Batman Begins

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Holmes Dropped from 'Batman' Sequel

Christian Bale, Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman have signed to star in a second Batman movie, but love interest Katie Holmes has been dropped. Movie bosses are thrilled with the response to Batman Begins - it took $46.9 million in its first weekend at the US box office - and have snapped up the film's stars for a sequel. Bale as Batman was the first to put pen to paper, followed by Caine as butler Alfred and Freeman as Bruce Wayne's business associate Lucius Fox. But Holmes won't reprise her role as district attorney Rachel Dawes - reportedly because Warner Bros is angry her engagement to Tom Cruise has stolen media attention away from the movie. A source tells Pagesix.Com, "Everyone is in agreement that the movie's strength is with Christian Bale, Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman." Adding of Holmes, "She won't be in the sequel... the next romantic interest will be a much stronger actress. Warner is happy that people are now focusing on who'll be playing the Joker rather than Katie and Tom."

That was from an unconfirmed source, but I don't have a hard time believing it.

I'd also like to add that Cillian Murphy was wonderful in the movie. I liked him so much that I went home and immediately googled him. I didn't realize while watching the movie that he was the same guy from 28 Days Later. What a fantastic actor.

Well. I'm not disappointed. They should have had a much stronger actress from the start. I thought she did well, but there are better actresses out there. So yay for the news.

And as for Cillian Murphy, he IS a very good actor, and proved that again in this movie. He was in Girl With A Pearl Earring as well, but got horribly little screentime, which disappointed me, for many reasons.