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 and Howard, which also "eschews traditional heroic themes". Also contrary to previous "Batman" films, a psychological investigation of Bruce Wayne's split personality in the bat suit is only lightly touched upon. Orndorf noted that Bruce is a "character constantly striving to do the right thing, not worn down by incessant reexamination". Shawn Adler of "MTV" stated "Batman Begins" heralded a trend of darker genre films, that either retold back-stories or rebooted them altogether. Examples he cited were "Casino Royale", as well as the in-development "RoboCop", "Red Sonja", and "Grayskull". In 2012, Kevin Feige, film producer and president of Marvel Studios,