Bullets 'n' Babes

Nolan Conjures The Prestige

Director Christopher Nolan (Batman Begins) told SCI FI Wire that he's well into development on his next project, a supernatural period movie called The Prestige. "It's a film about two magicians in turn-of-the-century London," Nolan said in an interview at the Saturn Awards in Universal City, Calif., on May 2. "And they enter into a deadly rivalry. And it's the story of how the two of them essentially try and sabotage each other's careers over the years."

The Prestige is based on the book of the same name by Christopher Priest and features Nolan's Batman star Christian Bale and X-Men's Hugh Jackman as the competing magicians, whose escalating conflict eventually leads to murder. Bale's Batman co-star Michael Caine also stars, as well as King Kong's Andy Serkis and The Island's Scarlett Johansson. Nolan said he was particularly excited about one of the smaller roles in the film. "There are a couple of historical figures in the film, including Nikola Tesla, the inventor," he said. "He's a fascinating character who features briefly in this movie, played by David Bowie."

Nolan has always been interested in the world of magic, even before reading the book. When the project was brought to him, he jumped at the chance to delve into a world that he felt hasn't been fully explored on film before. "I am a fan of magic, and I felt that I hadn't ever really seen a film address magic and what it takes to make magic and what it represents," he said. "And that's what the film tries to do. Really, there's magicians from the day in which, pre-television, pre-radio, a magician was a very large figure of that time. It's an interesting film with a lot going on."

Following The Prestige, Nolan expects to return to the world of Batman for another sequel film. Although he wouldn't say much about his plans, he did admit that the creative process is already underway. "[It's] not really anything that I'm prepared to talk about yet," he said. "[Co-writer David Goyer] and I have been working on what it's going to be. And as soon as this film is finished, we'll be figuring it out more specifically."

As for the rumors that the Joker or Harvey Dent, aka the villainous Two Face, will appear in the next Batman film, Nolan remained coy. "Anything's possible," he said. —Cindy White

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Kurgan wrote:I saw the trailer for this quite early on (bookmark the Apple trailers page, people, they 95% of the trailers first, and they tend to do them in glorious HD as well ).

Kurgan wrote:I saw the trailer for this quite early on (bookmark the Apple trailers page, people, they get 95% of the trailers first, and they tend to do them in glorious HD as well ).

romerojpg wrote:It could have been confusing mind you, but after a little time the timeframe got easy to catch onto, but I will say a lot of people WILL be confused as hell as to what’s going on. As long as you concentrate you should be fine.

romerojpg wrote:Just don’t expect a film packed with laughs and hilarity, its wrist slittlingly moody and tortured in its own ways.