Michael Caine to play 'Batman's' Alfred?
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LOS ANGELES, California (Hollywood Reporter) -- Michael Caine could be stepping into the formal wear of Alfred, Bruce Wayne's butler, for director Christopher Nolan in Warner Bros. Pictures' upcoming installment in the "Batman" franchise.
Caine would join Christian Bale, who plays Wayne, the millionaire playboy by day who is the crime-fighting Caped Crusader by night. The script, which is kept tightly wrapped, has been written by Nolan and David Goyer.
Caine has a pair of supporting actor Oscar wins -- for 1986's "Hannah and Her Sisters" and 1999's "The Cider House Rules."
He most recently starred in New Line's "Secondhand Lions" and will next appear in Sony Pictures Classics' upcoming Holocaust thriller "The Statement."
The character of Alfred, an integral part of the Batman mythos, was played by Michael Gough in the most recent movies, starting with 1989's "Batman" and running up to 1997's "Batman & Robin."
Warners declined comment. The studio is a division of Time Warner, as is CNN.
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