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Perhaps it is also helped by the fact there are similarities between its story and key plot points and the phenomenally successful Batman trilogy that just wrapped up.
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That establishes six films in the Batman series, and leads into a third trilogy to up the ante and complete the creation of a fully realized Batman world with most of the main elements from the comics in place.
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But while the rest of the trilogy gets most of the attention and glory these days, Batman Begins is the one that started it all, and it will never be forgotten.
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From "Die Hard Trilogy" to "Batman Forever" to the many games based on "Star Wars, " the formula might seem like a no-brainer -- if a movie earns millions at the box office, why not extend the marketing plan from action figures and posters to something interactive, like a video game?
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Cautious brand managers are sometimes reluctant to have a live-action TV show on the air when producing live-action films such as Warner Bros. putting the kibosh on any Batman TV projects while making Christopher Nolan's trilogy.
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We hear this several times, and it speaks back to the longstanding concept in the Nolan trilogy that a symbol is eternal and cannot be killed or destroyed, and that is what Batman became an eternal symbol for Gotham, a symbol that would be anybody.
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