In 2005, the Batman series of films was formally resurrected with the critical and commercial success of Batman Begins. Begins was a reboot of the entire series under the direction of Christopher Nolan with Christian Bale as Batman. A sequel has been commissioned titled The Dark Knight for a 2008 release. The series was placed on hold due to the dismal box office performance of Batman & Robin. Warner Bros. attempted to pursue several projects to ...
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In 2005, the Batman series of films was formally resurrected with the critical and commercial success of Batman Begins. Begins was a reboot of the entire series under the direction of Christopher Nolan with Christian Bale as Batman. A sequel has been commissioned titled The Dark Knight for a 2008 release. The series was placed on hold due to the dismal box office performance of Batman & Robin. Warner Bros. attempted to pursue several projects to resurrect the series, but did not succeed in doing so until establishing Christopher Nolan to direct Batman Begins (2005), which rebooted the film series' continuity. Nolan is currently directing The Dark Knight, which continues the story restarted by Batman Begins.
In September 2000, Warner Bros. hired Darren Aronofsky to direct Batman: Year One, a film adaptation of the 1987 comic book Batman: Year One by Frank Miller.
Nolan explained that as long as he is directing, he is not including Robin in the franchise because Christian Bale was...
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