The Official "The Dark Knight" News & Discussion Thread, Part 5 (Spoilers)

[James Harvey]

The Dark Knight Strikes this summer! Look right here for all your questions, concerns, and scoops on the upcoming Batman Begins sequel!


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The Dark Knight Movie Synopsis:

"Christian Bale once again embodies the man behind the mask in The Dark Knight. The film reunites Bale with director Christopher Nolan and takes Batman across the world in his quest to fight a growing criminal threat. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Batman has been making headway against local crime...until a rising criminal mastermind known as The Joker (Heath Ledger) unleashes a fresh reign of chaos across Gotham City. To stop this devious new menace -- Batman's most personal and vicious enemy yet -- he will have to use every high-tech weapon in his arsenal and confront everything he believes."

For the latest news, check out the newest posts in this thread!

Related Threads:
-Official "The Dark Knight" Speculation Thread, Part 4 (Possible Spoilers) (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=202649)
-Official "The Dark Knight" Speculation Thread, Part 3 (Possible Spoilers) (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=193836)
-Official "The Dark Knight" Speculation Thread, Part 2 (Possible Spoilers) (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=174749)
-Official "The Dark Knight" Speculation Thread, Part 1 (Possible Spoilers) (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=143359)

Related Links:
-Batman On Film (http://www.batman-on-film.com/)
-Unofficial The Dark Knight Movie Blog (http://batman-dark-knight.moviechronicles.com/)
-Superhero Hype (http://www.superherohype.com)

Note #1: Discussion continued from Official "The Dark Knight" Speculation Thread, Part 4 (Possible Spoilers) (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=202649).

Note #2: Please keep this thread, and the discussion found within, on-topic. Thank you.

[BatKid]

Spot #3:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NHPH98k4v0

[Old Guy]

Yea, there was a cool tv spot with tonight's Smallville finale.

[Aldrius]

What do Bruce and Fox say at the beginning?

[Hanshotfirst113]

What do Bruce and Fox say at the beginning?

"I need a new suit."
"Three buttons is a little 90s Mr. Wayne."

[Silly McGooses]

I hate it when they explicitly reference the time period in a Batman film.

[BatKid]

The time period becomes obvious even without that line. They've shot on-location, so everything is gonna be modern, but dated in a few years.

[Cortez2301]

I hate it when they explicitly reference the time period in a Batman film.I know what you mean.I especially loved what they did with Burton's movies and B:TAS (even though they did mention the time period once briefly).


The time period becomes obvious even without that line. They've shot on-location, so everything is gonna be modern, but dated in a few years.To add to what you said,you are right.I mean there was a Starbucks shown there, so it would make sense anyway.

[BlackCat]

While it's still early for the media blitz and promotion, I'm hoping there isn't going to be a big focus on the death of Heath Ledger and his impact on the movie. While his performance looks to be phenomenal, I don't want that to overtake the rest of the movie. I'm hoping people start getting excited for Aaron Eckhart's take on Harvey Dent, which should really flesh out the possibilities for Batman 3 and Two-Face. His role has always interested me more than Ledger's Joker, although I can't wait to see how the Joker turns out.

[Anarky]

the joker action figure is hella creepy:D

btw, is the Scarecrow/J. Crane subplot resolved in the animated DTV or in the 1st act of TDK?
Everytime I see the trailer bit "WHERE IS HE!?!?!" I suspect he's looking for Crane. Trailers have a knack for misdirection.

[Cortez2301]

Everytime I see the trailer bit "WHERE IS HE!?!?!" I suspect he's looking for Crane. Trailers have a knack for misdirection.I actually thought he was asking Crane about the whereabouts of the Joker (the hair of that guy looks a bit like Cillian Murphy).Scarecrow may be in on that scheme to capture the batman.

Btw does anyone know if the movie will be longer than batman begins? I would love it if for once it could be over 160 minutes.

[Anarky]

I actually thought he was asking Crane about the whereabouts of the Joker (the hair of that guy looks a bit like Cillian Murphy).Scarecrow may be in on that scheme to capture the batman.

Btw does anyone know if the movie will be longer than batman begins? I would love it if for once it could be over 160 minutes.

I did some homework to confirm that C. Murphy IS in TDK. As for the running time I thought that was posted in the Discusiion Thread Part 4. Wasn't it about 140 minutes?

[Cortez2301]

I did some homework to confirm that C. Murphy IS in TDK. As for the running time I thought that was posted in the Discusiion Thread Part 4. Wasn't it about 140 minutes?I must have missed that.At least its longer than Batman Begins.Also I think we all know that Crane is in it.We saw filming footage last year and also you can see him very breifly in the third trailer.

[BlackCat]

As posted (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?p=2859245#post2859245) by Spider-Man in Part 4, here is the still in question from the trailer.

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u131/darthvader1025/Darkknight11.jpg

[BatKid]

http://img2.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/e3f5e95b0c.jpg

[thedanmachine]

http://img2.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/e3f5e95b0c.jpg

as much as i like the joker in tdk already, this poster feels really awkward, almost as if it was shot "cloverfield" style

[Silly McGooses]

I like it, though I don't like these action-oriented posters as much as the creepier teaser ones.

[BatKid]

as much as i like the joker in tdk already, this poster feels really awkward, almost as if it was shot "cloverfield" style
I'm not really sure where you see the similarity. Are you referring to the "destructive" imagery?

[Jacob T. Paschal]

I hate it when they explicitly reference the time period in a Batman film.

This is a film for today's generation. Future generations will have their own series' so 'dating' anything doesn't bother me. 'Sides, the effects will date the film anyhow (what film won't?)

[Anarky]

Thanks for the image however I can't distinguish if that's Crane or the Scarecrow...or perhaps one of his followers in Scarecrow garb.

[Cortez2301]

One thing I really wish I saw in Burton's movies, was if Joker would have fired a Tommy Gun. B:TAS made that so classic.Too Bad Nolan's version doesn't have it.

[thedanmachine]

I'm not really sure where you see the similarity. Are you referring to the "destructive" imagery?

im referring to the way the poster is tilted almost like the photographer fell while taking the picture.

[Damien]

king zrz, I really think the gun he uses makes more sense and works much better.
This movie just looks great. I can't even...just great. And I never noticed Scarecrow in that driver's seat before. That makes Batman's landing even more awesome.

[Anarky]

refresh my memory. the prologue that screened back in december is part of the finished film, correct?

[Silly McGooses]

Yep, it's the beginning of the film.

[Batman]

One thing I really wish I saw in Burton's movies, was if Joker would have fired a Tommy Gun. B:TAS made that so classic.Too Bad Nolan's version doesn't have it.

Look carefully @ what's in THE JOKER's hand .
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y45/paulpaul55654/e3f5e95b0c.jpg

[Cortez2301]

Look carefully @ what's in THE JOKER's hand .
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y45/paulpaul55654/e3f5e95b0c.jpgThats a Tommy gun? If so it must be an upgraded one or something like that.

[Cortez2301]

Btw does anyone know the music used in the TV spots or if they will be feautred in the soundtrack?

[Batman]

http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/232/productimageen6.jpg
http://www.toys2.net/product.php?productid=20569&cat=0&page=

[langden alger]

i don't thnk i've seen another dark knight joker figure as perfect as that which isn't fan-made....one of the few collector figures i'd actually shell out the ridiculous price range for.

[Batman]

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff133/gatochico/2.jpg
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff133/gatochico/1.jpg

[Paul_Cousins]

The Dark Knight Strikes this summer! Look right here for all your questions, concerns, and scoops on the upcoming Batman Begins sequel!


http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/wfboards/tdkonesheet.jpg

The Dark Knight Movie Synopsis:

"Christian Bale once again embodies the man behind the mask in The Dark Knight. The film reunites Bale with director Christopher Nolan and takes Batman across the world in his quest to fight a growing criminal threat. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Batman has been making headway against local crime...until a rising criminal mastermind known as The Joker (Heath Ledger) unleashes a fresh reign of chaos across Gotham City. To stop this devious new menace -- Batman's most personal and vicious enemy yet -- he will have to use every high-tech weapon in his arsenal and confront everything he believes."

For the latest news, check out the newest posts in this thread!

Related Threads:
-Official "The Dark Knight" Speculation Thread, Part 4 (Possible Spoilers) (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=202649)
-Official "The Dark Knight" Speculation Thread, Part 3 (Possible Spoilers) (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=193836)
-Official "The Dark Knight" Speculation Thread, Part 2 (Possible Spoilers) (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=174749)
-Official "The Dark Knight" Speculation Thread, Part 1 (Possible Spoilers) (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=143359)

Related Links:
-Batman On Film (http://www.batman-on-film.com/)
-Unofficial The Dark Knight Movie Blog (http://batman-dark-knight.moviechronicles.com/)
-Superhero Hype (http://www.superherohype.com)

Note #1: Discussion continued from Official "The Dark Knight" Speculation Thread, Part 4 (Possible Spoilers) (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=202649).

Note #2: Please keep this topic, and the discussion found within, on-topic. Thank you.Just saw the two minute preview of TDK durign the A. Strain mini-series on A&E.

On scene has Harvery lying half his face in a pool of gasoline.

I liked Harvey's quote in the preview, "You either die a hero, or live to be a villian." :cool:

Look's like were going to get Two-face as some part of this movie. The preview might have actually showing half of Dent's face (the side not shown in the pool of gasoline), while he is holding up a pistol.

Aaron Eckhart is a very good choice for Harvey Dent. I look forward to his interptation of Two-face. :cool:

[langden alger]

not really into those last two posters/banners...the one with him throwing the little pellet things looks more like the art on an action figure package.

[Silly McGooses]

They aren't actual posters for advertising the film, I think they're for promotional art like, as you said, action figures, and posters kids would buy to put up on their walls.

[BatKid]

http://www.bodybymilk.com/batman/downloads/batman_ad.jpg

[Batman]

^ A trip back down memory Lane (Got Milk ads)
http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/yhst-90077103850756_1999_54353275
Comic book BATMAN

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/8205/gotmilk01rp3.jpg
BATMAN BEGINS
http://www.bodybymilk.com/batman/downloads/batman_ad.jpg
THE DARK KNIGHT

[BatKid]

http://www.omelete.com.br/images/galerias/thedarkknight/bannerbatmanexclusivo1.jpg

http://www.omelete.com.br/images/galerias/thedarkknight/bannerbatmanexclusivo2.jpg

[JRP82190]

http://www.omelete.com.br/images/galerias/thedarkknight/bannerbatmanexclusivo2.jpg
The Joker looks great this movie just keeps looking better and better with each image

[Batman]

The Offical novel of The Dark Knight


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Offical Description
Based on the blockbuster Warner Bros. Pictures film starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger.

Allied with both the police department and the district attorney’s office, the vigilante known as Batman continues to bring justice and hope to Gotham City. But one man dares to mock Batman’s mission. A man with a twisted sense of humor. A man whose grotesque smile is reflected on the calling card he leaves at the scene of his crimes: The Joker.

[Silly McGooses]

All of the Batman Begins advertising (and the film itself) had those sort of earth tone sepia-ish filters on it, this one has blue filters all over it. What are they going to have left for the third film?

[langden alger]

maybe they'll go with a warm red tone for the third film....or a two-tone scheme given the subject matter.;)

[Batman]

The Dark Knight Score Coming July 15
Source: Warner Bros. Records
May 29, 2008


"The Dark Knight Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" -- the haunting score to the hotly anticipated feature film The Dark Knight (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=15813) -- will be released by Warner Bros. Records on July 15, 2008, three days before the movie opens nationwide on July 18th.

