Batman Begins Batman Begins Batman Begins is a 2005 superhero film based on the DC Comics character Batman, directed by Christopher Nolan and written by Nolan and David S. Goyer. It stars Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman, Cillian Murphy, Tom Wilkinson, Rutger Hauer, Ken Watanabe, and Morgan Freeman. The film reboots the "Batman" film series, telling the origin story of Bruce Wayne from the death of his parents to his journey to become Batman and his fight to stop Ra's al Ghul and the Scarecrow from plunging Gotham City into chaos. After a series of unsuccessful projects
Batman: The Man Who Laughs Batman: The Man Who Laughs Batman: The Man Who Laughs is a one-shot prestige format comic book by Ed Brubaker and Doug Mahnke, released in February 2005, and intended as a successor to "". It tells the story of Batman's first encounter with the Joker in continuity. The plot is based on the Joker's original introduction in "Batman" #1 (1940). The title is a reference to Victor Hugo's novel "The Man Who Laughs", whose main character was one of the original inspirations for the Joker. The story has been reprinted, in both hard and softcover, with "Detective Comics" #784–786—a storyline