Hi, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab...

Evidently, some big BATMAN BEGINS news is supposed to hit somewhere online today. Hope so. Even though I’m burned out at the very mention of either BATMAN or SUPERMAN thanks to the years of rumors on both, this film’s script has finally rekindled my interest, and reports like this one only make it worse:

Hi Harry

Thought you might be interested to know I saw a merchandising promo reel for 'Batman Begins' last night. The piece was only 4 minutes long but included interviews with David Goyer, Christopher Nolan and producer Charles Roven.

Most of it was stuff i'd heard before but one thing I hadn't seen and that was the Batmobile!

The only view we got was a production design drawing(god knows how much that'll change) and it looked very much like a cross between the 'armadillo' from 'Armageddon' (except a LOT more low to the ground - like a Lamborghini) and the angular black paneling of a stealth bomber. (I'm sorry that i'm unable to provide the illustration but i only saw this promo reel once!) The wheels (there were 4) were positioned with 2 side by side in front of the grill and two larger wheels at the back.

Nolan said that 'the car chases will be very real and very much in the vein of 'The French Connection' and less in the studio bound style that we have come to expect'

David Goyer mentioned that for the first time in his career, he had penned HUGE action sequences and 'was told by Warner Bros. to 'make it bigger!'...sounds cool. He also said that in this story: 'fans will learn where the Batmobile comes from, where the Bat signal comes from, where the Bat costume comes from and where Batman's skills come from & who taught him'

Production design photos were also shown depicting the look of Gotham, and the gigantic minatures that have been constructed. It looked very much like New York today except much more exaggerated in terms of size & scale, all the photos/designs & city scape miniatures were lit with a rust coloured daylight tint to them (thank god, i couldn't deal with yet another 'Burton-esque' look) and Nolan mentioned the city of Gotham will be an exaggerated-in-size New York city utilising existing locations with additional sets designed by production desgner Nathan Crowley.

Nolan also said: 'what the fans want is a very sincere attempt to tell this wonderful story as well as it can possibly be told and we will do our best to do that'

cheers Harry

Brundlefly

Nolan’s got his heart in the right place, and he’s a damn good filmmaker. Boy… can you imagine having a good BATMAN in the theater again? Maybe we won’t have to imagine it anymore. Maybe it’s actually about to happen. Keep those bat-fingers crossed, everyone...

"Moriarty" out.