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Dark Knight follow-up plot details?
Cinema Blend has what it believes are details on the follow-up to The Dark Knight. Just as Knight is inspired by the Batman graphic novel The Long Halloween, its sequel will be inspired by Halloween’s follow-up, Dark Victory. Interestingly, Victory primarily focused on Two-Face as the villain, while also introducing Batman’s sidekick Robin. As for The Joker, he was indeed meant to be included in the second sequel to Batman Begins. However, due to actor Heath Ledger’s death, it appears the role may be written out of the picture rather than recast.
Four new Dark Knight posters!
Yahoo! Movies delivers four new one-sheets for The Dark Knight. Three of the images are character posters for Batman, Joker and Harvey Dent. Meanwhile, the fourth one-sheet displays Batman smashing through a building in Gotham City, on his Batpod.
New Dark Knight trailer description
At the New York Comic Con, Warner Bros. surprised attendees with a brand-new trailer for The Dark Knight. Until the trailer makes its widespread debut in two weeks, MTV Movies Blog describes highlights from the ad. It is worth noting that Harvey Dent has a considerable amount of screen time in the trailer, in which he emphatically states the memorable line, “You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.”
Hostage situation at Dent’s press conference!
EyeCraveDVD.com summarizes the events that occurred during what was supposed to a press conference for Harvey Dent’s campaign to be the district attorney of Gotham City. It seems the corrupt cop Notaro crashed the conference and took a girl hostage. Dent’s brave reaction to the scenario is sure to help him in the Gotham election and will possibly be referenced in this summer’s live-action Batman feature, The Dark Knight.
Touring Kraftland
With Conversational Ball, father-son duo Richard and Nicky Kraft reminisce on the making of their documentary Finding Kraftland.
Dark Knight images, spoilers hit online
Located at GameSpot Forums, four images from The Dark Knight may be viewed. In addition, the person responsible for posting the screen captures offers a description for the events taking place in each picture. The gallery gives a glimpse into how dark Dark Knight may be, due to its psychotic villain The Joker.
Dark Knight campaign readying for April Fool’s Day?
/Film summarizes the recent developments in the Dark Knight viral campaign. First of all, there appears to be a string of new phone messages. Transcriptions for the calls may be read at the noted site.
However, the most intriguing aspect of these updates appears to be a surprise waiting to be unveiled tomorrow, April Fool’s Day. A new site, ClownTravelAgency.com, mysteriously hints that April 1st may hold something special for Batman fans.
31Mar2008 | Josh E Armstrong | ContinuedDark Knight viral campaign continues
Warner Bros. has recently introduced numerous new websites related to the upcoming Batman blockbuster The Dark Knight. The sites include The Gotham Times, a Drudge-like Maiden Avenue Report, Gotham Cable News, one in support of Dana Worthington for D.A., Citizens for Batman, The Gotham City Advocates Foundation and St. Swithun’s Church.
Clowns put ‘dent’ in political campaign
As many folks know, a false political campaign for The Dark Knight character Harvey Dent has been spreading online and offline, with the Dentmobile being seen around the U.S. Now, word arrives via /Film that not everyone is pleased with Dent’s run to be district attorney of Gotham City. The site shows a group of clowns holding signs that read “Dent is Two-Faced”, “Your Future Decided With a Coin Flip” and “Change We Can’t Believe In”. Could this assembly represent authentic goons for The Joker, as part of Warner Bros.’ marketing? Or is the group simply composed of fans for the upcoming Batman feature?
Justice League to arrive in 2009
With the Writers Guild of America strike settled, Warner Bros. is quickly moving forward with a film adaptation of Justice League of America, to be released in 2009. Kieran and Michele Mulroney are polishing the project’s screenplay, as George Miller prepares to direct the picture. The cast for Justice League includes Adam Brody as Flash, Common as Green Lantern, Armie Hammer Jr. as Batman, and Megan Gale as Wonder Woman. Variety has the story.
Big Screen Roundup: 1/28/08 Edition - Part II
Coming Soon points out that new artwork is on display at the official production site for Hellboy II: The Golden Army. The art features a first look at the character Johann Krauss.
Two new images [1, 2] from Hancock have hit online, revealing Will Smith in the title character’s heroic suit.
