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Watch: ABC Family's 'Batman Begin's Promo Takes The "Dark" Out Of The Dark Knight

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • April 15, 2013 11:41 AM
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That ABC Family is even showing "Batman Begins" in the first place is a whole other conversation (though, the cable company also snapped up the TV rights to "The Hunger Games" so what do we know). But they are aware that a dark movie about a guy grieving over his parents' murder who decides to use the family's corporate abilities to build military grade equipment to fight a mad scientist who wants to basically make an entire city drop acid probably isn't the easiest sell for young kids.
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5 Things You Might Not Know About 'Batman Begins'

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
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  • July 18, 2012 9:56 AM
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While we appreciate that you're probably focused on this Friday's release of Daniel Auteil's directorial debut "The Well-Digger's Daughter," this week also sees the release of one other little film: "The Dark Knight Rises," the third and final chapter of Christopher Nolan's reinvention of the Batman character and world. The most critically acclaimed superhero franchise to date, the films have seen Nolan (who before turning to the series had only made three movies, all relatively small-budgeted thrillers) take a grounded approach, tackling the on-the-surface silly premise of a man dressing up as a bat to fight crime, and making it psychologically plausiuble in a way that's proven endlessly influential on tentpoles ever since.
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