Composers Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard, who collaborated on the score for the 2005 blockbuster Batman Begins, were asked by director Christopher Nolan to work together again, scoring its follow-up, The Dark Knight (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=15813). The duo recorded the orchestral soundtrack for the film in London this April.

Warner Bros. Records will release four different configurations of "The Dark Knight (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=15813) soundtrack: a standard jewel case CD, a 2 LP set of heavy-weight 180 gram vinyl version, a special edition digipack, and a collector's edition with special artwork to come after release.

http://www.superherohype.com/news/batmannews.php?id=7273

[Cortez2301]

July 15th? Man I hate it when stuff gets released really late.Mostly because I won't be in North America during that time.The special editions sound cool though.

[Silly McGooses]

I love how much stuff is getting released on LP now.

[BatKid]

New Mobile trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVs4KuuCoa4

First 30 seconds or so is new, including the full context of Joker's speech in the teaser.

[Cortez2301]

Pretty cool.Anyone managed to catch the links at the end of the video? They had something about Ras al ghul.Is that fanmade?

[BatKid]

EDIT: Apparently it's a 4-part mini related to BB, but don't take my word for it. Mustn't have been a big deal if it wasn't recorded.

[DisneyBoy]

So...is anyone else thinking that now this franchise won't have Harley in it either?


NOTE: If Harley appears in this film, and I've simply managed not to hear about it, DON'T SPOIL ME! Don't even respond to the question...

[Cortez2301]

You never know.Harley could be in it.How, I don't know.If the Joker is in the next movie then yeah its probably possible.

[rggkjg1]

i doubt harley quinn is in the movie or the series, BUT i don't see why we can't have a cameo of dr harleen quinzelle. she's in the batman begins video game.

[BatKid]

Harley or Harleen will not make an appearance in this franchise. Period.

[DisneyBoy]

Guess folks will have to content themselves with Mia Sara from Birds of Prey as the only live action Harley...for the next ten years at least.

[Batman]

New picture of Bale As BATMAN

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/06/02/the_dark_knight_bale.jpg

[DisneyBoy]

Still don't love the costume, especially that round helmet. Seriously, it's a helmet. NOT SLEEK OR SCARY AT ALL!

Does anyone have the link still to that image of a sculpted Batman mask for BB that looked exactly the like comic's version of the costume Thomas Wayne wore to a costume party?

It can be seen here...

http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.sitnbullcafe.com/custom/bat3.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.sitnbullcafe.com/custom/firstbatman1.html&h=421&w=442&sz=61&hl=en&start=13&tbnid=nUMNvfvXRYEvqM:&tbnh=121&tbnw=127&prev=/images%3Fq%3DThomas%2BWayne%2BBatman%2Bcostume%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den

[Mist]

There was an interview in 2005, when Nolan said that he found the character of Harley Quinn to be 'very interesting' so I wouldn't rule out her appearance in the movies.

I think its possible that at the end of the movie, if the Joker goes to jail and doesnt die, that Batman will have a brief chat with him (the interrogation scene in the trailer) and then leave, after doing so, Harley walks in and introduces herself to the Joker, then it cuts to the epliogue of Bruce/Dent/Rachel's story, end credits.

[Cortez2301]

Hi

I've been trying to ask a few questions before but no response.Let me try it this time:

The "Leaked" Two Face picture is not real is it?

Also in the Tv spot #3. Does anyone know the music they used?

[Jacob T. Paschal]

1. Who knows.
2. Probably stock music.

[Cortez2301]

1. Who knows.
2. Probably stock music.Cool.Do they sell stock music or trailer music anywhere?

[Azrael24]

yes the leaked picture is real

[Silly McGooses]

Well, it's real, but it's just concept art. So it probably is similar to what we're going to see. Though I'm not sure if they're really gonna be able to pull off that flap of skin melted down his face a la Jonah Hex.

[Cortez2301]

If its just concept art then I am happy.I wonder how people must have felt seeing him at the screener for the movie.

[BonyT]

Still don't love the costume ...Ditto. I didn't care for the "knight's heavy armor" approach to the costume when Tim Burton introduced it, and I still don't in Nolan's films, at all. Unfortunately, little Timmy B. seems to have successfully saddled live-action Batman forever with that look in the public's mind, so I guess we're stuck with it. (I remember reading before Begins came out that WB's marching orders to Nolan were that he HAD to stick with that look; I guess that was accurate -- I never heard it refuted.)


... especially that round helmet. Seriously, it's a helmet. NOT SLEEK OR SCARY AT ALL!Disagree re: the helmet. Assuming that you are going with this philosophy of the costume, at least the helmet design affords Bats full head movement, as opposed to the burdensome cowl of Burton's movies, which allowed about as much head movement as one of those brace frameworks that people with severe neck injuries requiring complete immobilization sometimes have screwed directly into their skulls -- a design so unfortunate that no amount of editing could keep the awkwardness it imposed on Keaton's movement from translating into his performance; he was obliged to move like Frankenstein's monster every time he wanted to look any direction other than straight ahead.

I dunno, though: Maybe I'll end up liking this new costume a little better in action (I hope). I disliked the Begins costume as well, but the film was shot in such a way that's its design was rarely featured, so it wasn't a huge distraction.

[Young Justice]

Ditto. I didn't care for the "knight's heavy armor" approach to the costume when Tim Burton introduced it, and I still don't in Nolan's films, at all. Unfortunately, little Timmy B. seems to have successfully saddled live-action Batman forever with that look in the public's mind, so I guess we're stuck with it.

I think one of the main reasons we're stick with the Knight's heavy armor is that there's not a real good alternative to that. In a realistic view, Batman would use an armor to avoid bullets and other kinds of injuries.

In addition, putting a cloth super hero uniform in a live action movie is very complicated, visual wise. We never got a really good visual result from that line of design, i.e. Superman Returns. The only one who worked barely well was Spider Man. Even with X-Men, Synger opted to do an all match, all black leather uniform.

[DisneyBoy]

Number one thing I'm requesting:

Don't anyone post that leaked picture of Two-Face. Post a link. Don't spoil people like that as they're scrolling!

Number two thing:

Those pics of the mask that were on-line when BB was still in production. It was just like the mask Bruce's father wore in the comics...I wish I could find the pictures, since I don't even know if they were legit from the studio, or just a fan-made thing, but they were COOL!

[BonyT]

I think one of the main reasons we're stick with the Knight's heavy armor is that there's not a real good alternative to that. In a realistic view, Batman would use an armor to avoid bullets and other kinds of injuries.Granted -- but you'd think Batman's tech for his armor would be pretty much cutting edge, wouldn't you? The so-called liquid armor that MIT has developed for the military under contract as part of their "soldier of the future" initiative goes into limited field service in 2010, and would be a MUCH more practical alternative for a live-action Batman than the centuries-old plate armor level of technology represented in Burton/Schumacher/Nolan's films. The liquid armor technology consists of metal filings suspended in a special solution; under normal conditions, it's regularly flexible -- but when struck by a ballistic round, the particles re-allign in a microsecond, going solid and repelling the round. In it's eventual form, MIT says it will wear literally like a shirt or a jacket.

Liquid armor would also be very easy to write into the script. One of the drawbacks currently for real-world liquid armor is that people like Navy SEALs can't really make use of it, because it's not great in water. For the movies, you could have MIT subcontracting with Wayne Industries to develop an offshoot of the technology that would perhaps be scaled back to cover only vitals like the body core, not arms and legs (because SEALs have to stay as absolutely light-weight as possible), and would be protected from the water by some kind of new fabric developed by Wayne Industries --- and Batsy could use that suit with its waterproof, lightweight WayneTech-developed fabric and the liquid armor incorporated within that fabric over the chest, back and neck (although you'd probably still go conventional armor over the groin) -- as the basis for his costume.

Btw, Nolan & co. were aware of liquid armor when they made Begins -- in fact, they actually incorporated its principles in their "memory cloth" cape design: In addition to going rigid when struck by a ballistic round, liquid armor also instantaneously firms up when a mild magnetic or electric current is run through it -- which Nolan's team stole for the ribbing in the cape. But of course WB had mandated the conventional Burtonesque armor as the basis for Batman's costume, so the cape was as far as Nolan's people took the idea. (The US Infantry will initially use liquid armor over the parts of the body not presently covered by their conventional armor -- the arms and legs. The reason is twofold: Since it's flexible, it won't impede movement; and also, if a soldier suffers a broken arm or leg, the liquid armor can be firmed into a field cast with a mild current run through it.)


In addition, putting a cloth super hero uniform in a live action movie is very complicated, visual wise. We never got a really good visual result from that line of design, i.e. Superman Returns. The only one who worked barely well was Spider Man. Even with X-Men, Synger opted to do an all match, all black leather uniform.I think you've struck on the real genesis of the armored-costume look right there, my friend. Burton used solid armor because, let's face it, Keaton's physique in a cloth costume would be a damn sight less than imposing. Bale would look a little better; but unless a guy's built like Clark Bartram (from Collora's short films), he's probably not even gonna come close to matching the look of a comic book superhero in cloth costume.

[Young Justice]

I think you've struck on the real genesis of the armored-costume look right there, my friend. Burton used solid armor because, let's face it, Keaton's physique in a cloth costume would be a damn sight less than imposing. Bale would look a little better; but unless a guy's built like Clark Bartram (from Collora's short films), he's probably not even gonna come close to matching the look of a comic book superhero in cloth costume.

I think an adult in tight cloth costume will look bad in a live action movie no matter how well shaped up he could be. I think the only solution will be something similar to the design used for FF, a rubber suit with an all color (in Batman's case, black) scheme.

[Azrael24]

i didnt like the costume for the FF, they looked stupid. the only person i can see this working for is flash if they use the same material as for real runners. it would be a lot more believable

[BatKid]

http://images.wizarduniverse.com/WizardUniverse/magazinepics/dkgallery/1.jpg

http://images.wizarduniverse.com/WizardUniverse/magazinepics/dkgallery/4.jpg

http://images.wizarduniverse.com/WizardUniverse/magazinepics/dkgallery/5.jpg

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http://images.wizarduniverse.com/WizardUniverse/magazinepics/dkgallery/6.jpg

[Silly McGooses]

Awesome.

And the fact that The Joker actually defaces a newspaper (Mayor's obituary? hmmm) in the film makes that viral marketing seem even cooler. That, at least, is a Joker-y thing to do. After the first trailer, I was a little worried that this Joker was just going to be all weirdness and darkness for its own sake, but it looks like he is going to have some twisted sense of humor.

[Batman]

http://images.wizarduniverse.com/WizardUniverse/magazinepics/dkgallery/6.jpg

EAT LEAD FLATFOOT !!!! “You’ll never take me alive, Copper SEE !”

NOW IS THIS BATMAN OR WHAT ?

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/9505/batmanrenderxu3.th.jpg (http://img221.imageshack.us/my.php?image=batmanrenderxu3.jpg)

from the upcoming Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe fighting video-game World's Collide (http://www.worldscollide.com/).

[langden alger]

NOW IS THIS BATMAN OR WHAT ?

