Sky Cinema Batman - from tomorrow a channel dedicated to the Dark Knight
Waiting for the next The Batman, directed by Matt Reeves with Robert Pattinson in the role of the hero, Sky Cinema Batman will propose 7 of the Batman feature films are 7 titles that make up the endless production dedicated to the DC hero, conceived in 1939 by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, including the two films directed by Tim Burton, the two films by Joel Schumacher and the three chapters by Christopher Nolan.
All films will be available on demand on Sky and in streaming on NOW TV.
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It starts with Batman and Batman - The Return, the two cult films directly from Tim Burton in 1989 and 1992.It is 1989 when the visionary and gothic director Tim Burton takes BATMAN to the cinema, which sees Michael Keaton wearing the role of Bruce Wayne, as well as the cape of the Bat Man. We also find Kim Basinger in the role of Vicki Vale and Jack Nicholson in the colorful ones of Joker. The film was a tremendous success, earning dizzying revenues and the 1990 Oscar® for Best Production Design. Three years later, in 1992, the duo Burton - Keaton returns to the cinema with BATMAN - THE RETURN, in which the hero of DC Comics deals with the splendid Catwoman played by Michelle Pfeiffer and the terrible Penguin in the guise of Danny DeVito.
We continue with Batman Forever (1995) and Batman & Robin (1997), the two disputed films signed by the visionary Joel Schumacher.
The adventures of Batman continue in 1995 with BATMAN FOREVER, which sees Joel Schumacher as director and in the cast Val Kilmer as Batman, Nicole Kidman as Doctor Chase Meridian, Jim Carrey as the Riddler, Tommy Lee Jones as Two-Face and Chris O'Donnell as Robin. In 1997 Joel Schumacher still signs BATMAN & ROBIN, but this time the role of the hero is entrusted to George Clooney, flanked by Chris O'Donnell's Robin. As villain instead we find Uma Thurman called to interpret the role of Poison Ivy and Arnold Schwarzenegger that of Mr. Freeze.
2005 marks the reboot of the film franchise with the advent of Christopher Nolan with his seminal trilogy consisting of Batman Begins, The Dark Knight (unanimously considered the best cinecomics ever) and The Dark Knight Rises.
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In 2008 the second chapter of Nolan, THE DARK KNIGHT, is released in theaters, in which Bale-Wayne must save Gotham from the disturbing Joker, played by an unforgettable Heath Ledger who for this role obtained the Oscar and the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor. In the film, which was also awarded the Oscar® for Best Sound Editing, we also find Maggie Gyllenhaal as Rachel Dawes and Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent.
With the year 2012 the Nolan trilogy ends with the release of THE DARK KNIGHT - THE RETURN, where we find a Bale-Wayne forced to return to business when the thief Catwoman, played by Anne Hathaway, and the terrorist Bane, played by Tom Hardy. The cast also stars Marion Cotillard as Miranda Tate and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as police officer John Blake.
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