Goyer: No Nipples On The Batsuit

Goyer Stoked For Batman

David Goyer, who wrote the script for the upcoming new Batman movie, told SCI FI Wire that it is the film that the avowed comic-book geek has wanted to be part of since he was a kid. “Batman, it doesn’t get any bigger than that,” Goyer said in an interview during a break while editing his next movie, Blade: Trinity, at the Henson Studios lot in Hollywood, Calif.

Goyer said the movie, directed by Christopher Nolan, will be a more realistic version of the classic superhero story than the last few installments, which were directed by Joel Schumacher. Christian Bale was chosen to be the caped crusader, beating out Jake Gyllenhaal, who was also under consideration, Goyer said. He added that the filmmakers will honor the franchise’s core backstory.

“[With] Batman, you have to be much more careful about [it],” Goyer said. “Chris and I went to DC and spent two days with [DC Comics president] Paul Levitz and the editorial staff of Batman and told them what we were proposing and said, ‘Is there anything we’re doing that you think [we should change]?’ I mean, we did stuff in Batman that has never been told before, but we didn’t contradict anything.”

Goyer remained circumspect about details of the movie, even going so far as to decline to confirm or deny whether the movie will be called Batman: Intimidation Game or something else. But he said of the new batsuit, “People will like it. No nipples. No codpieces.” Batman begins filming this week in Iceland before moving to the environs around London.