Paramount Pictures Digital Entertainment and Habbo, a virtual world for teens, have united to create and merchandize virtual goods based on at least three of the studio’s films: Beowulf, Mean Girls and The Spiderwick Chronicles. The Hollywood Reporter has the story.
Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock speaks with The Los Angeles Times about his latest project, Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?
Vanity Fair examines what it refers to as the “Little Miss Juno phenomenon,” considering the chances the Fox Searchlight hit has at winning an Oscar.
Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp has signed with Gallic graphic novel publisher Casterman for the film rights to Jacques Tardi’s classic comic book series Aventures Extraordinaires d’Adele Blanc-Sec. Variety explains that current plans of EuropaCorp involve a trilogy based on the series.
The New York Sun takes a look at the Sundance reception for Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden’s Sugar, while also noticing Alex Gibney’s newest documentary, Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson.
Home entertainment specs for The Golden Compass, Jimmy Carter Man From Plains and Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium are online at DVDActive.
Remembering the performances of Heath Ledger, SaltyStix.com counts down who it feels are the ten most promising young actors working today. With Ryan Gosling topping the list, other thespians to make the cut are James McAvoy, Emile Hirsch, Paul Dano and Shia LaBeouf.
Deputy Dog presents 10 of the “best themed home cinemas on earth.” Themes among the theaters include the franchises of Indiana Jones, Batman, Star Trek, Star Wars and Pirates of the Caribbean, as well as such films as Titanic and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
29Jan2008 | Josh E Armstrong | ContinuedBig Screen Roundup: 1/28/08 Edition
Guillermo del Toro is in talks to direct back-to-back installments of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, informs The Hollywood Reporter. Both del Toro and Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson will oversee writing for the films. Co-financed by New Line and MGM, the Hobbit series will have a production budget estimated at $150 million for each feature. At this time, it appears the release date for the first film will be in 2010, with the second one following in 2011.
Director Christopher Nolan has written a touching tribute titled “Charisma as Natural as Gravity” to the late actor Heath Ledger. Available to read at Newsweek, the essay focuses on Ledger’s enthusiasm and work ethic during the filming of Nolan’s The Dark Knight. Meanwhile, Superhero Hype! has collected three new images from the upcoming Batman feature.
Variety records that Universal Pictures and Working Title Films have agreed to a two-picture deal with Atonement director Joe Wright.
Julia Roberts will produce and star in the film adaptation of Margot Berwin’s upcoming novel Hothouse Flowers for Sony’s Columbia Pictures, writes The Hollywood Reporter. The actress will portray “a recently divorced woman who is dissatisfied with her job at a Manhattan ad agency and goes off on an adventure that takes her to places she never expected to go.”
IGN has learned John Cleese is in negotiations to join the cast of the remake for the 1951 sci-fi classic The Day The Earth Stood Still. Cleese’s role would be that of “physicist Dr. Barnhardt, a Nobel Prize laureate who plays a key part in figuring out the mission and meaning of the arrival of the alien Klaatu.”
Coming Soon rounds up sources showing Channing Tatum to have the lead role of Duke in director Stephen Sommers’ G.I. Joe live-action adaptation.The Canadian Press reports that the next project for Robert Redford to produce and star in will be A Walk in the Woods, an adaptation of the bestselling 1998 Bill Bryson book about hiking the Appalachian Trail. Barry Levinson is expected to direct the film.
According to Deadline Hollywood Daily, Harvey Weinstein of The Weinstein Co. is already considering another installment in the Rambo franchise. An early idea from Weinstein involves “bringing the character back to the United States.”
ShockTillYouDrop.com speaks with Funny Games stars Michael Pitt and Brady Corbet about Michael Haneke’s remake of his own psychological thriller.
Variety indicates that Marlene Forte will be seen s “Chief Transporter” in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek. The magazine also reveals Marion Cotillard, Channing Tatum, Giovanni Ribisi, Stephen Dorff and Jason Clarkeas as joining Johnny Depp and Christian Bale in the Michael Mann feature Public Enemies.
Dark Horizons updates readers on release date changes for the following movies: Choke (8/1), Hellraiser (2009), Trailer Trash (no longer scheduled), Youth in Revolt (12/12), The Patriots (11/14) and Towelhead (8/15).
Coming Soon brings readers such exclusives as a clip from the King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters DVD, as well as an interview with Strange Wilderness star Kevin Heffernan.
28Jan2008 | Josh E Armstrong | Continued
