Screw Dark Knight: Russell Brand and Luis Guzman Are Batman-and-Robin Dream Team

While the rest of the world spent the weekend debating the legitimacy of Christopher Nolan's filmmaking talent, Russell Brand quietly went on the offensive to pull the director's signature brand out from under him. The occasion was Brand's remake of Arthur, his collaborator was Luis Guzman, and the results are far, far from pretty. Click through for evidence.

I didn't even know Brand's remake of the 1981 Dudley Moore comedy was shooting yet, or that Guzman was in it, but there you have it -- in all its WTF, gut-hanging glory. Let's salute Guzman for taking a chance as Brand's Boy Wonder, and let's also hope that the sighting of their shabby Batmobile (below) is the sign of a thunder-stealing genre spin to come. And, I suppose, that Greta Gerwig's table-waiting love interest isn't blown to shreds as part of the whole role-playing angle. That really would be too sad to bear. Anyway: Here are your pictures.

· Russell Brand and Luiz Guzman Film Arthur [Zimbio via AICN]