Batman Begins News and Photos

[Walter Cronkite]

Synopsis: As a young boy, Bruce Wayne watched in horror as his millionaire parents were slain in front of him--a trauma that leads him to become obsessed with revenge. But the opportunity to avenge his parent's deaths is cruelly taken away from him by fate. Fleeing to the East, where he seeks counsel with the dangerous but honorable ninja cult leader known as Ra's Al-Ghul, Bruce returns to his now decaying Gotham City, which is overrun by organized crime and other dangerous individuals manipulating the system. Meanwhile, Bruce is slowly being swindled out of Wayne Industries, the company he inherited. The discovery of a cave under his mansion, along with a prototype armored suit, leads him to assume a new persona, one which will strike fear into the hearts of men who do wrong; he becomes Batman!!! In the new guise, and with the help of rising cop Jim Gordon, Batman sets out to take down the various nefarious schemes in motion by individuals such as mafia don Falcone, the twisted doctor/drug dealer Jonathan 'The Scarecrow' Crane, and a mysterious third party that is quite familiar with Wayne and waiting to strike when the time is right.

Tom Welling, who plays Clark Kent in WB's TV series Smallville, may have a cameo part in 'Batman Begins'. According to a 'Superherohype' scooper, who evidently got a hold of a casting call sheet that looks pretty genuine to me which indicates a T. Welling playing the part of "KENT". This would conincide with the recent rumours that Tom Welling has signed on to a film but was sworn to secrecy. Could 'Batman Begins' be the film he was talking about? Nothing is known for sure, heck, that casting sheet could be a fake for all we know. Anyway, only time will tell I guess. Check out the casting call sheet for yourself. You be the judge. Thanks to 'Bradley' for the heads up!


Cillian Murphy as Johnathan Crane


Ken Watanabe as Ra's Al Ghul


Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox


Gary Oldman as Lt. James Gordon


Tom Wilkinson as Carmine Falcone


Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne



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