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/9505/batmanrenderxu3.th.jpg (http://img221.imageshack.us/my.php?image=batmanrenderxu3.jpg)

from the upcoming Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe fighting video-game World's Collide (http://www.worldscollide.com/).

it's a great batman look but even if nolan and company went with that design which would've probably looked really cool, he'd still prob. have the all black tim burton look....being nolan's films are more reality based there's the whole issue of stealth with batman being able to hide in the shadows better and provide less of a target....granted he should also paint his exposed parts of his face black and lose the shiny gold belt too if he were doing that, but still;)

i think it's cool at least that the new suit has some slight tinge of grey...at least it's a bit of a nod to the suit you have pictured...to me it's kind of like 'hey maybe a comic book artist somehow caught a quick glimpse of batman in this suit and just went by his memory to make up the classic grey and black batman look that we all knew of.

[Young Justice]

http://kleinletters.com/Blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/batman515.jpg

This was, in my opinion, the best design they gave Batman in the comics. Note that I'm not talking about the Kelley Jones art, which I find very interesting, but that's not the case.

This was the design they created for Batman just after the Knightfall saga. It was an all dark grey suit, with very subtle distinction between arms and gloves, and between legs and boots. The belt was still yellow, which I personally think it would be much better if it was also dark grey. I would trade the dark grey for black as well.

[DarkAngel]

But of course WB had mandated the conventional Burtonesque armor as the basis for Batman's costume, so the cape was as far as Nolan's people took the idea.
Great post, BT, and I agree with all of it. One question: Is there a source you know of regarding that WB mandate? I've heard that before, and tend to believe it, but I've been wondering exactly how we know that. Has Nolan made mention of WB's desire to remain with the armor look?

[BonyT]

Great post, BT, and I agree with all of it. One question: Is there a source you know of regarding that WB mandate? I've heard that before, and tend to believe it, but I've been wondering exactly how we know that. Has Nolan made mention of WB's desire to remain with the armor look?Hey, thanks, DA! Coming from you, that means a great deal, my friend :) . But no, I'm afraid I can't remember where I read or heard that about Nolan being told he had to stick with a costume reminiscent of Burton's, in that same full body armor style. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I only encountered that info once somewhere -- but then I never heard it refuted either; and as I recall, the source (whatever it was) was one I considered quite reliable and trustworthy. ... In fact, now that I'm thinking about it, the source might've even been a post by BatKid (who, btw, is my go-to guy for rock-solid info on all things Batman, and all things superhero movie in general, for that matter). Maybe if he sees this, BatKid can confirm that, or correct me if I've got it wrong. (And my memory is like a block of Swiss cheese, so I very well could be mistaken.)

[BatKid]

I can't say for sure if it was a mandate, but I think it was just a natural progression to improve on the Burton suits rather than go with a completely new design. When they were doing screentests, I know they used the Kilmer suit, if that's any indication.

If you look at the early concept sketches for the suit, it wasn't all that radical from the final product. It looked more mobile, but the transition from concept to reality might've been a detriment as a result of the limitations from rubber.

Also, new featurettes and scenes:

http://www.comcast.net/thedarkknightmovie/

[Batman]

The Dark Knight- IMAX featurette from Comcast

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpBzxsqd4cU

Batman Begins Revisited - Comcast Exclusive

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMesmezdYdk

Making The Clown Mask's - Comcast Exclusive

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP57SrWCJj4

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/BatmanRPG/The%20Dark%20Knight/Batman12.jpg
"You wanted me? Here I am." - BATMAN

Soundtrack cover art
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Y9MXCz3QL._SS500_.jpg

[BonyT]

I can't say for sure if it was a mandate, but I think it was just a natural progression to improve on the Burton suits rather than go with a completely new design. When they were doing screentests, I know they used the Kilmer suit, if that's any indication.

If you look at the early concept sketches for the suit, it wasn't all that radical from the final product. It looked more mobile, but the transition from concept to reality might've been a detriment as a result of the limitations from rubber.Thanks, BatKid --- knew you could be counted on to give us the accurate answer. :)

Btw, in case anyone's interested in reading a bit about the "liquid armor" technology that I recommended for the Batsuit in my earlier post, here are a couple of neat articles:

This first one's pretty comprehensive. Part 3 of the article covers the MIT research; part 2 talks about the University of Delaware's work --- and I wasn't really, um, very well-aware of Delaware's involvement in the project. HA! :D (Ooh -- that was bad. Sorry. Now you're all painfully aware of my predilection for truly bad puns. How embarassing.):
http://science.howstuffworks.com/liquid-body-armor.htm

This second article is more generally on the military's "Soldier of the Future" or "Future Force Warrior" initiative (including liquid armor) -- some pretty interesting, even superhero-ish, stuff:
http://science.howstuffworks.com/ffw3.htm

[Batman]

http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/3319/hp056resizexb9.jpg

[Cortez2301]

Pretty cool.I really want to get a heath ledger action figure.

[Batman]

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/DCMarvelRPG/The%20Joker/Bats.jpg

[Silly McGooses]

Also, new featurettes and scenes:

http://www.comcast.net/thedarkknightmovie/

I'm happy to see from that IMAX featurette that Harvey's coin is definitely going to play a role in the film. We haven't seen or heard of it yet...if we're getting a Joker without bleached skin, I didn't think it was that much of a leap to have a Two-Face with no coin.

[BatKid]

It's his "hook". Two-Face without a coin is like a Joker without his jokes and trademark laugh.

[Batman]

Update #1: The Dark Knight Viral Marketing Continues
Source: Bat Fan 101, Hutch, ScareJoker101
June 9, 2008


Fans who got a hold of The Dark Knight Verizon cell phones just received two new text messages today from Humanresources@whysoserious.com. The first read:

Clowns, are you ready for some laughs? (y/n)

While the second one said:

You put a smile on my face. Hope you're not superstitious.

Sounds like something will be happening on Friday the 13th (June 13). There are two additional items that relate to this.

First up, you can now vote at GothamElectionBoard.com (http://www.gothamelectionboard.com/default.aspx) until June 12th.

Second, 'Hutch' tells us that Verizon has a phone for The Dark Knight coming out:

I discovered @ Verizon Wireless a new phone coming out from Nokia (the 6205 is the model) entitled The Dark Knight edition. It features the Dark Knight logo on the back, as well as exclusive content inside the phone (including quotes like the Jokers laugh as a TXT Alert, wallpapers, screen savers and the trailer all preloaded in the phone). It launches June 15 online only and as a limited edition.

You can actually see the phone online already here (http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/09/nokia-6205-the-dark-knight-edition-is-funnier-than-verizon-pro/).

UPDATE #1: GothamCableNews.com (http://gothamcablenews.com/) is now online and says that "Gotham Tonight" with Mike Engel (Anthony Michael Hall) will premiere on Friday as well.

Meanwhile, the Harvey Dent campaign sent out the following:

It’s been an incredible last few weeks. Ever since the vicious smear campaign collapsed and Harvey Dent’s remarkable courage at the hostage crisis at Rossi’s Deli, our campaign has ridden a wave of support I have never seen in all my political life.

Our Headquarters reopened and thousands of volunteers show up here every day, every night, fighting for change. Fundraising has reached incredible heights, with over 100,000 Gotham citizens contributing their hard-earned money in support of Harvey Dent’s vow to take back Gotham.

We’ve expanded our reach, opening branches in neighborhoods that haven’t seen political campaigns take them seriously for decades. And we’ve harnessed the incredible grassroots support by sending volunteers to knock on doors throughout the city. Amazingly, we will achieve our two millionth door knock sometime in between now and Election Day.

Harvey Dent has committed himself to lead the charge to take back our city, face down the criminal and corrupt and restore hope for our future.

Now, we need your help. We need to get out the vote!. And we need you to vote yourself. If you can’t make it to the polls, go to www.gothamelectionboard.com and find out how you can vote online. Working together, we will take back Gotham!

Allan Cypes
Media Manager

http://www.superherohype.com/news/batmannews.php?id=7314

[Cortez2301]

Just a few questions to ask just to make sure we are on the same page:

1-Loeb is corrupt right?
2-Did Flass get arrested?
3-Who is Mike Engel?
4-Is the movie 140 minutes or Longer?

[Batman]

Just a few questions to ask just to make sure we are on the same page:

1-Loeb is corrupt right?
2-Did Flass get arrested?
3-Who is Mike Engel?
4-Is the movie 140 minutes or Longer?

1. Yes he is .
2. I don't know
3. Mike Engel is a T.V. Reporter for Gotham Cable News . Played by actor
Anthony Michael Hall
4. 140 As far as I know so far .

[Young Justice]

1. Yes he is .
If you are saying that because of something you've read on internet, as a spoiler, I'll rest my case.

But I would like to point only that Loeb in the comics was corrupt and was a white man. Loeb in Batman Begins was an African American man and have no sure fact that said he was corrupt.

[Batman]

http://gothamcablenews.com/images/lower_ad.jpg (http://gothamcablenews.com/default.aspx)
PREMIERING THIS FRIDAY AT COMCAST ON DEMAND

Watch for an all-new episode of Gotham Tonight this Friday at Comcast On Demand!

GCN's hard-hitting, high-profile news program takes on the biggest news in Gotham.

Featuring world-renowned journalist Mike Engel -- who helped bust the Gotham "squid killer" -- and the GCN news team.

Gotham Tonight. Gotham never stops, and neither do we.


BRUCE WAYNE MOVES INTO "MAMMOTH" PENTHOUSE APARTMENT

http://gothamcablenews.com/images/articles/bruce_wayne_small.jpg
Where does the richest man in Gotham move when his house burns down? For Bruce Wayne, the answer was easy - find the priciest luxury tower in town and buy the entire top two floors.

With seven bedrooms, six baths, marble flown in from Italian rockyards, two ballrooms, and panoramic city views, Wayne's new residence represents the ultimate in city living.

Wayne Industries is using the apartment to test out radical new technologies for home use. It's a "digital home" where your every whim - from music to lighting to video and games -- can be granted via fingertip access points.

Wayne gutted the interior and invested millions in a renovation. And today was the move-in date.

Curiosity seekers and photographers jostled for a view as Bruce Wayne moved his belongings - thinned out from the fire -- into the penthouse suite at Gotham Century Towers.

But not everybody is bowled over by the tower's most high-profile resident.

Things got off to a bad start for one of Wayne's new neighbors, Clarissa Dolls. when she returned home after a spa treatment to find that Wayne's movers had limited access to all three of the building's elevators.

"This is against building regulations. Only one elevator is supposed to be used for moving in and out."

But her husband, Federico, was more worried about the potential noisy parties that might be thrown by the notorious hedonist.

"I don't like noise. He better be careful, because I have no trouble calling the police," said Alfonse. Other residents expressed concerns about the unwanted scrutiny that Wayne might bring to their posh surroundings.

Not all tenants are displeased by having a celebrity neighbor. "Bruce Wayne is the hottest thing around. Can you believe he's living here?" gushed 16-year-old Monica Ferrell. "Could he be any cuter?"

http://gothamcablenews.com/articles/...apartment.aspx

[Cortez2301]

1. Yes he is .
2. I don't know
3. Mike Engel is a T.V. Reporter for Gotham Cable News . Played by actor
Anthony Michael Hall
4. 140 As far as I know so far .Thanks alot!

[veemonjosh]

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j311/veemonjosh/main_b60ee5b244b.png

I love how a movie that's supposed to be dead serious has lolcats on it's site.

