Bat Signal Declined: The Coen brothers’ cult detour from Gotham
They told Warner Bros where to go.
Batman
How Christopher Nolan changed Hollywood from his own garage with ‘Batman Begins’
From humble beginnings, a wave of change.
The iconic Jack Nicholson movie that made Roger Ebert miserable: “It’s a depressing experience”
Ebert took this blockbuster to task for lacking in a ‘fun’ factor
Jack Nicholson: The Oscar winner paid more than $2.2m per minute of screen time
This eye-watering contract was unprecedented at the time
Robert Pattinson frustrated with ‘The Batman’ sequel delays: “I’m going to be fucking old Batman by the sequel”
“I started out as young Batman and I’m going to be fucking old Batman by the sequel.”
Tim Burton, Harrison Ford, and a Batman movie that never came to fruition: “Oh, shit”
He didn’t sound too please about it, either
The real reason Val Kilmer only ever played Batman once: “Crushed by the reality”
“Whatever boyish excitement I had going in was crushed.”
The unlikely role Jack Nicholson compared to Shakespeare: “I took the character seriously”
An iconic performance.