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‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Script Is ‘Phenomenal,’ Says DP Wally Pfister; Will Shoot As Much As Possible In IMAX
Posted on Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011 by Germain Lussier
Christopher Nolan‘s Director of Photography Wally Pfister has been quoting saying the script for The Dark Knight Rises is “phenomenal.” We’ll call it The Most Obvious Public Statement of All Time. What else could he say? That the script was crap? Actually, that would have been much bigger news. Still, we’re each devouring every tidbit about this movie in such a rabid way, simply knowing the script is out there is exciting by itself.
Pfister also commented on how much of the film they plan to shoot in IMAX, an issue that’s been up for debate for a while. Read Pfister’s exact quotes and Nolan’s instructions to him – which included rewatching Batman Begins and The Dark Knight in IMAX – after the jump.
Pfister was on the Kevin and Josh Movie Show (with a nod to First Showing for the heads up) and said the following when asked how Nolan could top The Dark Knight with The Dark Knight Rises.
Pfister also commented on the long rumored controversy, mostly started by him, about shooting the film in IMAX.
Posted on Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011 by Germain Lussier
Christopher Nolan‘s Director of Photography Wally Pfister has been quoting saying the script for The Dark Knight Rises is “phenomenal.” We’ll call it The Most Obvious Public Statement of All Time. What else could he say? That the script was crap? Actually, that would have been much bigger news. Still, we’re each devouring every tidbit about this movie in such a rabid way, simply knowing the script is out there is exciting by itself.
Pfister also commented on how much of the film they plan to shoot in IMAX, an issue that’s been up for debate for a while. Read Pfister’s exact quotes and Nolan’s instructions to him – which included rewatching Batman Begins and The Dark Knight in IMAX – after the jump.
Pfister was on the Kevin and Josh Movie Show (with a nod to First Showing for the heads up) and said the following when asked how Nolan could top The Dark Knight with The Dark Knight Rises.
Plain and simple — he’s done it. It’s a phenomenal script. He’s still in the process of cutting it back because it’s a very long script right now, but it’s really phenomenal. And he actually had me go back and wanted me to watch, in IMAX, Batman Begins and The Dark Knight again. When I watched those I had read the script for The Dark Knight Rises and was like, ‘Dude, it is a perfect trilogy.’ I think that was his intent, to work off those two pictures — and they are very different pictures. And it’s funny, we all had different opinions about which picture we like better.
Of course, you’ve got to take that with a grain of salt as the guy is going to be shooting the movie and doesn’t want to piss off his meal ticket. But adding those statements to the news of Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Anne Hathaway and Tom Hardy all joining the cast and The Dark Knight Rises is getting sicker by the minute.
Pfister also commented on the long rumored controversy, mostly started by him, about shooting the film in IMAX.
Our goal is to shoot as much in IMAX as we can. We’re going to put in on the screen, and put it on the screen big. And I really encourage everyone to see it in IMAX if they can because we’re really going for it this time. In terms of the action, we are all scratching our heads right now trying to figure out how we’re going to do it; how we’re going to do it in the amount of time we’re going to do it in. The opening scene of the movie will blow your mind
Do you trust Pfister’s opinion or do you not care? Does it just plain get you excited to hear him say something like that no matter what? Also, how much of the film do you think will end up in IMAX?
Joseph Gordon-Levitt In Talks To Join ‘The Dark Knight Rises’
Posted on Tuesday, February 1st, 2011 by Peter Sciretta
Deadline has confirmed something that has been suspected for some time – Joseph Gordon-Levitt is in talks to reunite with his Inception director Christopher Nolan in The Dark Knight Rises. No one knows what role he will play, but rumor sites have been suspecting that Hugo Strange is part of the threequel story. Before there was even a screenplay, the rumor-mill pegged Levitt as The Riddler… but that seems too obvious a choice for Nolan. Other early rumors had JGL replacing the departed Heath Ledger as The Joker, but Nolan has gone on record saying that The Joker would not be recast and or appear in the new film. Also, with Bane and Selina Kyle (aka Catwoman) already announced, it seems unlikely that the film would involve a third villain.
Posted on Tuesday, February 1st, 2011 by Peter Sciretta
Deadline has confirmed something that has been suspected for some time – Joseph Gordon-Levitt is in talks to reunite with his Inception director Christopher Nolan in The Dark Knight Rises. No one knows what role he will play, but rumor sites have been suspecting that Hugo Strange is part of the threequel story. Before there was even a screenplay, the rumor-mill pegged Levitt as The Riddler… but that seems too obvious a choice for Nolan. Other early rumors had JGL replacing the departed Heath Ledger as The Joker, but Nolan has gone on record saying that The Joker would not be recast and or appear in the new film. Also, with Bane and Selina Kyle (aka Catwoman) already announced, it seems unlikely that the film would involve a third villain.