[Batman]

THE DARK KNIGHT SCORE TRACK LIST

1. Why So Serious? (9:14)
2. I'm Not A Hero (6:34)
3. Harvey Two-Face (6:16)
4. Aggressive Expansion (4:35)
5. Always A Catch (1:39)
6. Blood On My Hands (2:16)
7. A Little Push (2:42)
8. Like A Dog Chasing Cars (5:02)
9. I Am The Batman (1:59)
10. And I Thought My Jokes Were Bad (2:28)
11. Agent Of Chaos (6:55)
12. Introduce A Little Anarchy (3:42)
13. Watch The World Burn (3:47)
14. A Dark Knight (16:15)

Label : Warner Bros. Records

http://www.hans-zimmer.com/fr/disco_detail.php?id=786

[BonyT]

THE DARK KNIGHT SCORE TRACK LIST

1. Why So Serious? (9:14)
2. I'm Not A Hero (6:34)
3. Harvey Two-Face (6:16)
4. Aggressive Expansion (4:35)
5. Always A Catch (1:39)
6. Blood On My Hands (2:16)
7. A Little Push (2:42)
8. Like A Dog Chasing Cars (5:02)
9. I Am The Batman (1:59)
10. And I Thought My Jokes Were Bad (2:28)
11. Agent Of Chaos (6:55)
12. Introduce A Little Anarchy (3:42)
13. Watch The World Burn (3:47)
14. A Dark Knight (16:15)

Label : Warner Bros. Records

http://www.hans-zimmer.com/fr/disco_detail.php?id=786
Who's the artist performing track #9? Rino Romano? ;)

[BatKid]

Interesting. Aren't most score soundtracks listed chronologically by when it appears on film? Those titles confirm some things..

[Cortez2301]

Nice soundtrack listing, at least its longer than Batman Begins.The "Harvey TwoFace" listing is #3.....Is this just in random order or the order they want you to hear or is the movie in non-linear timeline?

[Young Justice]

Nice soundtrack listing, at least its longer than Batman Begins.The "Harvey TwoFace" listing is #3.....Is this just in random order or the order they want you to hear or is the movie in non-linear timeline?

Harvey Dent can show some Two-Face characteristics way before his face becomes scarred with acid or any other thing. Maybe there's a passage on the movie where shows a foreshadow of Dent becoming Two-Face.

[Spider-Man]

Comic Book Movies has a bunch of new images from The Dark Knight up at their site:

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/news/articles/4652.asp

Check them out!

[Batmanfan234]

Those pics have been out for a while now actually.

[Anarky]

Interesting. Aren't most score soundtracks listed chronologically by when it appears on film? Those titles confirm some things..

Usually but I don't recall the Begins sdtk doing so. Chances are they sorted the track listings to have more of a melodic flow as oppossed to the rigidity typically utilized for score releases. Anyone is welcome to call me out if I'm wrong about the Begins sdtk but I'm pretty sure it's not in chron. order but it has a steady flow.

BTW, I'm w/o tv so how is this project being advertised on Nick & CN? After all the uber bada** TV14 film trailers, I'm curious how they're making kid-friendly tv spots. I'm guessing a lot of Batmobile cuts. My concern is the potential backlash from parental groups. WB got a lot of flak from Batman Returns hence the change of direction. Here's hoping WB will stick by their guns and continue the tone of Nolan has established.

[Batman]

Tv Spot #4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fd7IY_sRJY&fmt=18

[BatKid]

OnDemand exclusive trailer (cam quality):

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=w44k7KP7QHQ

[Silly McGooses]

Somebody was kind enough to put up a higher quality version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65zKQYpjpiE

[BatKid]

Gotham Tonight Viral Video:

http://popculturezoo.com/archives/594

Nice to see them expand the universe a bit. Really feels like an actual city.

Also, new pic of the interrogation scene:

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/7733/jkvv2.jpg

[Cortez2301]

It looks good.Could that be a different voice I heard for the Joker?

[Young Justice]

Gotham Tonight Viral Video:

http://popculturezoo.com/archives/594

Nice to see them expand the universe a bit. Really feels like an actual city.

Very interesting. I've enjoyed a lot watching the "news" from Gotham City. Is there previous shows like that or is that the first? Of a series, maybe?

[The Clown Prince]

A 152 minute running time for The Dark Knight? Maybe. From IGN (http://movies.ign.com/articles/881/881617p1.html)...


With the release of The Dark Knight now just a month away, word has filtered out online about the running time of the Christopher Nolan-directed sequel to Batman Begins and it is reportedly of epic length.

Hollywood Elsewhere (http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2008/06/the_long_one.php) columnist Jeffrey Wells claims to have spoken with a "non-USA exhibition source" who advised him that the Dark Knight's running time was 152 minutes. Batman Begins ran 140 minutes.

Online chatter is already griping that the film is too long. So what do YOU think? Is TDK, which runs a little over 10 minutes longer than Batman Begins, too long or self-indulgent at 152 minutes? Take our poll and let us know.

[Cortez2301]

I think the running time is perfect.Hell I wouldn't mind if it ran for 3 hours. "Pirates of the Caribbean:At Worlds End" ran 168 minutes and it was alot of fun.With a good story like "The Dark Knight", why would time matter?

[Jacob T. Paschal]

I can sit through the extended editions of tLoTR I can sit through this baby eggplant of a film. :p

[BatKid]

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/3333/jkik2.jpg

[Cortez2301]

Does anyone know if the movie will have a non-linear timeline?

[BatKid]

It'll be linear.

[BatKid]

http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/9123/jkvo3.jpg

[Jacob T. Paschal]

So, my theory is that the interrogation takes place after Rachael's--supposed--death (which would explain why Bruce is so pissed).

Or is this a fake Batman?

[Cortez2301]

So, my theory is that the interrogation takes place after Rachael's--supposed--death (which would explain why Bruce is so pissed).

Or is this a fake Batman?I think it does take place after her death.That really is Batman punching the crap out of him.Btw remember those pics with guys in different costumes of our title character? Does anyone have an idea how they might fit in with the story?

[Batman]

http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/9123/jkvo3.jpg

Man I can't wait to see The Bat beat the living crap out of THE JOKER .

[Cortez2301]

Man I can't wait to see The Bat beat the living crap out of THE JOKER .I wish someone can invite me to one of these screeners.I swear this is my most anticipated movie this year.

[rggkjg1]

i've got a feeling that this interogation/fight scene will be in the middle of the movie. after this scene, i think it will be more "mind games" than actual physical fighting between batman and the joker.

[BatKid]

http://www.superherohype.com/news/featuresnews.php?id=7347

The Dark Knight: The Set Visit!
Source: Scott Chitwood
June 16, 2008


http://superherohype.com/nextraimages/darkknightset1.jpgOn June 29th, 2007, I got the chance to visit the set of The Dark Knight (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=15813) (TDK) in Chicago for ComingSoon.net and Superhero Hype!. Being a lifelong Batman fan, this was an absolute dream come true for me. After taking the morning to walk around Chicago's beautiful downtown skyscrapers, I met up with the rest of the visiting press and headed by bus to the set. The production was shooting at Chicago's old Post Office. TDK actually took over the entire old building and was shooting many scenes in and around the location. They began filming on April 13, 2007 and would continue shooting through November. The production then moved to London and Hong Kong.

As we arrived at the Post Office, it didn't take long to realize we were on the set of the Batman film. As soon as we drove in the gate, I saw a large sign on the building that read "Gotham Police Department" (View Set Pics (http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=5942)).

Security was tight on the set and as soon as we got off the bus we were issued badges. The letters "RFK" were on them which stood for "Rory's First Kiss," the cover name for the production. (Not much of a cover considering all the "Gotham" signs all over the place!) Our group was then led through the old Post Office building. We immediately encountered extras dressed as SWAT team members. I joked, "Boy, they really are strict about security!" As we made our way through the maze-like building, we saw signs that read "To Set – Vault". This would make more sense as we arrived at a tent at the back of the building.

As we entered the press tent, several things were immediately apparent. Around the walls were large images of the Batpod, Heath Ledger as the Joker, some new Bat costume production art, and the TDK bat logo. Also in the room was the new Batman suit hanging in a corner. And oddly enough, it took a while to notice one of the most significant items in the room – the new Joker costume. We were able to inspect all of these in great detail.

I first went up to the Batman costume. As you've no doubt seen in the photos, it's a bit different than the previous Batman costume. There's a mesh undersuit with many, many armor pieces glued to it. I looked very closely at the pieces glued to the suit and discovered that some were solid black and some were a bit translucent. You could see the mesh through it. Also notable was the neck. Rather than being big and bulky like the "Begins" costume, it was very thin and made of several pieces. As the costumer would later tell us, they actually had to scale down the Bat mask so it wouldn't look so huge on the smaller neck. Also noteworthy was the bat logo being significantly smaller and split in two pieces. When I asked the costumer about it later, he said there was actually some debate for a time whether to even have the logo or not. Fortunately, they kept it. I also noticed that the Batman cape was significantly darker than the rest of the costume. When I touched it (I couldn't resist), it actually felt like velvet. I then decided to touch Batman's prongs on his gauntlet. They were flexible foam pieces, but they were very tough. We all wondered how Batman got his mask on and off. Later in the day when they dismantled the costume in front of us, I saw them take his cowl off first. The line is basically along his jaw, under his chin, and back around the back of his head. The mesh goes up to the top of his neck, then there's a hood that goes over the top of his head. He's essentially wearing a hoodie under the cowl. (The costume was actually mounted on a casting of Bale's body.) I also got to see what was under the cape. It was laced up in the back and there was no bat butt. (I knew you were wondering.) All in all, the costume looked great, and very functional, in person.

I then moved to the Joker costume. At the time we visited the set, very little had been revealed about the Joker. So I was a bit stunned to see how much the TDK Joker costume looked like a traditional Joker costume. It had a dark purple trench coat and purple pants with stripes. Inside were a dark blue coat and a dark green vest. Underneath that was a blue tie and a blue shirt with hexagons all over it. On the pants was a silver chain, but no pocket watch (possibly part of a weapon?). Also included were dark purple gloves and black shoes. It wasn't over the top, but it was definitively "Joker," too.

In the middle of the room was a video monitor where we got to watch filming that was going on in the main building. Throughout the day and during the interviews we got to see take after take of a scene involving Jim Gordon and Batman. The scene would be shot from one side, then another, then in close up, etc. etc etc. We saw bits and pieces filmed out of order, but I'll piece together the entire scene for you from what we saw. (The dialogue varied slightly in every take and some dialogue couldn't be heard over the TV, so it could be different in the film.)

The scene begins inside a vault at the Gotham National Bank. Obviously, the Joker and his gang have just struck. Detectives are taking photos of a dead Joker goon outside an open vault door. You can see a clown mask lying on the ground next to him. Gary Oldman as Lieutenant Gordon walks in the vault along with Monique Curnen who plays Detective Ramirez. Gordon holds an envelope and a security photo of the Joker. Gordon says, "What's he hiding underneath that makeup?" Suddenly, Batman walks into the vault. Detective Ramirez turns around, surprised. She looks at Gordon then says to the other cops, "Can we get a minute people, please?" She then leaves along with the other cops. Gordon says something and Batman replies, "Him again? Where are the others?"

http://superherohype.com/nextraimages/darkknightset2.jpgGordon: "Just another bunch of small timers."

Batman walks up to a cart with some cash on it. He pulls a small device from his belt and it pops open. It has a blue light and a radiation symbol. Batman waves it over the cash, "Some of the marked bills I gave you." Batman takes the cash bundle and throws it to Gordon who catches it. Gordon replies, "We found the bulk of the dirty cash. My detectives have been making drug buys with it for weeks. This bank was another drop for the mob. This makes five."

Batman: "Time to move in."
Gordon: "We would have to hit all banks simultaneously. SWAT teams, backup…"
Batman says something, and Gordon asks, "What about this Joker guy?"
Batman: "One man or the entire mob? He can wait."
Gordon: "When the new DA gets wind of this, he'll want in."
Batman: "Do you trust him?"
Gordon: "It will be hard to keep him out. He's as stubborn as you."

