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Next Batman to be Directed By Pi's Darren Aronofsky

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-that's-looking-interesting dept.

tregoweth writes: "Variety is reporting that Darren Aronofsky, director of 'Pi' and 'Requiem for a Dream,' will be directing the next Batman movie (the one after 'Batman and Robin,' not the 'Batman Beyond' movie). He'll co-write it with Frank Miller, and it will be based on 'Batman: Year One.'" Pi was amazing, so it'll be cool to see where Aronofsky takes the Dark Knight.

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  1. OT Pi Story by taliver · · Score: 3
    So I'm seeing this movie in a little theatre and before it starts, they have a contest: whoever can recite the most digits of pi wins a poster of the movie.

    So I listen to a few people try:"3.34532" and then "3.134542" so I volunteer "3.14156", to which the perosn running the contest says "right, you're the winner so far." The next person says "3.5132", and this continues for a few more people.

    Needless to say:
    1) I won the contest and have the poster
    2) I was in South Carolina at the time.

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    1. Re:OT Pi Story by Azog · · Score: 3

      Acutally, 3.14156 is wrong. Of the top of my head (really!), it starts 3.14159 26535 89793.

      When I was in grade 8, my math teacher put up an overhead once with pi to 10000 digits. I was so blown away I got a photocopy of it. That summer I memorized the first 100 digits, five digits a day. If you do it in groups of five, it's not that hard.

      In grades 9-12 I used to write out at least 10 to 15 digits worth when using pi in calculations, especially on math and physics tests. How pathetic of a geek am I, eh?

      Over on this Pi site you can get pi to 50 million places, and find out that some guy called Hiroyuki Goto is the current world record holder for the most digits of Pi memorized at over 42000 digits. (!)

      Torrey Hoffman (Azog)

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  2. No... Pi was actually a *bad* movie by Visigothe · · Score: 3

    I understand that everyone is entitled to their opinion [and mine [grin]], but Pi technically was *bad* -- The writing/plot was shakey at best, camera work was amateur [there is a difference between "bad for effect" and "bad, go back to film school"]. I understand why quite a few people liked the movie. I was even entertained, but I wouldn't call it a good/great movie... Hell, people liked the Matrix... again not a "good" movie, but highly entertaining.

    Frank Miller, of course *needs* to do this! How could he not [other than the need to distance himself from the *really awful* post Burton batman movies]?

    Maybe this will be the movie that will but the franchise back to life. Maybe they'll get rid of the nipples on the costume. Only time will tell.

    Does anyone know who the villain[s] will be?

    This is a very exciting development, as I am looking forward to a Batman noir film

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  3. *IF* there is a Batman 5 movie... by Masem · · Score: 3
    First, someone mentioned to me that Batman 5 was canned already, but given that's it's been doing it's best "I'm not quite dead!" impression, hard to follow.

    However, if you haven't been paying attention, Hollywood is running scared right now given the strike by the actor's guild regarding payment for ads they star in. Hollywood isn't moving, and because of this laxness, there's buzz that other unions in Hollywood (scriptwriters, technical people, etc) will be striking by March 2001, and effectively shutting down Hollywood. According to US News and World Report this week, this means films that might have scripts but haven't been filmed yet will be the first to be dropped, specifically refering to Batman 5 as one of the first on the chopping board. Instead, the studios are in a flurry trying to buy up as many scripts and episodes they can before anything mihgt happen.

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  4. Pi soundtrack ... by ian+stevens · · Score: 3
    he uses the same guy to do the soundtrack as he did for Pi. That music gave the whole movie a layer of intensity that couldn't have been acheived with the typical swell-dwell-fade crap that so many drama-type films use.

    The Pi soundtrack is just a compilation of so-called intelligent dance music from techno artists. You can find the soundtrack here.

    If they use the same breed of music it would certainly make it more interesting to watch but no doubt there will be a push to use higher-profile artists in order to sell the soundtrack.

    ian.

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  5. Frank Miller... by ChristianBaekkelund · · Score: 4
    Yes, "Pi was amazing"...this is true...
    But don't forget about Frank Miller! The Batman work he died was great...almost everything he's made I love. However, SinCity will always hold a special place in my heart:
  6. When I was 5 my Mom told me not to stare... by AntiPasto · · Score: 4
    Batman is such a wonderful fictional exploration of human dreams... and dreams can be *dark*.

    You all remember how dark the first movie was, and me as a kid I remember just being absolutely enthralled with the retro-modern look that Tim Burton created.

    I would like to see them create live action based on *a lot* of plots. For instance I think the newer Batman Beyond has taken some cool dark themes (BM murdering Com. Gordon)... and I also remember some *brilliantly* dark stories written by guest authors in a book I read once (btw... anyone know what book that was? not a comic, but guest authors writing BM stories)...

    However, if the story inferrs that this movie is going to be the beginning of the legacy, then I'm all for it... what a great timeless story... how this man came to be after the murder of his parents. It has inspired countless generations.

    Technology. It's always been rather unrealistic. But the one thing I loved about PI was his convincing portrayal of fictional math. The stuff didn't make sense at all after some thought, but *damn* you sure thought it did.

    Perhaps he will take a cool technology edge to BM?

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