Christian Bale may flip out on set once in a while but dammit, he’ll always be a good guy in my eyes. Here he is having a talk with 8-year-old leukemia patient Zach Guillot. It’s probably the best conversation about Batman ever.

(via io9)

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By Demi Adejuyigbe, here’s an “Unreleased 10th Anniversary Director’s Cut Deleted Scene” from American Psycho designed to make the film appeal to the young’uns. With Pokémon.

A wild Paul Allen appears!
Patrick Bateman used Chop!
It’s super effective!

Try to beat the Elite Four now, Paul!

(via: MovieBob)

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Why so serious, CumberVillain? Check out three more new images from Star Trek Into Darkness at Empire.

So, you’re going to start watching this, figure out the general premise and go, “Ok, that’s cute.” Then you’re going to keep watching and think, “Huh. That was pretty clever.” But by the time you get to the end you’re going to be as convinced as we are that this is the BEST IDEA TO HAPPEN ON THE INTERNET (at least this week.) The execution is flawless. Seriously. After watching, I sat here for ten minutes wondering how to present it you all and was still left blown away. The awesomeness of this video CANNOT BE CONTAINED. Just stop reading and watch it now!

(via tipster Jessica from movieclipsTRAILERS)

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There’s not much info out there on the upcoming big-budget sci-fi film Transcendence, the directorial debut of frequent Christopher Nolan collaborator Wally Pfister. That’s not surprising, really, given it’s being executive produced by Nolan, who’s famously tight-lipped about his own projects. It’s like he and Pfister, who’s shot every one of Nolan’s films since 2000′s Memento, have a bro code of secrecy. But while Nolan or Pfister probably won’t give too much away any time soon—except that it’s about ”a man who creates a computer that develops a malevolent awareness“—some bits of casting news have come out over the past few days that have been enough to make my nerd heart grow three sizes.

After the intense backlash against the bundle of limbs presented in the solicit for Catwoman #0 in June, I’m only a tiny bit surprised that DC had the cover redrawn by another artist (Adriana Melo) before print. Her torso still kinda snaps in half at the ribcage, but she has a neck, and I can clearly see how all her limbs are attached to her body. The fact that Selina has also remembered how zippers work is icing. (Bleeding Cool)

Look, I still haven’t listened to this “Call Me Maybe” song in its entirety and I really don’t want to. Getting the Wesley Freitas-directed “Batman Maybe” in my head is good enough. Plus, this Russ Russo guy does a spot-on concerned Christian Bale face. Watch as Blake from The Dark Knight Rises tries to get Batman back into action. Man, things would have been a lot different if Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s character took this approach in the film, wouldn’t it? (Editors Note: Technically there are some TDKR spoilers in the video, watch at your own risk.)

In a moment of immense pain for the community of Aurora, Colorado following the devastating shooting that occurred during the premiere of The Dark Knight Rises, Christian Bale paid an unannounced visit to the survivors currently recovering in the hospital, in addition to attending a memorial service in honor of the 12 lives tragically lost. We’d like to take a moment to not only honor the victims, survivors, and all those impacted by this horrific turn of events, but also to commend Christian Bale for being an upstanding human being and paying his respects to the  affected fans of his craft without making it a press event.

Christopher Nolan is nothing if not an exacting director. Under his guiding hand, the films he’s best known for are idea-laden, exposition-loaded rambles of stark, intense action. They demand sharp intakes of breath from audience members, a certain gripping of armrests. They ask for focus, concentration, and belief. In The Dark Knight Rises, the closing chapter of his Batman trilogy, he delivers, for the most part, what was ordered; a terse, gritty piece about a war-zone struggle. There are ruthless leaders, hopeless negotiations for relief from the outside, and noble heroes in dire peril, striving to save all the lives they can with meager resources. TDKR is an action thriller with goosepimple moments aplenty, something Nolan & Co do well. It almost feels like a shame that, amidst this fantastic setup, they are contractually obligated to include Batman.

Those of us here at The Mary Sue are fortunate enough to work in a field where the news is cheerful most of the time. We mourn those in the genre world who have passed, get emotional about injustices that relate to our purview but we never thought we’d have to report on the events which took place in Aurora, Colorado yesterday. A lot of the news is getting sensationalized and while we want The Mary Sue to remain a place you come to escape from the seriousness of every day life, we also know this is a story that is important to many people. We’ve collected the latest developments on the story, including a statement from The Dark Knight Rises director, Christopher Nolan. EDIT: We’ve now updated the story to include actor Christian Bale’s statement.