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23 on George Clooney didn't know his Batsuit had nipples (video)MTV's Josh Horowitz caught up with George Clooney at the premiere of his new movie Gravity, where a medical engineer and an astronaut work together to survive after an accident leaves them adrift in space. Horowitz asked Clooney which suit was more uncomfortable, a space suit or the Batsuit. Clooney's reply was pretty funny: Batsuit. Let's face…
Tonight Show host Jay Leno is no stranger to cool cars. He's known for his passion for automobiles and has a collection of nearly 200 cars and motorcycles. Last week, the coolest one of all entered his garage -- Christian Bale's Batmobile, the Tumbler. Warner Bros. stopped by on an episode of Jay Leno's Garage to show…
Holy Nintendo graphics, Batman! The crew over at CineFix have added Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight as the latest video from their "8-bit Cinema" series. Not only do the graphics take you back to the old Nintendo days, but they've got the 8-bit music down too. If you're old enough to have played Zelda on…
Screen Junkies has released the latest video in their "Honest Trailers" series and this one is all about Joel Schumacher's Batman & Robin. Movie trailers are just advertisements, designed to get you excited about a movie so that you'll pay $12 to go watch it at the theater. "Honest Trailers" puts together their own cuts…
Keysi Fighting Method is the style of martial arts that Christian Bale used in all three of Christopher Nolan's Batman movies. It was created by Justo Dieguez who also taught Keysi to Liam Neeson, Tom Cruise, Heath Ledger and Daniel Craig. Spanish website Vanitatis recently did a piece on Dieguez which included some new, never…
It's no secret that Heath Ledger stole the show in The Dark Knight with his performance of the Joker. His take on the twisted villain was so loved it even earned him a posthumous Oscar win. In an interview with Empire magazine during the production of The Dark Knight, Heath Ledger talk about what he did…
The Avengers director Joss Whedon was at the Film Society of Lincoln Center in NYC last night to screen his adaptation of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. After the screening there was a Q&A session and Whedon was asked which Marvel character he'd like to bring to the big screen. Whedon's answer surprised a lot of people: If…
Aaron Eckhart, aka Harvey Dent/Two-Face to Batman fans, was recently on Larry King Now. King asked Eckhart what Heath Ledger was like and he told an incredible story about a scene they filmed together for The Dark Knight. He talked about what it was like shooting the hospital scene with Ledger and the whole thing…
Aaron Eckhart, who played Harvey Dent/Two-Face in The Dark Knight, visited the IGN offices yesterday. He stopped by the desk of IGN Movies' Jim Vejvoda and posed for a picture with his Two-Face figure. I just thought this was a fun photo and wanted to share it with all of you. We haven't heard much from Eckhart…
ABC Family is starting to show Batman movies and a promo for their Batman Begins premiere last weekend has been making its way around the internet. Batman News comic reviewer Andrew Asberry brought it to my attention last week and now the promo is online in HD for the world to see. The thirty second…
Variant is a weekly web show that covers everything about comics including graphic novels, movies, TV, and games. The show caters to new readers, hardcore fans, and everyone in between. In this week's episode it's a battle of the billionaires. Host Arris Quinones breaks down the story of Bruce Wayne (Batman) and Tony Stark (Iron Man)…
As you may have heard, legendary movie critic Roger Ebert passed away earlier this week following an 11-year battle with cancer. Ebert's reviews were some of the most respected in the industry, so to honor him I thought it would be nice to take a look back at his live action Batman movie reviews. From…
Artist Rafa Toro has created animated cartoons of classic Batman movie villains from 1989's Batman all the way to 2012's The Dark Knight Rises. Check them out and let me know which one is your favorite in the comments below. Batman Batman Returns Batman Forever Batman & Robin Batman Begins The Dark Knight The Dark Knight…
Tony Swatton has been a blacksmith armorer for over thirty years. He has created weapons for over two hundred feature films... including Batman Forever and Batman & Robin. He even created Bane's belt buckles for The Dark Knight Rises. In the latest episode of his show Man at Arms, Swatton walked through the process of creating Batman's…
The cowl George Clooney wore in 1997's Batman & Robin has been donated to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. In addition Clooney's cowl, Warner Bros. donated Halle Berry's 2004 Catwoman costume, and part of Christopher Reeve's costume from 1983's Superman III. "Films are an integral part of this culture and of…
Variant is a weekly web show that covers everything about comics including graphic novels, movies, TV, and games. The show caters to new readers, hardcore fans, and everyone in between. When they sent me a recent episode covering the history of Batman, I had to share it with all of you. It's extremely well done…
Fans of the 1966 Batman TV series are in luck... toys based on the popular television show are finally coming out! Mattel has revealed the first images of the Batmobile, Batman, Riddler, and Penguin. The action figures will be available in July and retail for around $15, with the Batmobile costing about $50. More details…
I received a lot of emails today reminding me that it's the 5 year anniversary of Heath Ledger's death. Ledger left the world too soon on January 22, 2008 due to an accidental drug overdose. He shocked audiences all over the world with his portrayal of the Joker in The Dark Knight. In 2009, Ledger was…
Holy auction, Batman! The original Batmobile which was used in the hit Batman TV show in the 1960s sold at auction for $4.6 million. The auction took place at the Barrett-Jackson house in Scottsdale, Arizona last weekend. According to THR, the auctioneer hummed the theme to the classic show as the price rose and the excitement grew.…
Christian Bale might have got a bad rap for his rant on the set of Terminator Salvation a few years back, but his recent acts of kindness show that he's truly is a hero with or without the Batsuit. Back in July Bale visited with victims of the horrible Aurora, Colorado movie theater shooting, and…
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