Judge Rico's The Fall of Bruce Wayne
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Media Downloads:
The following is a short teaser for the upcoming fan film, The Fall of Bruce Wayne
NEW Click Here for The Fall of Bruce Wayne Primer - Mpeg file - 6MB
Click Here for The Fall of Bruce Wayne Teaser - Windows Media File - 6MB
Click Here for the all the screenshots to date
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About the film:
"The Fall of Bruce
Wayne" is a low budget black & white fan film detailing what pushed
Bruce Wayne over the edge to make him become Batman. The film is being made in
England, predominately in Leicester and Bedford by a tight knit group of
actors/actresses who have worked on several low budget films previous to this
film.
The film began life back in the Winter of 2003, as a simple script idea,
pre-production of rewrites, costumes, props and casting meant that the filming
did not get started until Summer 2004. The film is currently still filming as
well as putting together trailers and other promotional material and we hope the
film will be completely finished for Fall 2005. Due to the length it is
uncertain how the film will be released at this moment.
Judge Rico - Director
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Synopsis:
Bruce Wayne returns to Gotham
having spent the past 7 years away, travelling the world. Having trained most of
those years, he weakens towards the end. Bruce falls in love, all plans to
avenge his parents death disappear and he returns to Gotham a changed man.
Trying to make a fresh start.
Soon he is asked to take over as President of his late father's company Wayne
Enterprises, but soon he comes to realise that his company has used and abused
by Gotham's criminal underworld in the time he has been away. Seeking to root
out the corruption in his company, he makes enemies with many people. Not least,
crime boss Rupert Thorne.
Soon Bruce's new world is crumbling around him and the dark depths of Gotham
swallow him up. Tragedy strikes and Bruce's life is changed forever and he is
forced to re-assess his life and revert back to what he was, what he is destined
to become....
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A word from the director:
When this film began it was meant
to be a short stop gap. Something fun that I could do inbetween serious
projects. Well, it seems now that those serious projects have fallen by the
wayside because this project has become my life for the past year and half. I
can't deny that it's a blast doing it but I'm gonna have such a break when this
things over. Anyway about the film...
When I began the script for "The Fall of Bruce Wayne", I knew I wanted
something different. Most fan films I'd seen prior to writing always seemed to
be copying Hollywood styles and templates. For instance, Star Wars fan films,
always seem to try and replicate George Lucas' directing style. I felt it was a
shame that there weren't more fan films that tried to do something different
from Hollywood. I mean most of us were working of low to no budget, why not try
and make and indie film; something that didn't always go for the action, but
centred on a decent story.
So I guess you can say that this film is being made to deliberately rub some
fans up the wrong way. I'll warn you now that Batman doesn't turn up in the film
until a good 15 minutes before the end. And the portrayal of Bruce is not like
the comics, he is shown as a normal human being, with genuine feelings; love,
hate, loneiness, apathy. He is weak, flawed and, at times, very unstable.
Anyway, I hope the film will be something new and original without betraying
Batman/Bruce's comic book roots. And I look forward to presenting the finished
product to you in the Fall.
See you then,
Judge Rico - Director
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