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: Year One (film) Batman film franchise. This reboot was to be based on "Batman: Year One". Accordingly, Aronofsky collaborated with Frank Miller who finished an early draft of the script. The script, however, was a loose adaptation, as it kept most of the themes and elements from the graphic novel but shunned other conventions that were otherwise integral to the character. It was eventually shelved by the studio and Aronofsky and Miller moved on to other projects. In 2005, Christopher Nolan began his series, with the reboot film "Batman Begins", which draws inspiration from "Batman: Year One" and other stories. Christopher Nolan's "Batman