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00:36:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10492,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.ryanwaddell.com\\\/archives\\\/2004\\\/07\\\/29\\\/batman-begins-teaser&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>While I knew that Waner Brothers was working on bringing the Batman franchise back from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/asin\/0790732912\/djwudicom-20\" title=\"Batman and Robin\">neon grave<\/a> that <a href=\"http:\/\/us.imdb.com\/name\/nm0001708\/\" title=\"Joel Schumacher\">Joel Schumacher<\/a> buried it in, I had no idea that the project was this far along: the <a href=\"http:\/\/batmanbegins.warnerbros.com\/\" title=\"Batman Begins\">teaser trailer<\/a> has just been posted.<\/p>\n<p>The trailer doesn&#8217;t really show me enough to be absolutely sure, but it does look promising. What looks more promising, however, was <a href=\"http:\/\/us.imdb.com\/title\/tt0372784\/\" title=\"Batman Begins\">the cast<\/a> they&#8217;ve lined up for this thing!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Director: <a href=\"http:\/\/us.imdb.com\/name\/nm0634240\/\" title=\"Christopher Nolan\">Christopher Nolan<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/asin\/B0000640SA\/djwudicom-20\" title=\"Memento\">Memento<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Batman\/Bruce Wayne: <a href=\"http:\/\/us.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000288\/\" title=\"Christian Bale\">Christian Bale<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ducard: <a href=\"http:\/\/us.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000553\/\" title=\"Liam Neeson\">Liam Neeson<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Alfred Pennyworth: <a href=\"http:\/\/us.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000323\/\" title=\"Michael Caine\">Michael Caine<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Rachel Dodson: <a href=\"http:\/\/us.imdb.com\/name\/nm0005017\/\" title=\"Katie Holmes\">Katie Holmes<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sgt.\u00a0James Gordon: <a href=\"http:\/\/us.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000198\/\" title=\"Gary Oldman\">Gary Oldman<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lucius Fox: <a href=\"http:\/\/us.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000151\/\" title=\"Morgan Freeman\">Morgan Freeman<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Richard Earle: <a href=\"http:\/\/us.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000442\/\" title=\"Rutger Hauer\">Rutger Hauer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With any luck, we just might get a watchable Batman movie again.<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ryanwaddell.com\/archives\/2004\/07\/29\/batman-begins-teaser\/\" title=\"Ryan's Rantin': Batman Begins Teaser\">Ryan<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>iTunes:<\/strong> &#8220;Girls of the Night (Elite Force)&#8221; by Surreal Madrid from the album <em>Black Flys pres. 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