Even as Christian Bale basks in the gargantuan success that is "The Dark Knight," today the actor's standing as a leading man is suddenly a lot shakier thanks to his arrest in London on assault charges. For the latest on the arrest, check out our full report here.
It couldn't be more inopprtune timing for the star as he's in the middle of attempting to re-start another huge franchise in the form of "Terminator Salvation." Only days before the arrest the actor described the way this new effort would be handled on the big screen, "It will be in a similar fashion to the way that 'Batman Begins' revitalized and reinvented," Bale of course is picking up the John Connor role previously occupied by Eddie Furlong, Thomas Dekker and Nick Stahl in the film. Director McG has been known to compare the "Terminator" re-launch with Chris Nolan's Batman series, and Bale revealed to us that he hopes to do several sequels. Read More...
The caped crusader is back in a BIG way on the silver screen. Everyone has been buzzing about it for months and here it is! maybe you saw it last night or this morning? Maybe you're checking it out this weekend or maybe you're scrambling for tickets like many of us? Well, before we let you sound off on the flick, maybe you want to take a look at some of truly exhaustive recent "Dark Knight" coverage.
By Jasmine Rencher
- Go with him if you want to live: Christian Bale signed on for three “Terminators.” (
When I was at ShoWest in Vegas last week, I learned quite a bit. Eddie Murphy's next movie has changed titles from "Starship Dave" to "Meet Dave," for instance, and has a disturbing poster with a tiny Eddie peeking out from big Eddie's ear. Dustin Hoffman has a romantic film coming up called "Last Chance Harvey," and something called "Traitor" still manages to look uninteresting despite boasting both Don Cheadle and Guy Pearce.
He may not have been the original John Connor, but up until recently Nick Stahl was the most recent version of mankind's only hope. Now, Christian Bale is the newest "Terminator" star, Thomas Dekker is the kid brooding all over "The Sarah Connor Chronicles," and the "T3” actor has a message for the fans wondering why he...ahem...won't be back.
If there was a hotter ticket in New York last night than the debut in IMAX of the first minutes of "The Dark Knight," I don't know what it was. Certainly I was primed for massive enjoyment from the start and no, that had nothing to do with the wine and delectible treats up for grabs on the Upper West Side of Manhattan last evening.
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Who Was The Ultimate 'Dark Knight'? Christian Bale or Michael Keaton?
Posted 7/8/08 1:09 pm EST by Josh Horowitz in Commentary
But then again, I love me my Michael Keaton. He’s the Batman I grew up with after all and his snarling utterance of “I’m Batman” just edges out Bale’s growling utterance of “I’m Batman” in my book.
In the last week we’ve also talked to both Adam West (more on that soon) and Val Kilmer (stay tuned for an amazing discussion of the bat nipples) but much as I love them, they’re kind of also-rans in this superhero contest, right?
We're delving into a lot more than the casting of Batman in this article just up all about the history of the character. Check it out here.
And in the meantime, maybe you want to weigh in? Who best captures the Batman in your mind’s eye? Sound off.
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