What is Batman Begins?
{{no sources}} {{Infobox movie | image = | caption = | director = [[Christopher Nolan]] | producer = [[Emma Thomas]]<br />[[Larry Franco]]<br />[[Charles Roven]] | screenplay = Christopher Nolan<br />[[David S. Goyer]] | story = David S. Goyer | based_on = Characters appearing in comic books published by [[DC Comics]] | starring = [[Christian Bale]]<br />[[Michael Caine]]<br />[[Liam Neeson]]<br />[[Katie Holmes]]<br />[[Gary Oldman]]<br />[[Cillian Murphy]]<br />[[Morgan Freeman]]<br />[[Tom Wilkinson]]<br />[[Rutger Hauer]]<br />[[Ken Watanabe]] | music = [[Hans Zimmer]]<br />{{nowrap|[[James Newton Howard]]}} | cinematography = [[Wally Pfister]] | editing = [[Lee Smith (editor)|Lee Smith]] | production_companies = [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]<br/>DC Comics<br/>[[Legendary Pictures]]<br/>[[Syncopy]]<br/>Patalex III Productions | distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures | released = May 31, 2005 (Tokyo)<br />June 15, 2005 (United States)<br />June 17, 2005 (United Kingdom) | runtime = 140 minutes | country = United States<br />United Kingdom | language = English | budget = $150 million | gross = $373.6 million }} '''''Batman Begins''''' is a 2005 [[superhero movie]] directed by [[Christopher Nolan]] and written by Nolan and [[David S. Goyer]]. Based on the [[fictional character|fictional]] [[DC Comics]] character [[Batman]], it stars [[Christian Bale]], [[Michael Caine]], [[Gary Oldman]], [[Liam Neeson]], [[Katie Holmes]], [[Cillian Murphy]], [[Tom Wilkinson]], [[Rutger Hauer]], [[Ken Watanabe]], and [[Morgan Freeman]]. The movie reboots the ''Batman movie series'', telling the [[origin story]] of [[Bruce Wayne]] from the death of his [[Parent|parents]] to his journey to become Batman and his fight to stop [[Ra's al Ghul]] and the [[Scarecrow]] from plunging [[Gotham City]] into chaos. ''Batman Begins'' was successful, and in 2008 a [[sequel]] titled ''[[The Dark Knight (movie)|The Dark Knight]]'' was released.