THE DARK KNIGHT
July 18
(Warner Bros. Pictures / Legendary Pictures)

Director: Christopher Nolan
Writers: Screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan, story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer
Producers: Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, Christopher Nolan
Executive Producers: Kevin De La Noy, Benjamin Melniker, Michael Uslan

Cast: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman

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.

Official Sites

WWW.THEDARKKNIGHT.COM

The Dark Knight on Comcast

Why So Serious?

The Gotham Times

Teaser Poster

Theatrical Trailers

"Half" Film Clip Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow

WB Heath Ledger Memorial Page

I figured, with the full trailer released in theaters (attached to prints of I Am Legend) and the web, not to mention the six minute opening sequence (attached to IMAX prints of Legend, only), it was time to create this thread. Hype is at an all time high, and we still have seven more months until the film is released.

For fans of Chris Nolan's first foray into superheroics (2005's Batman Begins), this new entry is like the second coming. Even those who could barely feign interest in the first one are taking notice.

Burton fans can rest easy: this film is NOT a remake of the 1989 original. The brothers Nolan have a new plot that stems directly from the events of the previous reboot.

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the trailer from I am Legend is pretty good.

BUT more interesting, in the movie I AM LEGEND, at the beginning, there's a large poster on a building for what looks to be a Superman/Batman movie coming in 09. Not sure if it's a real teaser or not but there's been rumors for years.

Jordan .

I went to IAL this evening for the express purpose of seeing the trailer on the big screen... my mother got the time wrong and we missed it by twenty minutes. But anyway...

EDIT: I finally sat down and watched the trailer (burning it to DVD and putting it in my home theater system first). As far as the editing goes, it's not quite as atmospheric and exhilarating as the one for Begins. Too many fades to black, I guess. But the whole point is the new footage, and that is exciting.

It's highly unlikely that we will see a Batman/Superman team-up movie in 2009... because the Justice League movie is aiming for release that year. This is more likely just an in-joke by the fanboy director.

The IMAX prologue (depicting a Joker bank heist) can be found in pirated form on yarious televisual bevices. If you know where to look. It's pretty nifty, even if the cell phone it was recorded on starts to drift toward the ceiling midway through.

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That god damn trailer's more popular than Uncle's Day in a whorehouse!

Yes, she takes over as Assistant D.A. Rachel Dawes. Which makes more sense than shoehorning in a new love interest.

Lwapom, while I can understand many of the critiques of Begins, yours made no sense to me. It's overwritten, but there's no story or plot? What were the pointless diversions (besides the lukewarm "romance")?

2003: Kill Bill: Vol. 1, dir. Quentin Tarantino

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"Every day holds a new beginning and every hour holds the promise of an Invitation to Love." 

That god damn trailer's more popular than Uncle's Day in a whorehouse!

The numerous characters helped present Gotham City as a world where many characters, all with their own agendas, coexisted even as they screwed each other over. Ra's used Crane for his evil moustache-twirling plot, then discarded him. Crane used mob boss Falcone to further his scientific interests, then drove him insane. All three contribute (directly and indirectly) to Bruce confronting his fears and becoming Batman, as he has to fight his way through each of them in turn.

It is nice to have that mano-a-mano feeling with Bats vs. Joker in the sequel, but there's quite a bit going on in this one, too. In addition to Mr. J, we have new District Attorney Harvey Dent, multiple gangs clamoring for dominance in the wake of Falcone's disappearance (including one lead by Sal Maroni, played by Eric Roberts), a gang of imitation Bat-vigilantes, and a jealous Bruce Wayne rival played by Anthony Michael Hall. But from what I've read, all these strands lead to the central plot as well. This intricacy lends itself to multiple viewings, if one is so inclined.

Smokey, I missed BB on the IMAX screen, but considering TDK features sequences filmed especially for the format, you can bet I'll try my best to catch it.
(I hope I don't sound too much like an advertisement or an apologist, or anything. I'm just an excited fan.)

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The DENTMOBILE is coming to a city near you!

Check here for locations and dates!

If you're tired of all those two-faced politicians who promise change and don't deliver, choose Harvey Dent for Gotham District Attorney! Show him your support at www.ibelieveinharveydent.com!

Well, crap, I guess it's not coming to a city near me. Still cool, though.

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I'm glad I could lighten your day, Booth.

Harvey Dent is the change candidate.

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Don't worry. I just noticed someone else using the same obvious joke. We gotta million of 'em!

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Holy Underoos! Between this movie, the Hulk and Iron Man, I'm going to be geeking out big time this summer.

I don't have nightmares the way I did when I was a kid (on the rare occasion I do, I still retain some sense of power or authority in my nightmares). Except for the other day. I had a nightmare that the Joker & his thugs took Gotham's entire police headquarters hostage, holding dozens & dozens of cops in the building at gunpoint, slaughtering them one by one for fun (like having the cops play musical chairs, and killing every loser). It had a real Clockwork Orange kind of feel to the insanity and brutality, and it was the first dream I've had in a while that really scared me. It was the Joker that really put the fear in me. But of course, it made me want to see the movie that much more.

When are we going to see a third trailer go online?

Fixed, and agreed. And add X-Files 2 to that list.

Now comes the election.

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"Every day holds a new beginning and every hour holds the promise of an Invitation to Love." 

Leaked teaser

Monster-of-the-week style, no mythos connection, straight-up horror/thriller. Sounds about right to me.

UPDATE: Slightly better quality version with music. 

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Also, Amanda Peet and Xzibit. It's a pretty weird (in a good way) supporting cast.

On the Dark Knight front, here's a cool article from the New York Times (with pictures! and a spoiler in the first paragraph!).

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"Every day holds a new beginning and every hour holds the promise of an Invitation to Love." 

Okay, as I'm sure some of you know, I live in Hong Kong, which was one of the locations for the new Batman movie. I saw some really cool artwork the other day on the front of a soon-to-be opening Diesel shop so I took a photo of it on my camera phone. I don't know if it has anything to do with the movie or just a coincidence but it's pretty cool all the same.

Just thought I'd share...

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