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BATMAN CRUSADERWritten byJonathan Nolan & Christopher NolanStory byChristopher Nolan & David S. GoyerBatman created byBob Kane
DIGITAL. A map of the Gotham City FLICKERS with pulsing white and blue lines.Throughout the city, brown-outs DARKEN the screen. Conversely, the remaininglines BRIGHTEN. Together they produce the dark shape of -the BAT SYMBOL.Grows. Filling the screen with BLACKNESS.
CUT TO:INT. APARTMENT, FIFTH AVE. -- NIGHTCLOSE UP:
An LCD computer monitor streaming live television.
ON SCREEN:INT. CHANNEL 7 NEWSTATION -- NIGHT.
News anchor VICKIE VALE.
VICKIE VALE
Despite repeated calls for greater public accountability,authorities are still silent about their lack of success inarresting the vigilante and murder suspect known as the Batman.Leading the public outcry for more transparency in policeoperations is Dr. Thomas Eliot.A hand GRIPS a gyroscopic mouse. The hand TRIGGERS the button and...... the channel CHANGES.
ON SCREEN:INT. CHANNEL 5 NEWSTATION -- NIGHT.
MIKE ENGEL reporting. In thecorner, an image of a teenage STREET THUG - 17 years old. He is wearing CLOWNMAKEUP. An anarchy symbol decorates the corner.
MIKE ENGEL
Next, reports of petty crimes and vandalism in Westfield Park.Increased sightings of teenagers wearing white, green and redmakeup thought to be inspired by the terrorist acts of the Joker oflast summer. This gang does not otherwise appear to be directlyconnected with the Joker himself who remains incarcerated insolitary confinement at Arkham Asylum.
The channel changes...
ON SCREEN:INT. CHANNEL 7 NEWSTATION -- NIGHT. CONTINUOUS
Vickie Vale withthe banner "Missing Children" in red above her head.
VICKIE VALE
An unusually high number of missing children have panicked manyfamilies in the Upper East side- a traditionally secureneighborhood. With no clear increase in criminal activitiesregionally, authorities believe that children are being lured fromtheir homes through the Internet. News correspondent Al Driebeladvises parents how to protect their children from onlinepredators.
ON SCREEN:EXT. GOTHAM BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUB -- NIGHT.
AL DRIEBEL has someinformational pamphlets in his hand. He raises them up to display.
AL DRIEBEL
Thanks, Vickie. I'm here at the Gotham Boys' and -The hand with the mouse lifts and PAUSES the video footage. A progress barappears with a label that reads "SAVING..."
ZOOM OUT:INT. APARTMENT, FIFTH AVE. -- CONTINUOUS
The original LCD screen is surrounded by four other computer screens on adesk in the center of a dark room. The desk is covered in newspapers,handwritten notes, printouts. There is a map of Gothamon the wallabove thescreens, covered in pins. The rest of the room is in disarray and dimly lit.Paper, pens, highlighters and post-its litter the floor.A SHADOWY MAN sits in front of the screens, his face is hidden from sight. Heis 20ish, intelligent, wearing an olive-green collared shirt. He has a pairof round spectacles.His cellphone RINGS.He PICKS UP, but KEEPS TYPING with his left hand. The original screen nowshows all three news clips in smaller windows. The Shadowy Man types in aTAGGING LABEL for each window. The first spells out BATMAN. The other two:GOTHAM.On a different screen, he is initiating a TRACE on the current phone call.The Shadowy Man TILTS his head as if to say, "I'm listening."
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