The Batman have landed in London for an all-star red carpet.Robert Pattinson, Zoe Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, Andy Serkis and more graced the carpet at Waterloo’s BFI on Wednesday night as the capital prepared for the launch of Robert’s first outing as the masked crusader.At almost three hours long, The Batman is the longest-running of the franchise yet, but the stars looked more than ready to settle in for the main event.Batman and Catwoman themselves – aka Robert and Zoe – were in visibly high spirits as they posed for photos at the BFI, with one snap showing the pair in peals of laughter.Zoe is seen holding on to a beaming Robert for balance as she laughs, both holding microphones after speaking briefly at the event.The pair, who have been friends for over a decade, are set to explore Batman and Catwoman’s complex relationship in the new film, which will hit cinemas next month.The film’s protagonist Rob was dressed in an oversized grey suit, with a black polo neck and black shoes, his hair in his trademark heavy-on-top style, complete with a messy, sweeping fringe.Many photographs of the 35-year-old saw him smiling easily or joking with his co-stars.However, at one point the actor hit the camera with what we can only describe as his best Blue Steel, a look reminiscent of a certain brooding vampire (sorry Rob).He also stood for a number of snaps in front of The Batman’s imposing sign on the carpet, ahead of watching himself on the big csreen.Zoe, meanwhile, looked drop-dead-gorgeous as she rocked up to the premiere in a sleek, figure-hugging, plunging black dress touching the floor.The sleeveless nature of the outfit offered a close look at Zoe’s myriad tattoos,
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The Penguin wasn’t allowed to smoke in ‘The Batman’, says Colin Farrell
The Batman star Colin Farrell has said his character, The Penguin, wasn’t allowed to smoke in the film.The actor, set to play the antagonist in Matt Reeves’ forthcoming DC film, told Jakes Takes that he had fought for the Penguin to smoke a cigar.Warner Bros’ reasoning came from the studio’s vigilance about showing cigarettes onscreen in superhero films, despite other iterations of the Penguin (real name Oswald “Oz” Chesterfield Cobblepot) famously smoking from a cigarette holder.“I fought valiantly for a cigar, I even said at one stage, ‘Can I have it unlit,’ and they were like no,” Farrell said.“The Oz that we meet hasn’t embodied the energy of the Penguin that we recognise from the source comics and from previous films, so I’ll see if it goes again. I’d love to explore it because he’s not an underboss, he’s not a boss, he’s just a soldier of Falcone at this stage.“But he has great ambition and dreams of doing big big things.”Meanwhile, Farrell’s co-star Paul Dano, who plays The Riddler, said he had trouble sleeping while preparing for the role.“There were some nights around that I probably didn’t sleep as well as I would’ve wanted to just because it was a little hard to come down from this character,” Dano told Entertainment Weekly, discussing a specific scene with Peter Sarsgaard’s character Gil Colson.
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'Felt very alone' Robert Pattinson recalls brutal and 'insular' time filming The Batman
GQ Magazine, the actor explained how it left him feeling “very alone” as he recalls looking “green” in a photo from that time.Robert will be playing the title role in the new film, which is released on March 4.However, he’s admitted filming was not straightforward in a candid new chat.He shot the film during the pandemic, meaning there was a big period of filming during lockdowns.Paired with the fact the film was mainly filmed at night, the Twilight star explained it left him feeling “very alone.”In the new issue of GQ Magazine, Robert explained how their set in London was a “bubble within a bubble.”He added: “And the nature of the shoot was so kind of insular, always shooting at night, just really dark all the time, and I felt very much alone.“Even just being in the suit all the time.“You’re not really allowed out of the studio with the suit on, so I barely knew what was going on at all outside.”As a result, Robert went on to explain how “dead” he felt after filming ended.He continued to the magazine: “I mean, I was really, really, really dead afterwards.“I just looked at a photo of myself from April and I looked green.”For the new issue of GQ, Robert collaborated with British photographer Jack Bridgland for some unique shots.This includes a front cover featuring the star with peroxide blonde hair and covered in tattoos.According to the magazine, this is supposed to represent the star’s “step-by-step metamorphosis”This sees him evolving from “an alternate-reality version of Robert Pattinson to someone far more extreme.”Elsewhere, in the chat, Robert also teased what fans can expect from Matt Reeves’ film.This comes as he chatted after just seeing a “rough cut” of the superhero movie.He added: “I watched a rough cut of
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