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 Begins in DVD sales by August 2006. "Batman Begins" was released on HD DVD on October 10, 2006. A "Limited Edition Giftset" of the film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on July 8, 2008, to coincide with "The Dark Knight" which hit theaters July 18, 2008. Due to the successful box office performance of "The Dark Knight", the "Batman Begins" DVD has since seen an increase in both sales and rentals. Batman Begins was released on 4K UHD Blu-Ray on December 19, 2017. Comic book writer and author Danny Fingeroth argues that a strong theme in the film is Bruce's