Batman: Intimidation looks to be awesome

From the IMDB:

Irish actor Liam Neeson will join the cast of the new Batman movie - as the caped crusader's nemesis. The Love Actually star has signed a deal to play villain Ra's Al Ghul, an international terrorist bent on destroying Gotham City, in Batman: Intimidation. Another addition to the cast - which already boasts the talents of Christian Bale, Katie Holmes and Sir Michael Caine - is Shawshank Redemption veteran Morgan Freeman. He will play Lucius Fox, "a respected businessman and the Chief Executive Officer of billionaire Bruce Wayne's Wayne Enterprises based in Gotham City." The movie is being directed by Memento film-maker Christopher Nolan.

I've heard some good things about the script, too. As long as Batman's costume is sans nipples, I'll be happy.

[SilverSpoon]

Sweet, thanks for that.

UPDATE: It looks like Laim Neeson is NOT Ra's Al Ghul.

[ February 20, 2004, 03:47 PM: Message edited by: SilverSpoon ]

Well, he's still in it. That's enough for me.

I hope the Morgan Freeman info is true, too.

They haven't said who Cillian Murphy is playing. Hopefully Scarecrow, but if that's true, I don't see the need for a second villain.

[SilverSpoon]

No, there's not going to be Scarecrow. And Morgan Freemon is in it. Read it somewhere recently.

OMG

a decent cast [img]redface.gif[/img]

[SilverSpoon]

Originally posted by Lemmiwinks:
Well, he's still in it. That's enough for me.

I hope the Morgan Freeman info is true, too.

They haven't said who Cillian Murphy is playing. Hopefully Scarecrow, but if that's true, I don't see the need for a second villain.

I take back what I said about there being no Scarecrow. I read this synopsis, and apparently there will be a Scarecrow, but it seems like he'll be a very minor villain. No huge story centred around him. That's what I got out of it, at least. Don't take my word for it.

From what I've read, Murphy is playing Jonathan Crane, who develops the fear toxin and later becomes Scarecrow. So maybe that'll be a nice set-up for a sequel villain.

Also, I read who will be playing Sgt. Jim Gordon -- Gary Oldman. I would have preferred Chris Cooper or Kurt Russell, but Oldman's awesome.

This is shaping up to be one of the best casts a movie's ever had. Seriously.

The cast so far:

Christian Bale - Batman/Bruce Wayne
Michael Caine - Alfred
Ken Watanabe - Ra's Al Ghul
Cillian Murphy - Dr. Jonathan Crane
Liam Neeson - Henri Ducard
Morgan Freeman - Lucius Fox
Katie Holmes - Rachel
Gary Oldman - Sgt. Jim Gordon

[ March 04, 2004, 03:17 PM: Message edited by: Lemmiwinks ]

Yes it is. I find that to be a little......suspicious. I love the idea of such a cast doing a Batman movie, because if it was shyte, why would Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman even bother with it? What are the chances of Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, AND Michael Caine picking the same crap movie to be in simultaneously? And yet, its hard to believe that any movie could have such a cast and not be a "Cold Mountain"/Oscar nominated type movie. Well, either one of those movies, or Oceans 11. [img]graemlins/ohwell.gif[/img]

whatever happened to that colin farrell batman movie?

[SilverSpoon]

I never heard anything about a Colin Farrel Batman movie. Maybe he was just on the list of possible people that could've played Batman for this film.

Colin Farrel was supposed to be play Batman for the supposely greenlighted "Batman VS. Superman" movie, which was to also have Josh Hartnett playign Superman. They must have made this offical during latenight drinking fest I'll bet. Can you imagine how stupid that is? That's almost as bad as the rumor Kevin Smith mentioned years ago about Tim Burton casting Sean Penn for the big new Superman movie.

And I'm getting a little sick of Colin Farrel, they keep calling him "Hollywood's Bad Boy." We all just :rolleyes: LOVE the term "bad Boy" don't we? [img]graemlins/yuk.gif[/img] J**** C***** I hate Hollywood.

:confused: So Chistian Bale will be Batman for this new one?

[SilverSpoon]

Yes, Christian Bale. I really have no idea if that's a good pick. Never even heard of the guy until he was cast for this movie.

Hmm, I always thought he should have played a comic book villian such as Mr. Sinister (X-Men), or Mr. Freeze instead of Arnold. But Bruce Wayne, ehhh I can see that, if you see American Pyscho and envision his hair shorter.

[i love love]

Originally posted by SilverSpoon:
Yes, Christian Bale. I really have no idea if that's a good pick. Never even heard of the guy until he was cast for this movie.

Bale is fairly fantastic. One of his earliest parts was the kid in Spielberg's Empire of the Sun. A wonderful performance for a little kid. There was a lot of noise for his American Psycho role but the flick was pretty weak in my opinion. He definitely has a natural type of macho, snobbish, jerk, charisma going for him. He may be absolutely perfect for the role.

The Batman and Superman projects have been like a revolving door. Kevin Smith had worked on the Burton screenplay in the past but was dumped. He jokes about it in his An Evening with Kevin Smith DVD. Take what Kevin Smith says with a grain of salt. Although Sean Penn could/can do anything. He's getting a bit too old for Uberman though. Even our Smallville star was approached for the Superman role but didn't have the time with his series contract. He would have been absolutely perfect for the role as well.

[ March 18, 2004, 03:34 AM: Message edited by: i love love ]

Chris Nolan is supposed to be directing, and he's usually pretty good.

As long as Joel Schumacher stays the hell away from this project, I don't have any real qualms outside of putting Legendary Michael Caine as the friggin' butler...

[R@H]

Yay Katie as Rachel..gonne be fun [img]tongue.gif[/img]

I think thats the best cast ever!

[Stogieman]

So is the movie going to be called Batman: Intimidation or Batman Begins?

Here are some pictures of the new Batmobile on Warner Bros. website. Quite ugly if you ask me.

Every Batman after the first one sucked :(

[SilverSpoon]

Originally posted by Stogieman:
So is the movie going to be called Batman: Intimidation or Batman Begins?

Here are some pictures of the new Batmobile on Warner Bros. website. Quite ugly if you ask me.

Batman Begins.