In 2005, Christopher Nolan The life of the Gothic City Superhero to the big screen took sixth time in the story. Batman starts (Batman Begins) starring Christian Bale and with a renowned cast composed of Katie Holmes, Cillian Murphy, Gary Oldman, Liam Neeson, Michael Caine y Morgan Freemanhe approached the beginnings and origins of Bruce Wayne, raised 370 million dollars (a little more than double his budget) and won the Oscar awards nomination in the best photography category. But, above all things, he began one of the most memorable trilogies of cinema that was completed with Batman: The Knight of the Night (The Dark Knight) 2008 y Batman: The night’s knight ascends (The Dark Knight Rises) from 2012. 20 years after the first part of the “Nolan trilogy” we review where its protagonists are today.
The fourth Batman of history, after Adam West, Michael Keaton y George Clooney. One of the most prominent characters in Bale’s career that opened doors for important projects, including The fighter (The Fighter) for which he won the Oscar Prize for Best Main Actor. Your next release movie is The Bride!a horror story directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal in which interpret a Frankenstein. The rest of the cast is made up of Jessie Buckley, Penelope Cruz, Annette Bening and Jake Gyllenhaal. Its launch is scheduled for March 2026.
Batman starts marked the beginning of a Successful employment relationship between Murphy and Nolan. After playing the villain of history, he repeated the role in the next two films and met with the director in El Origen (Inception)Dunkerque and Oppenheimerwhich, in addition to winning the Oscar for the best film in 2024, gave him the statuette for Best Main Actor. last year the drama premiered Little things like these (Small Things Like Bese) And it is estimated that by the end of the year the movie of Peaky Blinderswhere will you see it again as Tommy Shelbyunder the direction of Tom Harper.
He put himself in the skin of Bruce Wayne’s love interest, however, to fans’ surprise he did not appear in the second part and It was replaced by Maggie Gyllenhaal. The reason for your absence? He could not commit to the project because he signed a contract to film Crazy for money (Mad Money) with Queen Latifah and Diane Keaton. As for his latest projects, from October 2024 to January 2025, the 49 -year -old actress starred in Broadway Our Town by Thornton Wilder, which was nominated for the Tony Awards as best revival of a work. This year, in addition, he made a special participation in the second season of Poker Face.
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He played Bruce Wayne’s faithful butler, Alfred Pennyworth, In the first installment of the trilogy and repeated his character in the remaining two. With a career full of successes in which they stand out The rules of the Casa de la Cider (The Cider House Rules)The American (The Quiet American) y Illusionists (now you see me), In 2023 the 92 -year -old artist premiered his last film, The great getaway (The Great Escape), in which he puts himself in the skin of a veteran of world War II.
For many it is “the man of the thousand faces.” After putting on the skin of the Gothic City Police officer, he had characters around the world like Sirius Black in Harry Potter y Winston Churchill en The darkest hours (Darkest Hour), paper for which the Oscar won. In 2022 he assumed a leading role on the small screen with Slow horses (Slow horses) Apple TV. His work earned him nominations for the Golden Globe and Emmy and it was already confirmed that the series was renewed for a fifth season.
The star of action movies was one of the bad in Batman starts. He played Henri Ducard, a Bruce Wayne teacher and responsible for his training who ends up revealing his true identity as The evil Ra’s al Ghul. At 72, the actor has several projects at the door, including The naked gun (The Naked Gun) With Pamela Anderson and Cold Storagebased on the homonymous novel by American author David Koepp, directed by Johnny Campbell.
He put himself in the skin of one of Bruce Wayne’s unconditional allies in the three films of the saga. His last project on the small screen was Special Ops: Lioness (Operativo: Lioness)with Zoe Saldaña and Nicole Kidman. As estimated, it will have a third season, although it was not officially renewed. As for its next projects, in November it premieres Illusionists 3 (now you see Me 3) where you will see it with Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Fisher Island and Dave Franco.
Christopher Nolan trilogy, Batman starts (Batman Begins), Batman: The Knight of the Night (The Dark Knight) y Batman: The night’s knight ascends (The Dark Knight Rises), are available on the Max streaming platform. The first two can also be seen in Prime Video.
