Catwoman Gets a New Writer

Judd Winick is leaving the ongoing Catwoman title at DC Comics to focus his efforts on writing and drawing a new all-ages graphic novel, but that doesn't mean Selina Kyle is being left in the lurch: DC Comics announced that writer Ann Nocenti will be taking control of the book as of September's Catwoman #0. Despite already being solicited for writing that issue, Winick will in fact be finished with the feline fatale as of issue #12, however he will still be writing Batwing for the foreseeable future. Nocenti is of course known for her fan-favorite run on Daredevil, and is currently writing Green Arrow for DC. There was no mention of an artist shake-up on the book.

Catwoman #13 Cover by Andy Clarke

Winick's Catwoman didn't start off so hot in our reviews, but has slowly been creeping up on us as it has progressed. Hopefully, Nocenti can give Selina Kyle her just due.

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Christopher Nolan's Catwoman Concerns

Director Christopher Nolan was initially reluctant to include Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises. So what prompted the change of heart?

In an interview with Empire (pointed out via /Film and CBM, Nolan credits his brother and TDKR co-screenwriter Jonathan "Jonah" Nolan with helping him see the value of including the feline fatale. "I was nervous about how she would fit into our world. But Jonah was very much convinced that there would be a great way to do it and eventually turned me around," said Nolan. "Once I got my head around the idea of looking at that character through the prism of our films, saying, 'Who could that person be in real-life?' we figured it out. She's a bit of a con-woman, something of a grifter. A hard-edged kind of criminal."

Jonathan Nolan added, "Chris often comes from a position of, 'Why should we do this?' You know, presumed guilty. But I said, 'What we're endeavouring to do here is tell a complete take on the Batman mythos'. And a complete take of the Batman mythos without the character for me was sacrilegious. You've gotta gave her, because she has a delicious greyness to her that helps define who Batman is. She keeps wavering on this line of, 'Is she a good guy or a bad guy?' Well, she's kind of neither. And that's why, to me, that relationship and that character only enhances the universe - and the Batman character." He also said that "Anne Hathaway threatens to steal the show."

And what about the much-hyped secret ending of The Dark Knight Rises?

David Goyer, who co-plotted the Batman trilogy with the Brothers Nolan, said the final scene of The Dark Knight Rises is "completely unchanged" from the one the filmmakers envisioned years earlier at the start of the franchise's reboot. "We both knew in our hearts that we were onto something special. I have to tell you, having finally seen everything strung together a little while ago and seeing that scene, I got a complete lump in my throat."

Source : http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/05/29/christopher-nolans-catwoman-concerns