Entertainment Weekly reports the cast of BATMAN BEGINS

[mojo1701]

Michael Caine as Alfred? I love Caine, but I just can't see him as Alfred...

 

[fba827]

Michael Caine as Alfred? I love Caine, but I just can't see him as Alfred...

didn't he do a butler-like guy in that sandra bullock movie ? i can sort of see him as alfred because of that role ...

 

[Ranger REG]

Christian Bale has been in a hell of a lot of movies, and he's good in about all of them. I'm confident that he can pull this off.

If he can still play the role of a vigilante with an obsession, then that's great. George Clooney's Batman was almost a leap back towardAdam West's Batman.

Of course, my strong impression of Batman is his scowl. If Christian Bale can match (or better) the comic-book scowl with the mask on, he's probably going to be better than previous Batman actors, including my personal favorite, Michael Keaton.

 

[RangerWickett]

Once on a road trip, a few counties away from my home town in Southeast Texas, I saw a political ad on the road saying vote for Kent Batman.

 

[Klaus]

Re: Katie Holmes

Spoiler

Katie Holmes will be a childhood friend of Bruce Wayne's. At age 8 (IIRC), they're playing tag or somesuch when young Bruce falls through a hole in the garden and into a massive bat-filled cavern system

Also, the actor who was going to play a minor role as a lawyer has been let go, and Guy Pearce (who worked with director Christopher Nolan in Memento) seems to be attached to this seemingly minor role

Spoiler

Harvey Dent, maybe?

 

[RangerWickett]

Christian Bale - Bruce Wayne
Michael Caine - Alfred
Gary Oldman - Commissioner Gordon
Ken Watanabe (The Last Samurai) - Ra's Al Ghul
Cillian Murphy (28 Days Later) - The Scarecrow
Morgan Freeman - Lucius Fox
Liam Neeson - Investigator Henri Ducard

I don't believe this cast. The Batman franchise has sucked hard for a long time, and there are too many popular actors here for this to make sense.

 

[Berandor]

And it's not a Schumacher film, but Nolan helming...

I'm actually afraid it'll be too good

 

[Mistwell]

I was led to believe that the Talia character would be a major role.

 

[Ranger REG]

Kelly Hu, despite the fact we knew her for "Lady Deathtrike" role in X2?

Or that young yet oh-so-pretty girl from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon?

Of course, if they prefer all-star cast, then ... sighs ... Lucy Liu (too old, IMHO).

 

[Henry]

So he is going to be the demon's head? ...possible.
I Wonder how Hollywood is going to treat Ra's Terrorist / New Eden goals.

Of course, it could be the older 1970's portrayal of Ras al-Ghul - Watanabe is perfect casting for that version of Ras, I think, except that he may need to lose some weight for the part - Ras is a skinny looking man. His new eden goals really didn't come out until later, didn't they?