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Volume 6 Monday, February 23, 2004 Page 1 of 1

FREEMAN AND WATANBE FOR BATMAN

Morgan Freeman

This is from variety.com

Batman's hired a boss: Morgan Freeman has joined the cast of Warner Bros.' fifth "Batman" adventure as the head of Wayne Enterprises.

Freeman will play Lucius Fox, a respected businessman who runs billionaire Bruce Wayne's mega-conglom, based in Gotham City.

Freeman is the latest to join the Christopher Nolan-helmed project as it nears its March 16 start date in London. Liam Neeson plays Ducard, a mentor to Wayne.
Ken Watanabe

This is from hollywoodreporter.com

Ken Watanabe will follow his Oscar-nominated performance in "The Last Samurai" by squaring off against Christian Bale in Warner Bros. Pictures' upcoming untitled Batman movie. Christopher Nolan is directing the film, which will be produced by Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Larry Franco.

Watanabe will play the villainous Ra's Al Ghul, an immortal strategic mastermind who wants to bring his own brand of order to the world.