(12 Sep 2003) SHOTLIST

APTN File
Berlin. September 30, 2000
1. Various Christian Bale on the set of 'Equilibrium'
Park City, Utah. January 2002
2. Various Christian Bale at Sundance Film Festival
Barcelona. July 10, 2003
3. Various Christian Bale at press conference of 'The Machinist'
Beverly Hills, California. May 29, 2002
4. Christopher Nolan, Director
Los Angeles. November 1996
5. Michel Keaton, Actor
Los Angeles. June 1995
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Val Kilmer:
" Obviously I believe that it will be somewhat of a surprise for people who have read the book, but regardless Mary has made the movie that she wanted to make. For some people that will be shocking."
London. June 1997
7. George Clooney at London premiere of Batman
8. Various Warner Bros cinema

CHRISTIAN BALE TO PLAY BATMAN

Holy casting news! An 'American Psycho' has been picked to star as Bruce Wayne in a new "Batman" movie.

Christian Bale will don the cape and mask in a film that will chronicle the early career of The Dark Knight, Warner Bros. Pictures announced Thursday.

'Memento' filmmaker Christopher Nolan will direct the movie, which is set to begin filming in early 2004.

"What I see in Christian is the ultimate embodiment of Bruce Wayne. He has exactly the balance of darkness and light that we were looking for," Nolan said in a statement.

Bale, 29, made his breakthrough in Steven Spielberg's 'Empire of the Sun' in 1987, playing a boy trying to survive in a Japanese-run POW camp in China.

His other credits include 'Swing Kids' (1993), 'Velvet Goldmine' (1998) and 'Shaft' (2000). But Bale's most infamous role was as the yuppie serial-killer in 2000's 'American Psycho'.

Warner Bros is clearly keen to resurrect the 'Batman' franchise that became a top box office draw after director Tim Burton and star Michael Keaton made two hit movies "Batman" (1989) and "Batman Returns" (1992).

The films got a little camper when Joel Schumacher took over for 1995's 'Batman Forever', with Val Kilmer as the Caped Crusader. The next instalment, 1997's 'Batman & Robin', starring George Clooney, was a critical disaster that alienated many fans.

Now Bale, in harness with fellow Brit Nolan, has been handed the chance to make the Batman character relevant to audiences once more..

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