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Batman Destined To Return, Again And Again, Forever
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Jen Carlson
Published Mar 30, 2011
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Move over, previous three Batmans.
After Christian Bale returns to his role of Batman for Christopher Nolan's final installment of his trilogy, The Dark Night Rises, the franchise (for $ome reason) will be rebooted. Again. Warner Bros has revealed that Nolan and his wife Emma Thomas will produce the next phase, telling the LA Times, “it will be a conversation with them about what the next phase is... we’ll have to reinvent Batman..." and Gotham City!
This will be the third time in 30 years that Batman will get a new face for the big screen; in 1989, it was Michael Keaton (directed by Tim Burton):
In 1995, Val Kilmer took on the role in Joel Schumacher's version:
And in 2005, Batman Begins kicked off Nolan's trilogy:
Maybe it's time for this superhero to make his move to... Broadway?
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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