Gordon looks up from putting evidence in an envelope and sees Batman has disappeared again. He shakes his head and the scene ends.

We were told this scene happens early in the film. It was also worth noting that Christian Bale was wearing the old Batman Begins costume in the scene. This obviously takes place before his big wardrobe change.

As filming continued taking place, we first spoke with Aaron Eckhart. This was his day off, but he graciously came in to work to talk to us. We knew he played Harvey Dent, but he did reveal one big secret to us – he actually turns into Two-Face in The Dark Knight. (This was a major secret at the time we visited the set.) Throughout the day we continued talking with cast and crew as shooting continued on the monitor next to us. As the interviews continued, I would sneak glances at what was happening on the set. What I saw ended up being almost as interesting as some of the stuff said in the interviews.

Between takes people would fiddle with Batman's costume. One time a guy that looked like he was from ZZ Top picked at it, another time it was director Christopher Nolan. Occasionally I'd see Christian Bale cracking up at something that happened on set. It was weird seeing Batman actually smiling. Then, as the scene would start, he'd go completely stone faced again. At another point, he took the radiation device off his belt during a close up… and it broke. Turns out a magnet holding it to the belt needed to be glued back on.

But one of the funniest bloopers we saw unfolding before us involved Batman throwing the stack of money to Gordon. In one take, he'd throw it and Oldman would miss catching it. And it happened again. And again. And again. And again. The only time Oldman caught it was during a close-up when a guy o- set tossed it to him from short range. (Bale later joked it proved he was a bad tosser and Oldman wasn't a bad catcher. Oldman later said Nolan joked that he only caught it in the closeup to ensure that was the only usable take for the scene. A good acting trick, eh?) There were so many misses that both Oldman and Bale started cracking up after each miss. When Oldman finally did catch the money properly in a long shot, he only got about one line in the scene before Bale and Oldman started dying laughing again. Oldman literally laid down laughing on the table. So imagine Batman cracking up and Gordon lying on his side on a cart. That was the surreal scene before me and I was loving it. I hope that makes it on the DVD as a blooper.

After interviewing director Chris Nolan, the cast and crew all went to lunch. This was our opportunity to actually walk through the bank set. We walked through one part of the building and there was an actual vault door. I thought it might be fake, but when I knocked on it, it was definitely steel. It seemed to be part of the original Post Office. We then walked farther into the lobby of the original Post Office which they had converted into the Gotham National Bank (GNB). The set was incredibly detailed. There were deposit slips everywhere that said "Gotham National Bank." I can't tell you how badly I wanted to swipe one for a souvenir. (But I didn't!) There were also GNB signs, loan applications, and even ATM's. At one end of the lobby a fake wall had been destroyed. We were told this was where the Joker's truck had been driven through a wall. There was also some glass at some desks that had been shattered. But a small office in the middle of the lobby showed the most damage. Glass from a window was shattered and was all over the floor, surrounded by Gotham Police crime scene tape.

We walked further into the lobby and found the bank vault set where the earlier scene had taken place. It turns out that some old PO Boxes were doubling for safe deposit boxes in the vault. A fake door and bars had been added to the hallway to make it look like a vault. A drill, Joker goon mask, and crime scene kit set outside the fake vault door. It certainly looked a lot bigger on the monitor we were watching.

http://superherohype.com/nextraimages/darkknightset3.jpgAfter touring the vault set in person, we went to lunch where we joined extras dressed like SWAT team members, police, and civilians. We even saw Gary Oldman's stand-in. After lunch we returned to the press tent for more interviews and to watch more scenes. (Exhaust from nearby trucks made me start wondering if WB was trying to gas us. Maybe my editor had ticked someone off and I was paying the price?) We watched the earlier scene being shot from new angles.

Finally, a new scene was shot. It chronologically took place immediately before Batman's scene with Gordon, but was shot later in the day. In the scene, Gordon enters the bank lobby and surveys the damage done by the Joker and his gang. Police are everywhere taking photos and collecting evidence. As Gordon walks in, Detective Ramirez hands him the security camera photo of Joker. Ramirez says, "He can't resist showing us his face." Gordon replies, "We should put up a big top in City Hall and sell tickets." They then walk off screen towards the vault.

Later, we saw another scene being filmed. In it, Gordon and four SWAT team members tear down a hallway and into an empty bank vault (different from the vault they were shooting in earlier, presumably at a different Gotham bank). Gordon walks in and yells, "Anarchy! It's empty!!" (In other takes he just yelled, "It's empty!!") Gordon looks down on the floor of the vault and sees stacks of money. (To me, they looked like they were laid in a specific pattern – 2 stacks, 3 stacks, 2 stacks, and 3 stacks. We'll see if there's really any significance later.) In frustration, Gordon kicks the stack of money and walks out of the vault.

After watching this scene, we got our chance to talk with Gary Oldman. Oddly enough, he walked in with a huge Dunkin Donuts coffee cup. I don't know why my fellow press and I thought it was odd. Maybe such an accomplished actor is expected to walk around with a more refined coffee? Now if you ever go to a movie set, you realize that much of the time is spent just waiting around. I always wondered who the heck everyone was waiting on. Well, this time it was us. Our WB rep literally stalked Oldman, then pulled him off the set for 10 minutes to talk to us. He went from one scene, into the press tent, then back out again to shoot another scene.

After our final interview of the day, we went outside the Post Office building to watch one more scene being filmed. This time it was out on the open street where fans and passersby could watch. As we walked up, a couple dozen people were on the sidewalk looking across the street at filming. The Post Office had a large sign on it that said "Gotham National Bank." Out front of it were cabs marked "Gotham Cabs," GPD police cars with their lights on, and news vans marked "G11 News" and "GCN." Camera crews and reporters lined the street next to one of the gray unmarked police cars. As police lights flashed, the scene began. Gordon steps out of a car and the press mob him asking questions. "Who killed him?" "Who saved him?" "Lieutenant Gordon!" As cameras flash and microphones are pushed in his face, he makes his way through police tape and through a revolving door into the building. And thus he walks into the scene we saw filming earlier.

As all this went on, fans were taking pictures with their cameras, shooting movies while PA's chided them, and generally geeking out. While the scene shot, real traffic drove by it. One woman, thinking there was a police emergency, rolled down her window and asked the gawkers, "What happened??" It was fun to see.

You can read our on-set interviews using the links below!

Writer/Director Christopher Nolan (http://www.superherohype.com/news/batmannews.php?id=7348)

Christian Bale - Bruce Wayne/Batman (http://www.superherohype.com/news/batmannews.php?id=7351)

Aaron Eckhart - Harvey Dent/Two-Face (http://www.superherohype.com/news/batmannews.php?id=7352)

Crowley, Henning & Oldman - Production Designer, Costume Designer and Commissioner Gordon (http://www.superherohype.com/news/batmannews.php?id=7353)

[BatKid]

Wow, didn't think this scene would make it out online, but apparently WB decided it was fine:

http://www.whysoserious.com/myhero/

DO NOT click if you don't want even a minor spoiler to Harvey's err...other side.

[Cortez2301]

Wow, didn't think this scene would make it out online, but apparently WB decided it was fine:

http://www.whysoserious.com/myhero/

DO NOT click if you don't want even a minor spoiler to Harvey's err...other side.Thanks alot! It looks great! His skin looks like its peeling off.Damn.

[Jacob T. Paschal]

You know what would be cool? Is if Harvey returned to his public office unashamed of the scars on his face. Seriously, seeing that guy as a public figure walking around looking like that would be awesom and it would be nice to see if he would try to continue serving as DA while additionally watching him slowly slip into madness from the stress.

[Cortez2301]

You know what would be cool? Is if Harvey returned to his public office unashamed of the scars on his face. Seriously, seeing that guy as a public figure walking around looking like that would be awesom and it would be nice to see if he would try to continue serving as DA while additionally watching him slowly slip into madness from the stress.Thats an interesting idea.In the old comics, I think he had plastic surgery which didn't last long while he was trying to get his life back.Who was that old man btw? I don't think he was a bartender.He must be a corrupt cop or something.Maybe he was partly responisble for Dent's scarring.

[Damien]

Too bad he goes insane.

I can't wait for this. That's it. Everything new that pops up just makes me say that.

[Michael24]

I watched the Gotham Tonight thing with Anthony Michael Hall earlier on Comcast On Demand, and it was actually pretty cool. I don't know exactly when it was released, but does anybody know if they actually will do another episode "in two weeks" that profiles Bruce Wayne? I hope they do more. :)

[Cortez2301]

I watched the Gotham Tonight thing with Anthony Michael Hall earlier on Comcast On Demand, and it was actually pretty cool. I don't know exactly when it was released, but does anybody know if they actually will do another episode "in two weeks" that profiles Bruce Wayne? I hope they do more. :)This viral marketing is smart and brilliant.I hope they include this on the DVD.

[Michael24]

I normally don't go for all this viral marketing stuff (partially because I don't feel like trying to keep up with it all), but I was curious enough to check this out. I saw a commercial for Gotham Tonight while watching something last week, and until I realized it was Anthony Michael Hall, it actually caught me off guard and made me think it was an ad for a real news show. So I was like, "I gotta check this out." I'll definitely watch more episodes if they make them. :)

[noclist]

http://www.whysoserious.com/myhero/

Unbelievable.

[warnerbroman]

You know what would be cool? Is if Harvey returned to his public office unashamed of the scars on his face. Seriously, seeing that guy as a public figure walking around looking like that would be awesom and it would be nice to see if he would try to continue serving as DA while additionally watching him slowly slip into madness from the stress. Batman Returns?

[Michael24]

http://www.whysoserious.com/myhero/

Unbelievable.
Hey, cool! Ron Dean! I didn't know he was in this. One of my favorite character actors.

I'm kinda surprised that they're already giving us Two-Face by the end of the film. I figured they'd wait until the third film to have Dent become Two-Face.

[Batman]

New pic
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i92/bunkerjamus/jkho1.jpg

TDK Soundtrack samples
http://www.exlibris.ch/musik/OSTVARIOUS/Dark_KnightThe/PHO/8505-9362498600.aspx

[Young Justice]

You know what would be cool? Is if Harvey returned to his public office unashamed of the scars on his face. Seriously, seeing that guy as a public figure walking around looking like that would be awesom and it would be nice to see if he would try to continue serving as DA while additionally watching him slowly slip into madness from the stress.

But if you do that you are negating a very important part of what makes Harvey Dent be the character he is: His vain.

In the old comics of the 40's, Harvey Kent (Yes, he had this name back them) had the nickname of Apollo, because of his beauty, and he was extremely vain. When his face got disfigured, he couldn't handle the loss of his beauty and it was one of the factors that triggered his transformation in Two-Face.

Nowadays, I think the vain could be explored not only in terms of physical beauty but in terms of success, professional realization, etc. But you can't discard his attachment of being a handsome man.

The best way to deal with the transformation of Harvey Dent into Two-Face, IMHO, is to show to the audience that Harvey Dent is already Two-Face before his face got disfigured. Show that he is obsessed with duality, and has a psychopathic personality beneath the good guy persona. The scarred face only brings this side up.

[rggkjg1]

i just checked out the soundtrack samples. after noticing the "i am the batman" track, i have a feeling bruce might give up being batman for a short time only to come back after an event shows he's being needed regardless of the situation.

if this is true, i think it's starting to be a little cliche to have our hero question whether or not he should be the hero in the second film.

