Posted by Pepsi One at cx590266-c.phnx3.az.home.com on September 07, 2000 at 17:36:05:
I got this of IMDB.com.
Clooney Proposes A Noir Batman
George Clooney, perhaps the most critically derided Batman, has offered a
suggestion for reviving the Batman movie franchise. "I actually wrote a
treatment for the next Batman," Clooney says in an interview appearing in
the current Movieline magazine. "You do the movie cheap, in film noir
style. Make Batman the dark knight, something Tim Burton didn't even do.
You start at Alfred's burial, with a Sam Spade film noir narrator, talking
to this death figure standing there that only he sees. Go into the first
big action set with Robin and he gets killed." He suggested that the entire
film could be made for about $30 million. Whether Clooney was serious about
his noir Batman could not be determined. He did not indicate whether he
wanted a second chance at playing the role.
Sounds interesting. It's definitely another way to go, but I think it would
kill the franchise. At least for 20 years until someone decides to start
it over again with Johnathon Lipnicki as the first four-eyed Batman.
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