Dark Knight Rises Producer on Bane
Director Christopher Nolan appeared Friday at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood for a special screening and Q&A session (with Guillermo del Toro no less) for the 10th anniversary (and impending Blu-ray release) of his sophomore film, Memento. Although we were forbidden to ask Nolan about The Dark Knight Rises, his wife and producing partner Emma Thomas wasn't part of that publicist-required arrangement.
I was able to chat with Thomas for a moment following the Memento presentation. As I only had time for a brief question, I opted to avoid the obvious questions that I knew she and Nolan would refuse to answer -- such as who does Joseph Gordon-Levitt play in the film -- and attempted a more general question about one of the threequel's villains, Bane (to be played by Inception's Tom Hardy):
IGN: The two previous Batman films have been grounded in that heightened reality that Chris loves. Introducing what's perhaps the most fantastical character yet from the mythos, Bane, one who is so larger than life, can you talk about the challenges of putting a character like that into such a real world and not losing any of things that make him so appealing to fans?
Emma Thomas: I don't know. It's kind of early to talk about that. It's very hard to talk about this movie except to say that we're going to be staying true to the world that Chris created with the other movies and it's gonna be great.
- DC Comics
At that point, a publicist began to pull Emma away but not before I managed one last and more lighthearted question:
IGN: So will he still wear that Nacho Libre mask?
Either Thomas didn't know what Nacho Libre referred to -- hopefully, she didn't think it was some kind of Dirty Sanchez-style innuendo -- or she was just peeved that I pressed her for more info, but she shot me quite a nasty glance as she left. Thanks, though, to her for being a good sport about the impromptu interview and for not giving away anything more than she felt comfortable with. Heaven knows, if the Nolan camp worked for the U.S. government then Wikileaks never would have happened!
http://movies.ign.com/articles/114/1148087p1.html
Director Christopher Nolan appeared Friday at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood for a special screening and Q&A session (with Guillermo del Toro no less) for the 10th anniversary (and impending Blu-ray release) of his sophomore film, Memento. Although we were forbidden to ask Nolan about The Dark Knight Rises, his wife and producing partner Emma Thomas wasn't part of that publicist-required arrangement.
I was able to chat with Thomas for a moment following the Memento presentation. As I only had time for a brief question, I opted to avoid the obvious questions that I knew she and Nolan would refuse to answer -- such as who does Joseph Gordon-Levitt play in the film -- and attempted a more general question about one of the threequel's villains, Bane (to be played by Inception's Tom Hardy):
IGN: The two previous Batman films have been grounded in that heightened reality that Chris loves. Introducing what's perhaps the most fantastical character yet from the mythos, Bane, one who is so larger than life, can you talk about the challenges of putting a character like that into such a real world and not losing any of things that make him so appealing to fans?
Emma Thomas: I don't know. It's kind of early to talk about that. It's very hard to talk about this movie except to say that we're going to be staying true to the world that Chris created with the other movies and it's gonna be great.
- DC Comics
At that point, a publicist began to pull Emma away but not before I managed one last and more lighthearted question:
IGN: So will he still wear that Nacho Libre mask?
Either Thomas didn't know what Nacho Libre referred to -- hopefully, she didn't think it was some kind of Dirty Sanchez-style innuendo -- or she was just peeved that I pressed her for more info, but she shot me quite a nasty glance as she left. Thanks, though, to her for being a good sport about the impromptu interview and for not giving away anything more than she felt comfortable with. Heaven knows, if the Nolan camp worked for the U.S. government then Wikileaks never would have happened!
http://movies.ign.com/articles/114/1148087p1.html
Rumor: A Robin To Appear in ‘The Dark Knight Rises’
Posted on Sunday, February 6th, 2011 by Germain Lussier
Christopher Nolan has been quoted saying Batman’s sidekick Robin couldn’t fit into his trilogy of films. Christian Bale said he would “refuse to go to work” if the character appeared in one of the movies. But a report from a Michigan NBC affiliate might now suggest otherwise. According to reports, location scouts for The Dark Knight Rises were in Grand Ledge, MI recently and were looking at a water treatment plant to possibly be used as “a hideout for Batman’s sidekick Robin.” Are the location scouts being misquoted? Could this just be a red herring? Or are they possibly referring to another Robin? Read all the possibilities and quotes after the jump.
First of all, thanks to Ain’t It Cool News for coming across the report from WILX.com in Michigan. Here’s what the original report said.
On the flip side, would a location scout let such a secretive piece of information slip out? Also, are the Michigan officials conveying what was said to them accurately?
