March 2005
March 26th, 2005
Magazine alert: Batman is on the cover of the latest Empire May 2005 issue.
Check out IGN for some pictures from the upcoming Batman Begins game.
You missed the Wondercon in San Francisco earlier this month? Then check out IESB for some exclusive video footage from the roundtable interview!
New Batman Adds Bat Girl to Family
By Mike Szymanski
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - Christian Bale, who's playing the upcoming mysterious superhero in "Batman Begins" this summer, has had his first child late Thursday (March 24), Zap2it.com has confirmed.
Bale is married to Winona Ryder's former assistant Sibi Blazic. The couple met when Bale was dating Ryder, and they married in January 2000.
This is the couple's first child was born in a Santa Monica, Calif. hospital, and it's a girl.
Bale, who has always been rather secretive about his personal life, doesn't
want his family in the public spotlight. He has even tried to keep his wife's
pregnancy secret. A source who knows the couple confirms that both mother and
child are doing well.
Bale has previously starred in "The Machinist," "Laurel Canyon,"
"American Psycho," "Reign of Fire" and is soon to begin
"The New World" with Terrence Malick.
Read the original article here
Congratulations and all the best wishes for the future!
March 23rd, 2005
Batman Begins
Check out the new Flash site on the officical Batman Begins website.
March 21st, 2005
Batman Begins
According to Warner Brothers German Batman Begins website the German theatrical release date will be June 16 - one day before the US start. It used to be June 23.
March 18th, 2005
The Machinist DVD Release
According to DVD Times Paramount Home Entertainment have scheduled the Region 1 DVD release of The Machinist for 7th June 2005.
Early specs indicate the following features will be included:
- Commentary by Director Brad Anderson
- 8 Deleted Scenes
- The Machinist: Breaking The Rule
- Theatrical Trailer
March 17th, 2005
Howl's Moving Castle
Interesting news at Comingsoon.net. After lending his voice to Thomas in Pocahontas and Bruce Wayne/Batman in the upcoming Batman Begins game, Christian has apparently done it again ...
Academy Award®-winning director Hayao Miyazaki ("Spirited Away") takes moviegoers on an amazing new animated adventure that celebrates the power of love to transform and the resiliency of the human spirit in the face of adversity. Brimming with a blend of imagination, humor, action, and romance, "Howl's Moving Castle" recently played to great acclaim at the 2004 Venice Film Festival, and has become one of the biggest blockbusters of all time in Japan – earning more than $193 million at the box office and still counting.
A distinguished cast of actors, under the direction of Pixar's Pete Docter ("Monsters, Inc."), lend their vocal talents to this English-language version of the film. Sophie (voiced by Emily Mortimer), an average teenage girl working in a hat shop, finds her life thrown into turmoil when she is literally swept off her feet by a handsome-but-mysterious wizard named Howl (voiced by Christian Bale), and is subsequently turned into a 90-year old woman (voiced by screen legend and two-time Oscar® nominee Jean Simmons) by the vain and conniving Wicked Witch of the Waste (voiced by screen legend and Oscar® nominee Lauren Bacall). Embarking on an incredible odyssey to lift the curse, she finds refuge in Howl's magical moving castle where she becomes acquainted with Markl, Howl's apprentice, and a hot-headed fire demon named Calcifer (voiced by Billy Crystal). Sophie's love and support comes to have a major impact on Howl, who flies in the face of orders from the palace to become a pawn of war and instead risks his life to help bring peace to the kingdom. Extraordinary characters, inventive imagery, and stunning artistry make this latest masterpiece from the visionary Miyazaki an unforgettable filmgoing experience.
Release Date: June 10, 2005 (NY, LA, SF; wide release: June 17)
Starring: Emily Mortimer, Jean Simmons, Christian Bale, Billy Crystal, Lauren
Bacall, Blythe Danner, Josh Hutcherson
Official Japanese Website: Howl-movie.com
Production Stills: View
here
Source: Comingsoon.net
March 5th, 2005
Magazine Alert: Empire April 2005, HotDog March 2005,
March 1st, 2005
Congratulations to Morgan Freeman for winning the Academy Award!
Christian Bale, Katie Holmes, and Cillian Murphy Star in "Batman Begins"
LOS ANGELES, CA, March 1, 2005 - IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures
today announced that "Batman Begins" will be simultaneously released
to IMAX(R) and conventional 35mm theatres on June 17th, 2005. The film, which
explores the origins of the Batman legend and the Dark Knight's emergence as
a force for good in Gotham, will be digitally re-mastered into the unparalleled
image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience(R) with proprietary IMAX DMR(R)
(Digital Re-mastering) technology for the IMAX release. Warner Bros. Pictures
will be the exclusive distributor of Batman Begins to IMAX theatres worldwide.
"Moviegoers love to experience our event movies in IMAX theatres and filmmakers
rave about how their work appears on the IMAX canvas," said Dan Fellman,
President of Domestic Distribution at Warner Bros. Pictures. "We're excited
to make our eighth film commitment to IMAX with 'Batman Begins: The IMAX Experience.'"
"This film will be the latest in a series of fantastic Warner Bros. Pictures releases which have helped change the way moviegoers experience Hollywood movies," said IMAX Co-Chairmen and Co-CEOs Richard L. Gelfond and Bradley J. Wechsler. "Warner Bros. Pictures has been an instrumental partner in establishing this trend and advancing the IMAX theatre network as the newest distribution platform for Hollywood content."
Added Greg Foster, IMAX Chairman and President of Filmed Entertainment, "We are extremely pleased with how our 2005 commercial film slate has taken shape and believe 'Batman Begins' will be a perfect way to kick off the blockbuster summer film season."
"Batman Begins" is directed by Christopher Nolan, director of the critically acclaimed films "Memento" and "Insomnia," produced by Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Larry Franco, and stars Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman. The story finds the disillusioned industrial heir Bruce Wayne, in the wake of his parents' murder, traveling the world to seek the means to fight injustice and turn fear against those who prey on the fearful. He returns to Gotham and unveils his alter-ego: Batman, a masked crusader who uses his strength, intellect and an array of high tech deceptions to fight the sinister forces that threaten the city.
Other members of the film's all star cast include Michael Caine as Bruce Wayne/Batman's trusted butler, Alfred; Liam Neeson as Wayne's mentor; Katie Holmes as Rachel Dawes, a childhood friend of Wayne's; Gary Oldman as Lieutenant James Gordon; Cillian Murphy as Dr. Jonathan Crane; Tom Wilkinson as Carmine Falcone; Rutger Hauer as the CEO of Wayne Enterprises; Ken Watanabe as the villainous Ra's Al Ghul and Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox. The executive producers of Batman Begins are Benjamin Melniker and Michael Uslan. Screenplay is by Christopher Nolan and David Goyer, and the film is based on characters created by Bob Kane, published by DC Comics.
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