The Dark Knight Caine confirms Joker!

[Robin91939]

Caine Talks BEGINS Sequel
Author: Jett
Friday, July 7, 2006 - 5:16 AM CENTRAL TIME: Sir Michael Caine appeared on the UK TV program called "Off Set" recently. Caine said he considered himself "retired" and that he comes out of retirement for good projects -- like the sequel to BATMAN BEGINS which he will work on in 2007. He also mentioned that they'll be dealing with The Joker in the next Bat-flick and Chris Nolan is directing.

Now I didn't see this myself, so if anyone caught Caine on this show, shoot me an email and confirm this for all of us. And thanks to UK BOF'er "Dave C." for the info!

batman-on-film.com/batmovienews.html

Not much, but it's something to hold us over, with this time of no news.

-R

 

[The Chairman]

This is cool, even though he's been confirmed for awhile now.

However, if Michael Caine says it, it must be true.

 

[Robin91939]

I know it's not much, and its something we basically already knew. But it's kind of like when everyone KNEW Venom was going to be in SPIDER-MAN 3 but it was just good to hear the actors actually acknoweledge his involvement.

-R

 

[StorminNorman]

Lord Sir Michael Caine news is always good news.

 

[The Chairman]

Lord Sir Michael Caine news is always good news.

Michael Caine rules.

Forget Chuck Norris. They should be doing Michael Caine Facts.

Then again, those facts are for lame celebrities whose lameness is being mocked. Michael Caine is genuinely cool, unlike Norris and Vin Diesel. Well, Norris was cool for some time, but now he's kind of lame.

Michael Caine has never been lame.

 

[El Payaso]

Has Caine ever seen Batman Begins ending?

 

[StorminNorman]

Michael Caine rules.

Forget Chuck Norris. They should be doing Michael Caine Facts.

Then again, those facts are for lame celebrities whose lameness is being mocked. Michael Caine is genuinely cool, unlike Norris and Vin Diesel. Well, Norris was cool for some time, but now he's kind of lame.

Michael Caine has never been lame.

When we die, we go to Michael Caine's house - or atleast that is what Bettanism teaches.

 

[StorminNorman]

Has Caine ever seen Batman Begins ending?

 

[The Caped Knight]

batman-on-film.com/batmovienews.html

Not much, but it's something to hold us over, with this time of no news.

-R

Awesome, I can't wait . to see THE BAT Return

 

[El Payaso]

I mean, everybody knows Joker will be in the sequels just after seeing that last scene.

 

[StorminNorman]

I mean, everybody knows Joker will be in the sequels just after seeing that last scene.

Well I dont think Caine was acting like he was revealing any great secret.

 

[BatMatt]

edit: double post

 

[BatMatt]

cool enough news blurb for me, even if it isn't exactly groundbreaking

 

[Stringer]

nothing special but at least its something.

 

[xwolverine2]

yay......???

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

Meh, he's ****ing Michael Caine.....so let's have beer on him anyways.

 

[Jinnobi]

I agree with El Payaso. That last scene in BB gave us the hook for the sequel that will pull us all in. I hope they just don't kill him off since he is Batman's greatest villain.

 

[Retroman]

Good to hear from Caine.

 

[Retroman]

For those who don't believe it. Heres a transcript of the interview with Caine.

From Turner Classic Movies:

MICHAEL CAINE

SIR MICHAEL CAINE OFF SET INTERVIEW

Sir Michael Caine on favourite films and actors

One of my favourite films of all time is Point Blank. I love Lee Marvin, he’s another one of my favourite actors. I never met Bogart but I knew Lee very well. I thought Point Blank was a knockout gangster movie, really that’s the one I loved. That’s why I wanted to do Get Carter, I wanted to try and do a movie like that.

I’ve been an actor for a very long while, 52 years. I’ve always been a leading actor in a movie rather than a movie star based on one personality. You get some movie stars who refuse to do thing saying [affects a pompous tone] “Michael Caine wouldn’t do that”. In my case I would do anything, change my hair, my voice, looks whatever.

My definition of the difference between a movie star and a movie actor is that a movie star gets the script and says how can I change this to suit me? Whereas the movie actor gets the script and says how can I change me to suit this?

You don’t retire from the movies, they retire you. The scripts stop coming or the money is too small to make it worthwhile getting up in the morning. The way I work, I regard myself as retired; I only come out of retirement for offers I can’t refuse. I haven’t worked for a year but I wanted to play Batman’s butler, I wanted to play Nicole’s dad in Bewitched and there’s another film, The Weatherman where I played Nicolas Cage’s dad. They were all parts that fascinated me. I wasn’t ready for a lead after The Quiet American, which was a tough role for me and cured me of playing leads for a while.

Now I will do something there are three pictures I want to do, small parts. One [Children of Men, released September 2006] is with Alfonso Cuaron who directed Y tu Mama Tambien, I wanted to work with him and then Christopher Nolan who directed Batman is doing a smaller film called The Prestige about magicians and it’s very interesting. And we’re going to make The Joker next year.

Jude Law and I have got together and we might remake Sleuth. We’ve got a very good script by Harold Pinter that might be worth doing with me in the older Olivier part and him playing my part but we haven’t got that set up yet.

Sir Michael Caine on classic movies

I think classic movies are terribly important and it’s great because children can see them on TV. I have a list of the 100 greatest films of all time and if you have to buy a present for someone who’s got everything and if they are film buffs that’s what I buy them cos there’s many of them they haven’t seen.

My favourite movies are The Third Man, Casablanca and On The Waterfront and they are all in black and white.

My favourite line is from Casablanca. She says, “Do you remember Paris” he says, “Yes I do, the Germans wore grey and you wore blue”.

Source: http://www.tcmonline.co.uk/month/0706/theme2.jsp

 

[FaT_tONle]

What are the other "most likely villains"... Penguin cameo don't count really... Harvey ain't a villain yet... I hope they still have other mobsters to face of with Batman too... any thoughts?

 

[Van Petrol]

Whether it true, or not, or still needs to be confirmed, its still good to hear something.

 

[ryan dube]

The Joker Begins!

 

[StorminNorman]

Sir Michael Caine is the grandfather I never had

 

[mcflytrap]

It should read "Caine confirms Bettany as Joker!"

Now THERE'S some ****in' news!

 

[StorminNorman]

It should read "Caine confirms Bettany as Joker!"

Now THERE'S some ****in' news!

JOYGASM!