Josh Hartnett once speculated that passing on Batman Begins cost him a role in another Christopher Nolan movie, but there's ...

The year was 2003, and Batman was at his lowest ebb. After Tim Burton’s two films in 1989 and 1992 successfully reinvented the Caped Crusader on the big screen, something seemed to have gone awry.

Before Christopher Nolan washed the bad taste left by Batman and Robin away with Batman Begins, Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan) was attached to helm a much darker, R-rated take on ...