Batman To The Future! Christopher Nolan Talks DARK KNIGHT RISES Timeline
Ready for a teeny-tiny spoiler for THE DARK KNIGHT RISES that really isn’t much of a spoiler? Sure hope so because I’m about to drop one on you and walk away. That’s right, drop and walk. What are you gonna do about it?
But seriously, here’s an interesting little TDKR mini-spoiler from the mouth of director Christopher Nolan:
“It’s really all about finishing Batman and Bruce Wayne’s story. We left him in a very precarious place. Perhaps surprisingly for some people, our story picks up quite a bit later, eight years after The Dark Knight. So he’s an older Bruce Wayne; he’s not in a great state.”
Gotta love how Nolan nonchalantly says “perhaps surprisingly”. Dude knows that every fanboy and fangirl has been scouring every inch of the net for info about this flick for months now but he just naturally assumes we already knew that it was going to take place eight years after the events of THE DARK KNIGHT. Yeah, like we just knew that. Nobody, outside of maybe the cast and crew, knew that.
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First Look: Anne Hathaway As Selina Kyle In THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
Dimension Films has released a new pic of Jessica Alba in SPY KIDS 4: ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD and I’ve got to say that director Robert Rodriguez is really scraping the barrel with this one. I mean, seriously, did nobody notice that the fact that this is clearly a pic of Alba’s stunt double that her ride looks just like the Batpod from THE DARK KNIGHT? Can somebody say “lawsuit“? Get Warner‘s lawyers on the phone and…
…waitasec. What do you mean this is the first official pic of Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle in THE DARK KNIGHT RISES? Are you sure? I thought the first sneak peek at her in costume would be more, I don’t know, Catwoman-y. Is that word? If not, it should be. Because it describes exactly what the very thing that this pic is lacking: Catwoman-y goodness.
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Film Bites: The Teaser Trailer For THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Is Now Online!
Considering HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2 broke tons of box office records this weekend and is well on the way to becoming one of the highest-grossing films of the year, I’m pretty sure you’ve already seen the first official teaser for THE DARK KNIGHT RISES. In case you did happen to miss it, I’ve posted it after the jump. Click on the pic to check it out…
Want To Know Which A-List Actor Just Filmed A Major Cameo For THE DARK KNIGHT RISES?
From a technical standpoint, I should probably list every single movie site on the net as the source of the following bit of info. Every movie site has reported what I‘m about to tell you. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. HitFix was the first to break the news, but I spotted the info over at Topless Robot. Click on the pic for a semi-massive DARK KNIGHT RISES spoiler…
First Look: Tom Hardy As Bane In THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
AICN (by way of /film and virtually every other geek site on the net) had posted the first pic of Tom Hardy as Bane in THE DARK KNIGHT RISES and I’m bringing the goods to you. You don’t have to thank me. Just enjoy the pic which is pretty good but reminds me a little of Psycho Mantis from the METAL GEAR series for some reason.
Be sure to click HERE to check Warner’s official website for THE DARK KNIGHT RISES for some other little bits and bobs. Nothing substantial yet (save for this pic), but the film literally just started shooting. Expect more goodies as the weeks roll on. Till then, click on the above pic to check out the first full look at Bane…
Warner Prepping JUSTICE LEAGUE For 2013; Will Feature New Batman And Superman
Sorry for the lack of updates, but my little sis had a beautiful baby boy yesterday and, well, babies take precedent over the site any day of the week. I’ll do my best to play catch up for the next few days. In other words, don’t be shocked if you see Monday’s news today and Tuesday’s news tomorrow. Running on a delayed schedule here, people.
Moving along to movie news…
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES is going to be the final chapter in the Christopher Nolan Batman series. Figured I should just drop that right on you in order to move on to the real news here. I say “real news” only because TDKR being the last Bat-flick for Nolan is something that has been known for quite some time now just never really confirmed. Well, now it’s been confirmed.
Guess what else has been confirmed? Batman is going to be rebooted in 2013! Click on the above to pic to read more about this, Warner’s proposed JUSTICE LEAGUE movie and how it will feature not only a new Batman but new versions of Superman and Wonder Woman as well…
Anne Hathaway Confirms To Oprah That She’ll Be Catwoman In THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (Didn’t We Already Know This?)
I thought it was already common knowledge that Anne Hathaway had been cast in THE DARK KNIGHTS RISES as Selina Kyle (aka Catwoman). I remember posting about it a couple of months ago and also remember reading a good deal of press concerning the announcement, so I really don’t get what the big deal is about her bringing up the subject of Catwoman on Oprah’s show is.
