Director Chris Nolan says of why he decided to help redux the character - "Batman is an absolutely iconic character, one of the great figures in pop culture, really. But there has to be a reason for making this film as opposed to just renting Tim Burton's version". Thus his joining was on the proviso he could strip away the later sequels' bombast and return "Batman" to its roots in character drama.
The article promises the film "won't look anything like a comic-book movie. In contrast to the gothic fantasia of Burton's creation, Nolan has opted for gritty urban realism". For example, a full city block set of Gotham built in an airplane hangar north of London does not resemble the dark 1930's inspired Gothic architecture of the first two films, nor the flashy Baroque towering skyscrapers of the Schumacher films but rather much of it based on the razed towering slums of Kowloon in Hong Kong.
The Batsuit for example starts out as a transluscent futuristic military design bodysuit complete with body armor and muscle-recovery devices. Wayne sprays it black to camouflage it. The black will be "serious, matte finish—not shiny or gloopy" and no nipples.
For the full article, click here. Meanwhile new video from the Batmobile unveiling event has gone up at UGO.
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