The Dark Knight Trilogy: 18 Cool Behind-The-Scenes Details You Didn't Know

17. Nolan's Initial Pitch To The Studio Was Surprisingly Short

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Before Batman Begins, Warner Bros. wasn't throwing money at Nolan like they do today. At this point, he could probably get them to finance one of his movies with nothing more than a single-page story outline, but back then, he had to sell them on his vision for Batman, which meant presenting a pitch to studio executives.

You might expect that a pitch for a major superhero blockbuster would be around 45 - 60 minutes in length, but according to Greg Silverman - one of those aforementioned executives - Nolan's pitch for Batman Begins was only "10 or 15 minutes" long.

Despite its brevity though, the pitch was apparently brilliant. In fact, it was so good that the studio greenlit the movie almost right away.

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