Friday, November 13

• Michael Caine Says Batman 3 Might Not Happen

  Batman's faithful butler, Alfred, has dropped bad news ... again.

  Batman fans everywhere have been furiously blogging and discussing the twists and turns in the will-they-or-won't-they debate over a third installment of Christopher Nolan's revamped Batman franchise. Early on it was announced that, although lead actor Christian Bale was contractually obligated to appear in Batman 3, Nolan had no such obligation and might decide not to direct another one.

  Screenwriter David S. Goyer gave fans some hope when he said that he believed Nolan would return if he could "find the story that he's happy with." Then, Gary Oldman got everyone excited when he announced that filming would begin in 2010, only to recant his statement a couple days later.

  Actor Cillian Murphy, who played The Scarecrow in the first two films, is hopeful that another film will be made, and Aaron Eckhart, said that he "would do anything" Nolan asked of him, including reprise his TDK role of Two-Face.

  Michael Caine, who plays butler Alfred in both Batman films, initially gave fans some intriguing news when he announced that Johnny Depp and Philip Seymor Hoffman had been cast respectively as The Riddler and The Joker in Batman 3. However, a year later he retracted his statement saying that Depp was not involved and that there was "nobody ... no script, there's nothing."

  Now, Caine is at it again, this time announcing that fans shouldn't hold their breath for another installment of bat-justice.

  As for the future... if they ever make another Batman, I will be in, I will be the butler...

  But I don't know if they are ever going to make another Batman. If they do it won't be for quite a while."

  
  
  

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Tuesday, October 27

• A Few Inception Details Sneak Out

  The mystery surrounding Christopher Nolan's upcoming thriller Inception has been extremely hard to penetrate. Along with the earlier trailer revelation that it contains airborne hallway battles, there's the photographic "reveal" this weekend that the movie will feature a sharply dressed Leonardo DiCaprio sitting dangerously on a window sill.

  In addition, Nolan favorite Michael Caine has offered up a small tidbit about his role: "I play a professor who's teaching a guy science," Caine told Empire. "It's Leonardo DiCaprio. He's going off to do a science project and he speaks to me before he goes."

  Caine couldn't reveal more because he was only handed his one scene, but another Nolan regular, Cillian Murphy, has seen the entire script and still wouldn't reveal much about the movie to MTV.

  This is my third film with Chris. He showed me the whole script. It's very very complex and amazing. I'm hugely excited for next year when it comes out. It's conceptual. It doesn't fit into any genre. There are elements of different types of things in it but it is all from Chris' imagination. I've never read anything close to it before.

  There is one thing Nolan can't keep secret: Inception opens July 16, 2010.

  
  

  Posted 10/27/2009 by Ryan

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Thursday, September 24

• Michael Caine Says No Johnny Depp in Batman 3

  Michael Caine may be in hot water again. He got in trouble when he confirmed rumors with MTV that Johnny Depp would play The Riddler and Philip Seymour Hoffman would play The Penguin in Batman 3. At the time, Caine said:

  When Christopher [Nolan] said we were going to do The Dark Knight next, I didn't [know] what that meant in Batman terms. I said, "What's the story?" and he said The Joker. I said, "Oh, s**t! How are you going to top Jack [Nicholson]?" He said, "Well, I've cast Heath Ledger. And I went "Ha! I couldn't top Jack, but if anyone could, maybe Heath could." And he did.

  I was with [a Warner Bros.] executive and I said, "Are we going to make another one?" They said yeah. I said, "How the hell are we going to top Heath?" And he says "I'll tell you how you top Heath — Johnny Depp as The Riddler and Philip Seymour Hoffman as The Penguin." I said, "S**t, they've done it again!" [Laughs]

  A year later, Caine is trying to do damage control, speaking with MTV again, and refuting those same newspaper rumors he was so quick to confirm.

  Johnny Depp is great in anything, but there is no Johnny Depp in this Batman. They tell me in no uncertain terms.

  Depp has claimed he'd "juggle" his schedule for the chance to appear in Batman 3, though there's little reason to worry about that now, since Caine says there's little chance that Batman 3 will see the light of day soon.

  There is nobody, there's no script, there's nothing. It can't possibly be made before 2011 because [Nolan's upcoming thriller] Inception is such a big picture.

  Of course, after all the trouble he made last year, Caine is currently the last man to know anything about Batman 3.

  [They] won't tell me anything because I said this before. No one will tell me anything now. They say, "Don't tell Michael, he'll tell everybody."

  
  

  Posted 09/24/2009 by Ryan

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Sunday, April 26

• Michael Caine Takes Small Role in Inception

  Christopher Nolan regular Michael Caine confirmed he will appear in the director's upcoming sci-fi thriller Inception:

  I have a little part in it, yes. Just a tiny part. Chris and I are very good friends so I’ll do that little part. I think I’ll work about three days. It’ll be extraordinary, wait until you see this one. I think if I say another word he’s going to kill me!

  With Joseph Gordon-Levitt recently joining the cast, and Ellen Page, Marion Cotillard and Cillian Murphy already on board, this is turning out to be quite an ensemble. No new details about the movie's plot was revealed, with Inception remaining shrouded in secrecy.

  
  

  Posted 04/26/2009 by Ryan

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Monday, October 8

• Caine Calls Ledger "Fantastic" as Joker

  Michael Caine has been raving about Heath Ledger's portrayal of The Joker in The Dark Knight during his recent press tour promoting Sleuth. "He's Fantastic," Caine told UPI News Service. "He's gone in a different direction than Jack... Heath is the most murderous pyschopath you've ever seen on screen."

  Caine went on to recall his first sighting of Ledger as The Joker, coming out of an elevator. "I was waiting for Batman's guests, but (the Joker) had taken over the elevator... Oh! wait until you see them. So, I'd never seen any of it and the elevator door opened and they came out and I forgot every bloody line. They frightened the bloody life out of me..."

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