[Batman]

Check out Verizon Wireless/Nokia (https://solutions.vzwshop.com/nokia/default.html) tie-in site that includes these features - V CAST trailer, a mobile game, a digital comic and a new featurette titled "The Technology Behind Batman."

[Batman]

Check out Gotham Tonight with Lydia Filangeri "Billionaire Without A Cause - Bruce Wayne"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dwCnlK6_CA

[Wounded_Dragon]

Also on Comcast on Demand.

A nice mix of new and old, but there was more effort in the first one I think.

[Michael24]

I'm liking these Gotham Tonight segments on Comcast On Demand. My only complaint is the heavy use of stills from the films being used instead of the kind of photographs and videos you'd see in a real news segment. The clip of Harvey and Rachel exiting a car looks like it was just taken from the movie. Otherwise, I'm looking forward to the next one where they profile Lt. Gordon. :)

[Batman]

Tv spot 5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrob-Md9jqo

[Mist]

Where are all these Dark Knight TV spots coming from? I have yet to come across one of them on TV.

[Azrael24]

Really? i see them all the time on primetime and sometimes on nick

[Damien]

It was actually Earl who had Bruce declared dead, according to Alfred. But that's the media for ya. :p

So that's his penthouse, huh? Awesome. Also cool that the show interviews both Dent and Wayne.

[Batman]

Here are two amazing new pics

Our first look @ Eric Roberts as Salvatore Vincent "The Boss" Maroni

And Gordon with the new detective Anna Ramirez .

http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/199/jk1bs2.jpg
http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/5807/jk2lh3.jpg

[Cortez2301]

Sal Maroni looks cool.I wonder why he needs a cane though.Probably a bullet wound.I heard he gets shot dead in the movie.

[Damien]

Why couldn't they just name her Montoya again?

[Jacob T. Paschal]

Why couldn't they just name her Montoya again?

Because they felt this character was not Montoya-ish enough.

[Young Justice]

Why couldn't they just name her Montoya again?

There are rumors that say they couldn't name the character Montoya because she got "out of the closet" in the recent DC comic book chronology. The WB Studio was afraid to attach a gay character in a comic book movie aimed to a PG-13 audience. So they changed the name of the character probably leaving the rest unchanged.

[Azrael24]

i doubt that, it would be stupid, its not like that would be mentioned in the movie.

[Young Justice]

i doubt that, it would be stupid, its not like that would be mentioned in the movie.

Yes, but someone will make 2 + 2 and find out who really Montoya is in the comics and a controversy could arise. Imagine a gay friendly or gay bashing article talking about how a gay character ended up in the new Batman franchise. This could likely happen and I think WB wanted to avoid that. As Montoya was not a very well known character they decided was best just to rename her.

Of course this is all rumors and nothing has been confirmed.

[Batman]

For those who didn't get a chance to see Last friday's New episode of GOTHAM TONIGHT .

It's now Available on the official GCN site .
GOTHAM TONIGHT (http://www.gothamcablenews.com/gotham_tonight.aspx)

Gotham Tonight with Lydia Filangeri -"Billionaire Without A Cause - Bruce Wayne"

"Gotham Tonight looks at the tragic, mysterious, and flamboyant life of billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne. Born into enormous wealth, Bruce's life changed forever when he witnessed the shooting deaths of his parents in downtown Gotham.

GCN's premier news program looks at Bruce's life then, and now. Gotham Tonight gets exclusive comment from District Attorney Harvey Dent, who's rumored to be dating Bruce's old friend Rachel Dawes. And GT also examines the ascent of Bruce Wayne to CEO of Wayne Enterprises - what is the economic giant planning now?

Watch it on Comcast Channel One or right here at GCN."

[Azrael24]

Yes, but someone will make 2 + 2 and find out who really Montoya is in the comics and a controversy could arise. Imagine a gay friendly or gay bashing article talking about how a gay character ended up in the new Batman franchise. This could likely happen and I think WB wanted to avoid that. As Montoya was not a very well known character they decided was best just to rename her.

Of course this is all rumors and nothing has been confirmed.
theres lots of friendly gay characters out there in movies. it wouldnt be a big deal if there was one gay character in a batman movie, and if someone said something about it they would get the slap not nolan or anyone with anything to do with the movie.

besides, DC cartoons have had gay characters out there but its not a big deal (poison ivy, montoya, obsidian, static's friend gear)

[Young Justice]

theres lots of friendly gay characters out there in movies. it wouldnt be a big deal if there was one gay character in a batman movie, and if someone said something about it they would get the slap not nolan or anyone with anything to do with the movie.

besides, DC cartoons have had gay characters out there but its not a big deal (poison ivy, montoya, obsidian, static's friend gear)

Please don't get me wrong. I'm not backing this supposed decision from WB of not using the Montoya character. I was very disappointed that she didn't appeared in TDK.

But, know how bizarre people are concerning sexual orientation, and how executives are afraid to confront controversies, I kinda understand why they did it. It's sad, but understandable.

I don't know exactly how the deal is with Obsidian and Gear, but Montoya only went out of the closet recently. When she appeared in BTAS/TNBA she was still straight, at least for the public knowledge. And Poison Ivy was never a open gay person. She had a few bisexual attitudes recently and again it was way after the BTAS/TNBA run.

[Damien]

This is why Rowling waited until the ball was rolling.

Or, like other writers, maybe she was just milking it and mixing things up for the sake of milking it and mixing things up.

Either way, another boo move by WB.

[Cortez2301]

Seriously if thats Montoya isn't in the movie because she is a lesbian then that is the dumbest reason ever.I mean this isn't a kid's movie and in PG rated movies you can see a gay character or two.

[BatKid]

Kick-ass tv spot showcasing the sillier side of Joker:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY_HRmQzUIo

By far my favorite.

[Damien]

Awesome!

At the end there, was that Joker in Batman's penthouse?
(Anyone for calling it the Batbelfry? No? :p )

[Batman]

Kick-ass tv spot showcasing the sillier side of Joker:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY_HRmQzUIo

By far my favorite.

AWESOME !!!!!!

[Cortez2301]

Nice spot. Btw I heard a rumour that Joker scars dent's face and dent ends up killing him.Thats B.S. isn't it? (the last bit at least)

[BatKid]

Doesn't jive with what we've known about certain plot points. But for future reference, might wanna keep those types of things under spoiler tags.

[Cortez2301]

Doesn't jive with what we've known about certain plot points. But for future reference, might wanna keep those types of things under spoiler tags.The thing is I don't know how to use the spoiler tags.Anyway its just a silly rumour I heard, no big deal.

Anyway one thing that comes to mind, after seeing clips from Batman:Gotham Knight, I can't help wondering how it is connected to this movie.

[BatKid]

During it's inception, the goal was to connect the 2 films. But during production after deciding to go with different artistic styles and interpretations, Timm and co. realized it wasn't going to end up adhering to those rules.

However, they went through with it anyway.

[danman007]

Tv Spot #7 High Quality - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67-poSYpVP0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67-poSYpVP0)

Tv Spot #8 High Quality - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sktZWzBKuFc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sktZWzBKuFc)

Tv Spot #9 High Quality - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwEeLJ5UqwY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwEeLJ5UqwY)

[Batman]

Tv Spot #7 High Quality - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67-poSYpVP0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67-poSYpVP0)

Tv Spot #8 High Quality - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sktZWzBKuFc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sktZWzBKuFc)

Tv Spot #9 High Quality - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwEeLJ5UqwY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwEeLJ5UqwY)

My day just keeps getting better & better . 23 Days left until THE DARK KNIGHT .:D

[warnerbroman]

My day just keeps getting better & better . 23 Days left until THE DARK KNIGHT .:Dand my birfday

[Cortez2301]

and my birfdayWell congratualtions! You get to celebrate 2 anniversaries in the coming years.I got to wait for the following week :sweat:.

Btw I know this is gonna bug people, but DOES ANYONE KNOW THE ISOLATED MUSIC IN THE TV SPOTS....PLEASE.

[Cortez2301]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prKi0tvJ7wA

[thedanmachine]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prKi0tvJ7wA

That is awesome.

"Its not about money, its about sending a message"

[Cortez2301]

http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_seyret&Itemid=227&task=videodirectlink&id=1226

A bunch of other clips are available too.

[rggkjg1]

i have a question about the release date.

ever since the release date has been set, i've been expecting them to move the release to the wednesday of that week (like they did with batman begins). i was also hoping they would do a 10 pm showing the night before (superman returns). if the release date was going to be moved to wednesday and they were going to do 10 pm showtimes, would we have known by now?

my theater has started to sell midnight tickets for thurday going into friday and i'm not sure if i should wait it out until next week. knowing my luck, i'd go buy the midnight tickets and then they'd announce an earlier release date and early showtimes.

[BatKid]

I doubt they'd change it, with how good the advanced sales have been. There would have to be a major recall considering how many are buying midnight tickets. I think it's safe to buy them now.

BTW, I saw this vid floating around yesterday. Thought you guys might like it as fans of the franchise. It's all 4 Batmen duking it out. :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqFt2_X3aZg

[Anarky]

I doubt they'd change it, with how good the advanced sales have been. There would have to be a major recall considering how many are buying midnight tickets. I think it's safe to buy them now.

BTW, I saw this vid floating around yesterday. Thought you guys might like it as fans of the franchise. It's all 4 Batmen duking it out. :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqFt2_X3aZg

I think the funniest bit is Val Kilmer's "NO!!!" thanks for posting, that was hella funny.

[Michael24]

I doubt they'd change it, with how good the advanced sales have been. There would have to be a major recall considering how many are buying midnight tickets. I think it's safe to buy them now.

BTW, I saw this vid floating around yesterday. Thought you guys might like it as fans of the franchise. It's all 4 Batmen duking it out. :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqFt2_X3aZg

Wow! That was surprisingly well done, and entertaining. Where did the clip of Bale/Batman getting set on fire come from, though. I don't remember that in Batman Begins, though I only saw it once.

[Jacob T. Paschal]

Wow! That was surprisingly well done, and entertaining. Where did the clip of Bale/Batman getting set on fire come from, though. I don't remember that in Batman Begins, though I only saw it once.

Only once? For shame!

It was the scene in which Scarecrow was in an apartment and setting it on fire. Bruce inhaled some of his fear toxin.

[Michael24]

Only once? For shame!

It was the scene in which Scarecrow was in an apartment and setting it on fire. Bruce inhaled some of his fear toxin.

Yikes! I remember the fear toxin part, but I totally don't recall Batman getting set on fire. Yup, only saw it once, in the theater.

[Silly McGooses]

i have a question about the release date.

ever since the release date has been set, i've been expecting them to move the release to the wednesday of that week (like they did with batman begins). i was also hoping they would do a 10 pm showing the night before (superman returns). if the release date was going to be moved to wednesday and they were going to do 10 pm showtimes, would we have known by now?

my theater has started to sell midnight tickets for thurday going into friday and i'm not sure if i should wait it out until next week. knowing my luck, i'd go buy the midnight tickets and then they'd announce an earlier release date and early showtimes.
Yeah, I'm worrying about the same thing. I want to buy my IMAX tickets now, but I've gotten burned before by this sort of the thing when Iron Man opened 4 hours early.

[Jacob T. Paschal]

Damn...

My big brother and his girlfriend are seeing this sucker in IMAX (tickets already paid for).

[BatKid]

I would suggest you guys get the tickets now while you still can. I tried ordering extra IMAX seats for a few latecomer friends of mine, but they were already sold out. And this wasn't even for the opening day showing.

