The Dark Knight news

[GreenGoblin]

I'm so looking forward to this one since i loved "Begins", Ledger is kinda miscasted for the Joker cause i wanted Hank Azaria to play the part but we'll have to see.

[aimster]

As long as Christian Bale is involved... all is right in the world.

[ALIASd]

Hall stays dead quiet about role in Batman saga

By Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith
L.A. Daily News
Article Last Updated: 05/20/2007
11:17:32 PM PDT

"Dead Zone" star Anthony Michael Hall reports the plot of the latest Batman saga, "The Dark Knight," is so secret he's forbidden to even say what character he's portraying.

"I signed a confidentiality agreement, and I can't say which part I'm playing because it affects the story," says Hall. "I can't give away the suspense — it's a $200 million surprise, and I don't want to be the guy to ruin it."

He adds, "I'm excited about it — Christian Bale back as Batman. Heath Ledger is joining the cast as the Joker. Of course, Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine return, and they're great."

Hall, who's in the midst of shooting the sixth season of "The Dead Zone," which returns to the USA Network June 17, says his TV series cast and crew bent over backward for him to be in London for the first day of "Dark Knight" production the weekend before last.

"My crew agreed to take a three-day weekend so I could fly Friday to go to London," says the actor, who's also one of the series' producers. "It was just a thrill. I felt like a rock star leaving the set, flying to London, going to shoot on a Saturday, you know?" He adds, "My crew really gave me a gift because they had to all vote union-wise to agree to not take a day's pay to help me out. I felt very honored that they did that for me."

He says he's not scheduled to rejoin "The Dark Knight" shooting till August, after "The Dead Zone" is wrapped. "They're shooting in London, Chicago and Hong Kong. My next dates are in Chicago, the third week of August with Morgan, then I get to go back to London." He adds he's never been a comic-book fan, but "I loved the 'Batman' series, so Batman has truly always meant something to me. It's really been one of my dreams as an actor to become Batman." For now, he's just happy flying in the same airspace. "It's really a great role. I'm in throughout the whole movie, and I'm really looking forward to working with Christian and Morgan and all these real Hollywood heavy hitters."

http://www.dailynews.com/celebrities/ci_5943152

[ALIASd]

Warner Bros.

First look: Enter the Joker — in the IMAX format

Photos by Warner Bros.
Character close-up: The scan of a frame shot with an IMAX camera.

By Scott Bowles
USA TODAY
May 28, 2007

LOS ANGELES — All directors promise that their sequels will be bigger and flashier than the predecessors'. But Christopher Nolan doesn't mess around.

The director's sequel to Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, will become the first feature film to be partly shot in the IMAX format, an expensive and cumbersome process that typically is the province of documentaries and short films.

Nolan will shoot four action sequences — including the introduction of the Joker, played by Heath Ledger — on IMAX.

The move is one of Hollywood's most pronounced steps yet in its embrace of IMAX theaters, which are increasingly showing commercial fare on their giant screens.

"There's simply nothing like seeing a movie that way," Nolan says. "It's more immersive for the audience. I wish I could shoot the entire thing this way."

Typically, the feature films that play in IMAX theaters are simply stretched out to fill the enormous screens. That can dilute the picture quality and give the movie a wide, squat look.

Shooting on IMAX, Nolan says, will have a twofold effect. The four scenes will fill the IMAX screens, some of which are eight stories high. And in traditional theaters, the scenes will appear more vivid (think high-definition television over standard).

Don't expect many movies to follow suit. Only 280 IMAX theaters are in operation worldwide, and fewer than 100 show feature films.

And shooting in the format is difficult. IMAX film, which is 10 times the size of standard film stock, is costly and must be shot using bulky cameras.

And "they're loud," Nolan says. "We had to figure a way to eliminate the sound so we could shoot dialogue."

In a rarity for Hollywood, the payoff isn't primarily financial, so far. "It doesn't have a huge effect yet on the money you bring in," says Chris Aronson, a distribution chief with 20th Century Fox, which carried Night at the Museum on IMAX. "But it does help make your movie more of an event."

For Nolan, IMAX makes the moviegoing experience unique again.

"You can't do this on any home theater," Nolan says. "Batman has some of the most extraordinary characters in pop culture. We wanted the Joker to have the grandest entrance possible.

"I figured if you could take an IMAX camera to Mount Everest or outer space, you could use it in a feature movie."

http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/...irstlook_N.htm

[lesmisfan]

just looking at that pics gives me the creeps. awesome!

[tweemo]

Oh god, I don't like that Joker.
The classic grin is far scarier!

[thrax]

that joker looks like the nickolson version, this version oof batman in dary and scary like the comics why dosen't this joker match the style of the movie. he looks out of place.

as a side note errand eckheart from 'thank you for smoking' is gonna play harvey dent A.K.A two-face

[disneyking]

has anyone heard of a release date for this blockbuster yet?

Also, if they haven't found someone to replace Katie yet, may I throw out my personal suggestion??

Adriana Lima

[ALIASd]

Originally Posted by disneyking

has anyone heard of a release date for this blockbuster yet?

Also, if they haven't found someone to replace Katie yet

July 18, 2008
and
see post #22

[tweemo]

Or they could just not replace her. Everybody knows Bruce Wayne has no interest in women. :

[thrax]

this was on another thread..


thats a joker that looks like he fits in this batman universe

[lesmisfan]

i love that one!

[tweemo]

Ohhhhhh much better! That is excellent. Love the freaky teeth.

[Barbossa]

IMDB has a few pics from the movie. One shows Batman's new wheels. Check it out:
http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/04685...th_key=0468569

[Althaea]

If nothing else, I have to watch the sequel because of Batman's voice--it gave me chills in the last movie; he sounded much more like how batman should sound.

And Heath is just giving me the creeps...is it sad that I still find the posted picture of Joker hot?