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How The CW's Dick Grayson / Robin TV got killed before it was ever made due to Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight
Warner Bros. Television and the CW were set to produce a pilot about Dick Grayson before he met Batman, until Chris Nolan convinced the studio to kill the project
September 21, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Orlando Bloom as Christopher Nolan's Batman? The Lord of the Rings actor thinks the role could've been his but he told Nolan 'no'
Orlando Bloom recalls how he turned down the chance to star in Chris Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy
June 27, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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The Zack Snyder DC extended universe grew out of a Superman pitch thrown together during writer's block for a Christopher Nolan Batman movie
David S. Goyer was procrastinating over some third-act issues in The Dark Knight Rises and came up with the initial pitch for Man of Steel as a distraction.
May 29, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Before Bane, the head of Warner Bros. wanted the third Christopher Nolan Batman movie to star Leonardo DiCaprio as the Riddler
Instead of DiCaprio as The Riddler, we got Tom Hardy's take on Bane, which doesn't feel like a bad trade, in hindsight
May 29, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Batman is heading back to cinemas to fight a new enemy - empty movie theaters
DC's biggest box office success is returning to the movie theaters for Batman Day
September 06, 2023
Tiffany Babb