I guess there was some mystery as to whether or not Hathaway would actually be playing Catwoman in the flick or if she’d just be Selina Kyle and would be setting up Catwoman for a future installment? I honestly don’t know. I figured it was pretty much a done deal that she’d be in the flick as Selina who’d become Catwoman at some point. I mean, director Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale have both said that this is the last Bat-flick for them, so why set up a villain if there are no more sequels to be made after this one? Catwoman is in RISES and Hathaway is playing the part. End of story.
Either way, here’s Hathaway chatting it up with Oprah and she brings up RISES for a little bit. Like I said, this isn’t revelatory to me. But since every other movie blog and site is treating this as a major announcement, I figured I’d go ahead and post it. Besides, any excuse to post a pic of Hathaway is a good one and this is a moderately good excuse.
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Zack Snyder’s SUPERMAN Reboot In Trouble? SUCKER PUNCH Not Testing Well? Guy Ritchie Taking Over XERXES? The Rumor Mill Explodes!
I’ve always found it interesting how the Hollywood popularity scale works. One week you’re up, the next you’re down and, if the winds are right, you might be completely out of favor in the space of a few days. This up-and-down process seems to be what is happening to director Zack Snyder.
A few months back, all the movie sites and blogs were abuzz at the announcement that Snyder would be helming Warner’s big budget SUPERMAN reboot. Word had it that producer Christopher Nolan (director of INCEPTION and THE DARK KNIGHT) had hand-picked Snyder from a list that included the likes of Darren Aronofsky, Tony Scott, Matt Reeves and Duncan Jones. All solid choices, but the guy who’d brought Warner 300 was the one who got the job.
And personally, I think Snyder is a solid choice. His visual style and ability to bring comic book sensibilities to the big screen is going to lend itself well to the SUPERMAN franchise.
However, not all is good in Snyder world. WATCHMEN was far from the hit that Warner had hoped it would be. His last film, the 3D kiddie CG epic LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA’HOOLE, spectacularly underperformed and ended up being a huge black mark on Warner’s 2010 fiscal year. And his next, SUCKER PUNCH, is apparently not testing very well.
Click to read more and find out why Guy Ritchie is now helming the 300 prequel XERXES…
Henry Cavill Is Zack Snyder’s SUPERMAN
Brit nobody…er, I mean, actor Henry Cavill has been cast as the Man Of Steel in Zack Snyder’s upcoming SUPERMAN reboot. I guess I could’ve said he was cast as Superman in the SUPERMAN reboot, but I felt that was too many uses of Superman in one sentence. Shit, did I just use Superman three times in the last sentence? I did, didn’t I? Let’s just move along.
Variety broke the story and provided a nice little pull-quote too. Check out what Snyder had to say about Cavill’s casting below:
“In the pantheon of superheroes, Superman is the most recognized and revered character of all time, and I am honored to be a part of his return to the big screen,” Snyder said in a statement. “I also join Warner Bros., Legendary and the producers in saying how excited we are about the casting of Henry. He is the perfect choice to don the cape and S shield.”
I’d like to say that Cavill is a solid choice and all, but I really can’t. Dude hasn’t done much in the way of good work. Oh sure, he’s not too bad on THE TUDORS and I’m guessing that is the basis point that Snyder and producer Christopher Nolan used to hire the guy. But have you seen BLOOD CREEK? How about TRISTAN AND ISODOLE? What about HELLRAISER: HELLWORLD? Let me save you some time and drop three mini-reviews for these pics: Awful. Boring. “What the hell were they thinking?”.
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Rumor Mill: Robin Williams As Hugo Strange In THE DARK KNIGHT RISES?!?
I guess the recent announcement that Anne Hathaway has been cast as Catwoman and Tom Hardy is playing Bane in Christopher Nolan’s THE DARK KNIGHT RISES wasn’t enough for some because that villain rumor mill is still churning. According to a random tweet over at BatmanOnFilm (I found the story over at Movieweb), they seem to believe that Robin Williams has been cast as Hugo Strange.
First off, I don’t buy it. Just a personal belief, but I think that Nolan has cast his villains and we already know who they are. We know Hathaway is Catwoman and Hardy is Bane. And honestly, I don’t know if I want a ton of villains in the next pic. Two seems like enough. More than that and the whole thing might get overcrowded. I might be wrong, but this is what I think and I’m sticking to it till proven otherwise.
My reasoning? This rumor seems to be combining a dozen random elements to form something that sounds halfway real. The Williams connection to this rumor is because he worked with Nolan about a decade ago on INSOMNIA. And, funny enough, Williams was one of the frontrunners for the Riddler role in BATMAN FOREVER back in the 90s. Matter of fact, he was pretty much all but cast in the role till Joel Schumacher saw Jim Carrey and went with him. In other words, Williams has been trying to get into the Bat-verse for quite some time.
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