The Daily Blam was able to find a few other quotes from the Michigan officials involved in the location scout. They found a quote in the Lansing State Journal that corroborated that the location would be used as “Robin’s Cave” and even reached out to the reporter who wrote the original WILX story:
Considering all of these factors, I’m going to stick with the most important piece of evidence: Nolan and Bale’s quotes. All of the other sources might be telling the truth but none of them have read the script. Nolan and Bale have and even though those quotes were years ago, they had a better idea where the franchise was going then than a few Michigan senators do today.
Still, anything is possible in the world of Batman rumors, even if we usually get them all wrong.
Looking at all the evidence, what do you think? Is Batman’s sidekick Robin in the film or is this all just a bit of misinformation?
Posted on Sunday, February 6th, 2011 by Germain Lussier
Christopher Nolan has been quoted saying Batman’s sidekick Robin couldn’t fit into his trilogy of films. Christian Bale said he would “refuse to go to work” if the character appeared in one of the movies. But a report from a Michigan NBC affiliate might now suggest otherwise. According to reports, location scouts for The Dark Knight Rises were in Grand Ledge, MI recently and were looking at a water treatment plant to possibly be used as “a hideout for Batman’s sidekick Robin.” Are the location scouts being misquoted? Could this just be a red herring? Or are they possibly referring to another Robin? Read all the possibilities and quotes after the jump.
First of all, thanks to Ain’t It Cool News for coming across the report from WILX.com in Michigan. Here’s what the original report said.
According to Eaton County and Grand Ledge officials who didn’t want to be identified due to confidentiality agreements, production crews from “The Dark Knight Rises” scouted locations in Grand Ledge’s Fitzgerald Park last week.
They looked at the Ledges as well as a water treatment plant located inside the park. Sources say the area is being considered as a hideout for Batman sidekick Robin.
Now, let’s put that statement into movie geek context. First of all, before even Batman Begins, Christopher Nolan was quoted on SuperHero Hype saying the following:They looked at the Ledges as well as a water treatment plant located inside the park. Sources say the area is being considered as a hideout for Batman sidekick Robin.
This is a young Batman, so Robin’s a few films….not for a few pictures anyway. Dick Grayson’s still in a crib somewhere. I seriously doubt I will even be involved when Robin’s in the franchise.
That’s not a flat out denial, and he said it in 2005, but it seems pretty anti-Robin. Then, around the time of The Dark Knight, star Christian Bale had this to say about the character:
If Robin crops up in one of the new Batman films, I’ll be chaining myself up somewhere and refusing to go to work.
Both of those quotes, however, were said way before any script was written for The Dark Knight Rises and with the addition of Joseph Gordon-Levitt as an age appropriate actor, Robin being in the film certainly seems slightly plausible, even if we already have two brand new characters: Selina Kyle played by Anne Hathaway and Bane played by Tom Hardy.
On the flip side, would a location scout let such a secretive piece of information slip out? Also, are the Michigan officials conveying what was said to them accurately?
The Daily Blam was able to find a few other quotes from the Michigan officials involved in the location scout. They found a quote in the Lansing State Journal that corroborated that the location would be used as “Robin’s Cave” and even reached out to the reporter who wrote the original WILX story:
I heard from three sources, the only one who would go on camera being state Sen. Rick Jones. All three mentioned the water treatment facility being considered for “Robin’s Cave” specifically. I’m not as up on my Batman lore as others but I wasn’t aware that Robin got a cave. As this was just a scouting mission, I don’t have any details on actors or even confirmation as to what role he’ll play. I just know what my 3 sources told me. Granted the production team scouting could’ve given them “Robin’s Cave” as a red herring.
Other possibilities are that maybe there’s an actor named “Robin” who has been cast or they are using the word “Robin” because it’s a bird associated with Batman and a great way to make people think one thing when they mean another.
Considering all of these factors, I’m going to stick with the most important piece of evidence: Nolan and Bale’s quotes. All of the other sources might be telling the truth but none of them have read the script. Nolan and Bale have and even though those quotes were years ago, they had a better idea where the franchise was going then than a few Michigan senators do today.
Still, anything is possible in the world of Batman rumors, even if we usually get them all wrong.
Looking at all the evidence, what do you think? Is Batman’s sidekick Robin in the film or is this all just a bit of misinformation?
I'm entirely sure why they would rely on a ruse now since that's never really been Nolan's thing.
He's always relied on anonymity to sell interest in his films.
Then again, it could be something monumental and blatant enough that fans could guess it, so he'd have to employ that kind of diversionary tactic.
He's always relied on anonymity to sell interest in his films.
Then again, it could be something monumental and blatant enough that fans could guess it, so he'd have to employ that kind of diversionary tactic.
