LONDON, May 31 (UPI) -- The upcoming fifth installment in the superhero movie series, "Batman Begins" is a $150 million story that explains how Bruce Wayne became the caped crusader.
Directed by Christopher Nolan, the Warner Bros. film stars Welsh actor Christian Bale, and rewinds to Bruce Wayne's days as a Princeton graduate. It explains exactly how and why he became Batman, and includes some globetrotting, including a visit to Bhutan, Newsweek reported Tuesday.
Nolan said during filming in England he was determined not to let the story and acting be overshadowed by high-tech effects.
"The demand we put on ourselves was to be as spectacular as possible, but not depend on computer graphics to do it," the 34-year-old told the magazine.
The film, which opens June 15, also stars Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson, Gary Oldman and Katie Holmes, who plays Bruce Wayne's imperiled love interest.
