News Summary

• "The Prestige" is still often ranked as one of Christopher Nolan's best movies to this very day.
• It was Nolan's follow-up to "Batman Begins," the beginning of Nolan's bold "Batman" reboot.
• "The Illusionist" also hit theaters with a not terribly dissimilar premise, focused on a magician who uses his abilities to secure the love of a woman who is out of his league.
• But Nolan won this dueling movies battle with a $40 million production budget.