[ShadowGUN]

New trailer courtesy of Domino's Pizza. (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=46431)

Edit- You Tube version (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mjryo-mCyM)for those having trouble seeing it.

[Damien]

Cool cool, along with those 12 clips.

Can't wait for the interrogation scene.

[Batman91]

Wow, just wow. That last trailer was simply awesome.

[Azrael24]

Here are some early reviews of the dark knight

Rolling Stone - 3.5/4

http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/...he_dark_knight

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Film1 (Netherlands) - 5/5

http://www.filmfocus.nl/specials/item3.php?id=10309

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The Movie Blog - 8.5/10

http://www.themovieblog.com/2008/06/...-knight-review

(WARNING: This one, while not overtly spoiling the ending, makes some allusions toward the ending that you might be able to draw some pretty big conclusions from.)

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San Francisco Chronicle

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...e043445D39.DTL

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Emanuel Levy - A-

http://emanuellevy.com/article.php?articleID=10176

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Collider

http://www.collider.com/entertainmen...id/8335/tcid/1

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MTV.com - separate reviews for different aspects, all very positive

http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/artic...22/story.jhtml

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Comic Book Resources

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?p...ticle&id=17013

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Ropes of Silicon

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article...he_dark_knight

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Australian Herald Sun

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sto...2-2902,00.html

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IGN - 5/5

http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/884/884876p1.html


After reading these, i felt so happy to be a batman fan :crying:

[Jacob T. Paschal]

Looking at the Domino trailer I love the new Batsuit. Also, the Batman theme--if it continues to evolve in a third film--would kick butt if it interjected a chorus into it.

"Does it depress you..." for a second there it felt like The Joker was genuinly being nice.

[Hanshotfirst113]

I doubt they'd change it, with how good the advanced sales have been. There would have to be a major recall considering how many are buying midnight tickets. I think it's safe to buy them now.

BTW, I saw this vid floating around yesterday. Thought you guys might like it as fans of the franchise. It's all 4 Batmen duking it out. :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqFt2_X3aZg

Yeah, I just saw that recently. It's funny stuff :D. Remarkably clever editing too, I must say.

[Silly McGooses]

Thanks for collecting all those reviews, Azrael, it's been a pain trying to track them down. I've read some surprisingly spoilerish reviews from reputed sources, so everyone might want to tread lightly!

EDIT: A lot of those links are not working for some reason...

[Batman]

TDK Interviews

Full interview with Christian Bale (http://3news.co.nz/tabid/337/articleID/61377/Default.aspx#video)

Full interview with Gary Oldman (http://3news.co.nz/tabid/337/articleID/61380/Default.aspx#video)

Full interview with Aaron Eckhart (http://3news.co.nz/tabid/337/articleID/61381/Default.aspx#video)

Full interview with Maggie Gyllenhaal (http://3news.co.nz/tabid/337/articleID/61378/Default.aspx#video)

Full interview with Christopher Nolan (http://3news.co.nz/tabid/337/articleID/61382/Default.aspx#video)

http://3news.co.nz/Home/Story/tabid/...9/Default.aspx (http://3news.co.nz/Home/Story/tabid/209/articleID/61407/cat/89/Default.aspx)


YouTube - THE DARK KNIGHT Interview: Christopher Nolan (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhxKkLYwjOU)

YouTube - THE DARK KNIGHT Interview: Christian Bale (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEPIg8R--To)

YouTube - THE DARK KNIGHT Interview: Michael Caine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DohPu3rYbcU)

YouTube - THE DARK KNIGHT Interview: Aaron Eckhart (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsVhKR4ri4k)

YouTube - THE DARK KNIGHT Interview: Morgan Freeman (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i67XRSgxEC0)

YouTube - THE DARK KNIGHT Interview: Maggie Gyllenhaal (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EwUE49fXc8)

YouTube - THE DARK KNIGHT Interview: Nestor Carbonell (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skv6htWO1h8)

YouTube - THE DARK KNIGHT Interview: Anthony Michael Hall (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_aEhG5XmxM)

YouTube - Christian Bale interview for The Dark Knight (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9IAIgilfXg)

YouTube - Gary Oldman interview for The Dark Knight (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvMrdA9pjzQ)

YouTube - Aaron Eckhart interview for The Dark Knight (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XzwDDnZOyY)

YouTube - Maggie Gyllenhaal interview for The Dark Knight (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioDKR6v7r1Q)

[BatKid]

For those looking for reviews, just check this post (http://forums.superherohype.com/showpost.php?p=15114670&postcount=1) every day. It's updated whenever a new one is submitted and she has graciously put up any warnings if there are major spoilers within said review.

[Batman]

NEW POSTER from "WHY SO SERIOUS ?"

http://www.whysoserious.com/stupidbats/images/stupidbats_a.jpg

High-Res

http://media.whysoserious.com/stupidbats.jpg

[Silly McGooses]

Every poster for this film is increasingly more kick-ass than the last.

[Ducard]

Yowza.

[Batman]

BRAND NEW Exclusive Dominos Pizza TRAILER #6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_-NEBvaJHM

[Bat Bruce]

I dont know if this was mentioned but iesb.net had 12 clips from the film, but theyre gone now :sad:. Im sure detectives can figure where to get them though ;). Gary Oldman's accent REALLY comes through in one

[Silly McGooses]

I'm sure most of you avoid them because they're such a negative place, but I HIGHLY reccomend you all stay away from the IMDb boards in the next two weeks--trolls are posting huge spoilers in thread titles just to get a rise out of people :sad:

[Azrael24]

just out of curiosity, why so much hate over there? do they have something against batman?

[Silly McGooses]

I don't know, but the TDK board over there is insane! There's like fifty trolls on at all times! Theres new posts every five seconds.

[Batman]

I dont know if this was mentioned but iesb.net had 12 clips from the film, but theyre gone now :sad:. Im sure detectives can figure where to get them though ;). Gary Oldman's accent REALLY comes through in one

Here you go
MAJOR SPOILERS Ahead .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mga-pkdC-4Y

View at your own risked.

NEW promo art
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x135/symbiote24/Batman_2.jpg

[Aldrius]

*SPOILERS POTENTIALLY*

Okay, I'm not gonna watch all the clips (though you're not supposed to link to that site...)

But I think it's safe to say I like Maggie Gyllenhal about a thousand times more than Katie Holmes. She's actually sassy and charming rather than cold and judgmental and depressed. Which is actually the perfect romantic love interest for Bruce in my opinion, someone completely unlike him, but so like him.

[Bat Bruce]

*SPOILERS POTENTIALLY*

Okay, I'm not gonna watch all the clips (though you're not supposed to link to that site...)

But I think it's safe to say I like Maggie Gyllenhal about a thousand times more than Katie Holmes. She's actually sassy and charming rather than cold and judgmental and depressed. Which is actually the perfect romantic love interest for Bruce in my opinion, someone completely unlike him, but so like him.

Totally agree, I also like how you can actually see what's happening in the fights this time

[Silly McGooses]

I look at the goofy promo art and toy/candy tie-ins, and I can't believe how they seem to be marketing this film, at least in part, to kids. There's actually an interesting article in Variety on the subject:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117988395.html?categoryId=1350&cs=1

[Hanshotfirst113]

http://videos.movie-list.com/view_video.php?viewkey=46495a8da1e5352d03ca

New trailer. Hoping for an HD version soon. Someone probably beat me to this though ;).

[Wounded_Dragon]

Two more Gotham Tonights on Comcast On Demand: One on senseless crime and another profiling Jim Gordon.

[Hanshotfirst113]

I haven't followed much of the viral stuff, but I hope that they put some of it on the DVD. What I've seen is really brilliant.

[Knight]

Im actually glad things on this board arent too spoiler related. If you go to the wrong place you'll find out everything about the film and I want some of it to be a surprise so Ive avoided most of it. I couldnt resist the 12 clips though. This movie looks really good.

[Silly McGooses]

Two more Gotham Tonights on Comcast On Demand: One on senseless crime and another profiling Jim Gordon.
Cool, I think these are the best part of the whole viral campaign.

[Batman]

The Official Movie Soundtrack site for THE DARK KNIGHT (http://www.warnerbrosrecords.com/thedarkknight) is up .

[Silly McGooses]

The score for this sounds so much better than the one for Batman Begins.

[Batman]

Recap TDK Official theatrical posters

First Wave:
http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/4381/posters/poster5_lo.jpg (http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/4381/posters/poster5.jpg) http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/4381/posters/poster2_lo.jpg (http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/4381/posters/poster2.jpg) http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/4381/posters/poster3_lo.jpg (http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/4381/posters/poster3.jpg) http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/4381/posters/poster4_lo.jpg (http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/4381/posters/poster4.jpg) Second Wave:
http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/4381/posters/poster1_lo.jpg (http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/4381/posters/poster1.jpg) http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/4381/posters/poster6_lo.jpg (http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/4381/posters/poster6.jpg) http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/4381/posters/poster7_lo.jpg (http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/4381/posters/poster7.jpg) http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/4381/posters/poster8_lo.jpg (http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/4381/posters/poster8.jpg) http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/4381/posters/poster9_lo.jpg (http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/4381/posters/poster9.jpg) http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/4381/posters/poster10_lo.jpg (http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/4381/posters/poster10.jpg) http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/4381/posters/poster11_lo.jpg (http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/4381/posters/poster11.jpg)

Third Wave:

http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/4381/posters/poster12_lo.jpg (http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/4381/posters/poster12.jpg) http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/4381/posters/poster13_lo.jpg (http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/4381/posters/poster13.jpg)http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/4381/posters/poster15_lo.jpg (http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/4381/posters/poster15.jpg) http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/4381/posters/poster16_lo.jpg (http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/4381/posters/poster16.jpg)

[Aizen]

Wow...those posters are amazing, thanks Spiderman.

[Batman]

Wow...those posters are amazing, thanks Spiderman.

Your Welcome .

[Michael24]

The new Comcast commercial with the family spending their first night in a new apartment in Gotham City is pretty funny. "Some joker blew up an armored truck." "With a rocket launcher!"

But my favorite: "Daddy, what's fear toxin?" :D

[Anarky]

Two more Gotham Tonights on Comcast On Demand: One on senseless crime and another profiling Jim Gordon.

If not on the dvd extras, let's hope WHV releases sort of a Viral summary on dvd prior to the film release. Any such tie-in dvds outside of the Gotham Knight animated feature?

btw, I'm curious...what did the Joker put in the bank mgr's mouth?

[rggkjg1]

sigh. now i regret watching those 12 clips. here's my rant (if you watched the clips, you should be fine if you want to read it):

my guess about batman abandoning his duty in the film seems to have been right. this is really starting to get old now. i'm tired of seeing my hero for the most part "give up" in every second film. aside from the fact that we've seen the same thing done in superman ii and spider-man 2, we dealt with this already with batman in batman forever. given every situation i've seen/read batman in where "giving up" would have been reasonable, he kept going. i just can't see batman questioning his duty and throwing in the towel. his determination is what make batman unique. along with that, i felt there was way to much similarities to the burton batman films as well. it appears that the cops will be hunting batman down, again (batman returns). it was fine in batman begins since it was the "first year" and batman was wanted in the comics durring this time. it looked like everything was cleared up at the end of begins and the cops would no longer interfere with batman. but what happens? the joker taints his image and suddenly the cops and public agree that batman is the villian (i'm guessing on this one). give me a break. the only time i want batman wanted by the police is in the year one era. end of story. the batpod and joker's 18 wheeler scenes remind me to much of the finale in batman. is it so much to ask for something "original"? i really hope i am so wrong or the film shuts me up.

