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‘Batman’ role cast
LOS ANGELES -- Holy casting news! An "American Psycho" has been picked to star as Bruce Wayne in a new "Batman" movie.
Christian Bale will don the cape and mask in a film that will chronicle the early career of The Dark Knight, Warner Bros. Pictures announced Thursday.
"Memento" filmmaker Christopher Nolan will direct the movie, which is set to begin filming in early 2004.
Bale, 29, made his breakthrough in Steven Spielberg's "Empire of the Sun" in 1987.
Actors who have also played the Caped Crusader are Michael Keaton (1989 and 1992), Val Kilmer ( 1995) and George Clooney (1997).
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