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PopGoesTheNews.com Canada's capital is getting a bit of star power this fall as the original big screen Batman swoops in to make a movie.
Michael Keaton, who played the caped crusader in 1989's Batman and 1992's Batman Returns, will co-star with Michelle Monaghan in the thriller Penthouse North. Production will get underway in Ottawa in November.
Keaton plays Hollander, a sadistic criminal looking for a hidden fortune in a New York City penthouse where a photojournalist (Monaghan) haunted by a past tragedy lives. Joseph Ruben (The Forgotten) is directing with a script by David Loughery, who wrote the thrillers Obsessed and Lakeview Terrace as well as Nurse 3D, currently filming in Toronto.
"Michelle Monaghan is an incredible actor whom audiences love and connect with completely," Ruben said. "And Michael Keaton can do it all. He has a special talent for creating complicated villains who are dark, charming and ultimately terrifying. Put these actors together and you've got the makings for a hell of a thriller."
Monaghan, whose credits include M:I III and Gone Baby Gone, starred opposite another Batman, Val Kilmer, in 2005's Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. She spent last summer in Montreal making Source Code with Jake Gyllenhaal.
Keaton made 2007's TNT mini-series The Company in Toronto and Hamilton.
Ottawa is an increasingly popular choice for film producers. Among the flicks recently shot in the city include House at the End of the Street starring Elisabeth Shue, Sacrifice with Cuba Gooding Jr. and Christian Slater, and The Day with Dominic Monaghan and Shannyn Sossamon.
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