[Jacob T. Paschal]

This is still year one, though. He believes that Gotham no longer needs him, turns out he was wrong. I suppose this is the straw that breaks the proverbial back of the camel and makes him a cynic.

[Soul]

sigh. now i regret watching those 12 clips. here's my rant (if you watched the clips, you should be fine if you want to read it):

my guess about batman abandoning his duty in the film seems to have been right. this is really starting to get old now. i'm tired of seeing my hero for the most part "give up" in every second film. aside from the fact that we've seen the same thing done in superman ii and spider-man 2, we dealt with this already with batman in batman forever. given every situation i've seen/read batman in where "giving up" would have been reasonable, he kept going. i just can't see batman questioning his duty and throwing in the towel. his determination is what make batman unique. along with that, i felt there was way to much similarities to the burton batman films as well. it appears that the cops will be hunting batman down, again (batman returns). it was fine in batman begins since it was the "first year" and batman was wanted in the comics durring this time. it looked like everything was cleared up at the end of begins and the cops would no longer interfere with batman. but what happens? the joker taints his image and suddenly the cops and public agree that batman is the villian (i'm guessing on this one). give me a break. the only time i want batman wanted by the police is in the year one era. end of story. the batpod and joker's 18 wheeler scenes remind me to much of the finale in batman. is it so much to ask for something "original"? i really hope i am so wrong or the film shuts me up.

I too felt that the seen with Batman on the Batpod and The Joker in the 18 Wheeler reminded me of burton's film, but I see it as a homage.
If you watch the Gotham Tonight segments, you see have argument that Batman's interference as a hero/vigilante, is seen as a provoking of criminals, to either show him up or out do him.

So as such, I see Harvey's position as well as the police's, to be after Batman, to "stop" these "supervillians" from continuing to surface.

Which..is complete bowldercrap, it leaves Gotham more open than ever.

[TheScarecrow]

I too felt that the seen with Batman on the Batpod and The Joker in the 18 Wheeler reminded me of burton's film, but I see it as a homage.

I don't remember Jack Nicholson driving an 18 Wheeler in Burton's Batman. Am I missing something here?

[Aldrius]

He's not quitting being Batman, though. He's planning a city that doesn't need Batman. I mean wanting to be Batman forever makes him look a little nuts.

...which he is, but it's more fun to see him become that rather than start as that.

[Hobbes829]

there was no 18 wheeler scene in burton's batman. It seems very real to me that the police would continue to go after batman. He's a vigilante, and he's breaking the law. And Batman Returns sucked. So, never compare the two films again.

[Soul]

there was no 18 wheeler scene (lern to spell, for crying owt lowd) in burton's batman. It seems very real to me that the police would continue to go after batman. He's a vigilante, and he's breaking the law. And Batman Returns sucked. So, never compare the two films again.
Uhm, the 18 Wheeler scene in The Dark Knight, especially from the trailers and clips seem reminiscent of the showdown between The Joker and Batman via the Batplane (or Batjet or whatever).

[BatKid]

New clip of the Joker. I think it's our first real look at him (Asides from the money burning scene) talking with people and looking at his physical nuances.

http://www.aftonbladet.se/webbtv/noje/article2823244.ab

[Robin2099]

Uhm, the 18 Wheeler scene in The Dark Knight, especially from the trailers and clips seem reminiscent of the showdown between The Joker and Batman via the Batplane (or Batjet or whatever).

I still have no idea how people can compare those two scenes. Outside of how both scenes have Batman and Joker, their is nothing similar.

[BatKid]

The Wizard World footage shown waaaaay back has now made it online:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rw3-0BOyXo

[Batman]

http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/covergallery/img/2008/jul112008_1001_lg.jpg
EW. (http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20210206,00.html?iid=top25-20080703-Exclusive%21+Inside+%27The+Dark+Knight%27)

http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/080702/dark-knight_l.jpg

[Damien]

Soul, I'd say what's more like Burton's film is standing Joker VS Batman/vehicle, in this case the Batpod rather than Batwing.

Great clip of the Joker at the party.

P.S. I'm sorry, but the acting was not all that tops in the story about the teenager taking the spiked drugs. The whole sequence reminded me of an '80s PSA.

[Batman]

New TV Spots

TV Spot 10 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjyB-RDsss8

TV Spot 11 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cJK5J8SPck

TV Spot 12 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Lo578I-HIA

TV Spot 13 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiZ-e0k50yc

[Anarky]

The Wizard World footage shown waaaaay back has now made it online:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rw3-0BOyXo

sweet...I wonder if the ushers will be handing out paper bags for the queasy once they get an eyeful of Two-Face.

[Batman]

3 NEW TV SPOTS

TV Spot 13 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiZ-e0k50yc

TV SPOT 14 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5fv3pvHzm0

TV SPOT 15 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEKVMJK5NEY

[Cortez2301]

Its nice to see Batman with the white lenses.

[Anarky]

The Wizard World footage shown waaaaay back has now made it online:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rw3-0BOyXo

I'm curious how that phone got under that guy's skin at 1:07:eek:


btw, Oscar buzz for Ledger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37zErAXOx-A&feature=user

Kevin Smith- "This is the Godfather II of comic book films."

btw, check out this trailer spoof: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sYBqhOEdRQ&feature=related

[Vermillion]

I seriously cannot wait for The Dark Knight. I have already ordered tix for the midnight showing here! 14 days... I might just go mentally insane lol.

And I dunno if anyone has posted this, but SuperHeroHype said their is 13 new clips, here is one of them:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqJeHW53Lp0


I think Heath Ledger is going to be the best Joker...

[Mist]

Just a question, does anybody know where I can buy..

http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/4381/posters/poster12.jpg

..This poster online? I've looked all over but cant find it.

[Mist]

Just a question, does anybody know where I can buy..

http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/4381/posters/poster12.jpg

..This poster online? I've looked all over but cant find it.

[Azrael24]

i dont know about online but i did see it at toys r us, i wouldve bought had i had money

[CartoonOverlord]

Rather late for the party, but I have to say I'm sure this movie will be totally amazing. As trailers keep rolling in it just keeps getting better and better, everything seems to be so completely awesome. I can't freaking wait for this movie.

[Anarky]

Its nice to see Batman with the white lenses.

I'm curious to see if that's some sort of vision device (NVG, UV, infrared...) or a hallucination brought on by Crane's fear toxin.

[Anarky]

edit wasn't working:

Are the Clowns Against Dent ads independent or part of the official viral marketing campaign?

[dark knight acolyte]

Great stuff, but is anyone else disappointed with the amount of actual movie footage being leaked?

I checked out only the Joker clip "Where is Dent?" and I'm literally going to ban myself from any more TDK searches until after the 18th. I want this experience to be encapsulating and fresh. Doesn't seeing too much taint that a bit?

[A.J]

Ive ketp myself spoiler free 100% for now. I just come back here to check out the posters but no videos at all for me :anime:

[Batman]

The Batmobile & The Bat-Pod @ the Toyota Forumla One
http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2008/07/04/091902.1-lg.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl_1apuVQzA

[Cortez2301]

Great stuff, but is anyone else disappointed with the amount of actual movie footage being leaked?
I thought all those clips were legit?

[Batman]

New Batman promo pic
http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/2751/movietdkx37ek7.th.jpg (http://img234.imageshack.us/my.php?image=movietdkx37ek7.jpg)

[Jacob T. Paschal]

I thought all those clips were legit?

They are, just a poor choice of words on his part.

[Cortez2301]

They are, just a poor choice of words on his part.Oh ok.I know what you mean though.Btw is it just me or did Batman actually hit a SWAT officer in one of the Tv spots?

[Aizen]

So has there been an official image of Two-Face?
I saw some on youtube, but again its youtube...

[Jacob T. Paschal]

Official? No, but there is that clip of him from behind...

[Aizen]

Official? No, but there is that clip of him from behind...
Eh, really?

[Cortez2301]

About the limited soundtrack edition, what exactly does it contain besides the soundtrack?

Oh and is there a graphic novel based on the movie?

[Batman]

New Gotham Tonight (http://gothamcablenews.com/gotham_tonight.aspx) episode 5

World-famous journalist Mike Engel goes to the heart of Harvey Dent's case against mob kingpin Sal Maroni - Maroni himself. The notorious figure, now standing trial in a Gotham courtroom, faces tough questions on allegations that he is at the top of an organized crime family devastating Gotham City.

Maroni uses his trademark charm and good humor to stymie Engel's questioning, but his honesty is attacked by GPD Commisioner Loeb. And Mike Engel quizzes Loeb on the two mob bagmen found dead last week - and the leaked GPD surveillance tape that recorded the abduction.

[Jin Kazama]

This might not be the right place to put this. I'm not too sure. I didn't want to start a whole new thread over it.

So, I've seen in here, and in the Comcast spots, that part of the movie was shot in IMAX. Which means, obviously, that the movie will be shown in IMAX theaters.

I've never been to an IMAX movie, but I remember reading somewhere that when (I think) Star Wars: Episode 2 came out, that they had to edit the film to a certain length to show it there.

Is this the case, and if so, are they going to edit Dark Knight to show it there? I've heard it's a pretty lengthy movie, and I'd like to have it be my first IMAX film (since it looks insanely good), but if it's edited, I'd rather just see it in a regular theater.

Any help for an IMAX newbie would be awesome.

[Vermillion]

Wow, I accidentally got 12:30 NOON tickets, so I had to go down to the theater and ask if they would exchange these, and I asked them if they were going to have a midnight showing, and right as I asked they found out they were, so thank god I asked. They let me exchange the noon tix for the midnight ones!

I seriously can't wait for the movie, it's going to be great.

[Aizen]

Yeah, its gonna rock.

[darkdetective]

Anyone see Michael Bay's rejected "The Dark Knight" script (http://my.spill.com/profiles/blog/show?id=947994%3ABlogPost%3A355506)?

[Aldrius]

Anyone see Michael Bay's rejected "The Dark Knight" script (http://my.spill.com/profiles/blog/show?id=947994%3ABlogPost%3A355506)?

That was funny. But also very stupid.

[Ryusuke]

Anyone see Michael Bay's rejected "The Dark Knight" script (http://my.spill.com/profiles/blog/show?id=947994%3ABlogPost%3A355506)?

I'd say the first comment in their sums it all up. I think it's a joke, but it wouldn't be too far from an actual script from Michael Bay....I think *haven't seen too many of his movies*.

[Anarky]

New Gotham Tonight (http://gothamcablenews.com/gotham_tonight.aspx) episode 5

World-famous journalist Mike Engel goes to the heart of Harvey Dent's case against mob kingpin Sal Maroni - Maroni himself. The notorious figure, now standing trial in a Gotham courtroom, faces tough questions on allegations that he is at the top of an organized crime family devastating Gotham City.

Maroni uses his trademark charm and good humor to stymie Engel's questioning, but his honesty is attacked by GPD Commisioner Loeb. And Mike Engel quizzes Loeb on the two mob bagmen found dead last week - and the leaked GPD surveillance tape that recorded the abduction.

I'm really hoping these are extras on the dvd. So far, I haven't seen any interesting vendor exclusives for Batman: Gotham Knight.

[Jacob T. Paschal]

Anyone see Michael Bay's rejected "The Dark Knight" script (http://my.spill.com/profiles/blog/show?id=947994%3ABlogPost%3A355506)?

That has got to be fake!