Oldman Batman's Gordon
Gary Oldman has signed on to play Lt. James Gordon in Batman Begins, according to Variety. Production on the Christopher Nolan (Memento) film has started in Iceland.
Gordon is a detective on the Gotham police force, according to the trade paper, which described Batman Begins as exploring the origins of the Caped Crusader legend. Oldman, whose genre credits include Bram Stoker's Dracula, Lost in Space and the upcoming Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, joins a star-studded cast that already includes Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman, Michael Caine as Alfred, Katie Holmes as Wayne's childhood friend Rachel, Liam Neeson as Wayne's mentor, Morgan Freeman as a former Wayne Enterprises board member and Ken Watanabe as the villain, Ra's Al Ghul. Warner Brothers will release Batman Begins in summer 2005.
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