** Official Batman 3 - The Dark Knight Rises Thread**
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All early indicators point to Christopher Nolan's utter lack of interest in the next Batman film. It was clear in interviews following The Dark Knight that he was totally burnt out and not even remotely prepared to produce another script. But basement-dwelling, pimply, halitosis-afflicted patients across America brayed for more cowl and more cape, and producers listened. "Give us more of this dark, sad crap that everyone gets off on," they demanded of Nolan.
Don't get me wrong, The Dark Knight is great and all, but by the film's end, everyone is either dead or chronically depressed, including the audience. The show does NOT need to go on. But Nolan, being the cheeky Brit he is, has resolved to give us what we deserve with his impending The Dark Knight Rises...because you know, the night rises. Or maybe knights rise. Wait a second, what the hell does this title even mean?
Nolan will most certainly have the last laugh, as I argue that the next Batman will prove an intentionally bloated piece of crap without an ounce of artistic merit. When Tatum Channing signs on to play the obscenely large codpiece on the Bat-suit, we'll know that Nolan's endgame is complete. Until then, we have the following bits of evidence to go on.
Catwoman is back, and Anne Hathaway will star as both Selina Kyle and her costumed cat burglar alter-ego. The character of Catwoman alone is enough to put this movie on ice. The Halle Berry-starring film from a few years ago, named in the Book of Revelations as the absolute worst thing ever to happen EVER, is still fresh in the public's mind. Even Batman Returns faltered under a bursting bucket of weirdness surrounding Catwoman. With Tim Burton at the helm, Catwoman had to be more than just a cat-suited cat-burglar. She had to be a freakish bird-eating cat zombie brought back to life by being molested by an alley full of strays.
Nolan could have tried to banish such images from the public's imagination with casting that returned to Catwoman's effortlessly sultry origins; maybe someone along the lines of Zoe Saldana. Yet he cast Anne Hathaway, betraying his fundamental misunderstanding of and lack of interest in female casting. If he had his druthers, all women would be replaced with stoic men in chic suits that could give him babies. Don't get me wrong, Anne Hathaway is GorgeMcOrgeous, but the thought of her doing sexual things makes me just a little sick. Maybe it's the idea of her enormous Bambi eyes filling up with sadness.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt has signed on to Ernest Hemingway's The Dark Knight Also Rises for an undisclosed role (cough*Robin*cough). It was widely-reported that Levitt would be playing Alberto Falcone, son of also not-even-remotely Italian Tom Wilkinson's Carmine Falcone, grandson of Luigi Alfredo Penne ala Vodka, played by Helen Mirren. Fan boys breathed a collective sigh of relief knowing that the proceeding film would be 100% lime green Speedo free. But this rumor has been debunked, which is just as well because I think it's safe to say absolutely no one demanded Alberto Falcone be a part of the last Batman movie.
But who could the baby-faced "Third Rock" alum really be playing? Unfortunately, all signs point to Robin. You may say that Nolan has time and time again urged that he would rather put his upper torso up his own ass than pump a Robin-sized air bubble into the IV of the Batman series. Indeed, Robin has already killed a Batman franchise deader than...hmm, who related to the Batman films is famously dead? Can't think of anyone - oh well, next joke.
Sam Raimi also said that he would never put Venom in a Spider-Man movie. Sure enough, when studio execs had finished chewing on his soul and spat out every last ounce of artistic juice, the husk of a corporate whore that was left not only put Venom in the action figure commercial, I mean movie, but got Topher Grace, of all people, to play him. Comic book Venom looks like Henry Rollins on steroids after a gang of wise-cracking adolescents have kicked him in the balls and run away giggling. Topher Grace...does not. Thus, Nolan's a) introduction of a shitty character, and b) refusal to honor his own artistic ethos both point to his utter lack of interest in this film and perhaps even his resignation to failure.
Lastly, we have probably the film's broadest, sharpest double-edged sword. Tom Hardy is in the movie as a bad guy. Huzzah! Tom Hardy leaks magnetic villainous douchery out of every pore. If you look up charisma in the dictionary, you see Sean Connery, but there's a footnote to Tom Hardy. He's also significantly less anemic than are Cillian Murphy and the late, great Heath Ledger, so we could even get some good hand-to-hand between him and Christian "DON'T MOVE THOSE LIGHTS" Bale.
Then Nolan had to shit on his own casting by making him steroid-popping Bane, the lamest comic villain since everyone that Superman fights. There is no end to intriguing straight-up bad-asses in Batman's evil little black book. Yet Nolan cleft to the Bat-universe equivalent of Barry Bonds in a gimp mask. Any natural charisma Tom Hardy has will be drowned beneath his Studio 54 leather man get-up and obnoxiously large muscles. Bane already helped to ruin a Bat-movie anyway, though George Clooney and his chronically shaky head get a mega-assist on that one. Why should Nolan give Bane another shot at plowing over a Bat-film with a steel suck train? Because it's Nolan's big exit strategy. He wants to go back to growing his very large brain in seclusion in a moody castle on the moors.
I am not saying that I blame Nolan for sabotaging his cash cow. After all, he made two spectacular big-budget Bat-films in the space of three years and managed to keep Christian Bale from punching anyone while at it. But the lesson is clear - we as a public need to stop screwing up things we like by demanding sequels. I hate to re-open and salt old wounds, but Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and all three Star Wars prequels are on your head, America. In the future, I can only hope that we as a culture learn to say, "Well that was good, on to the next thing." But unfortunately, we like what we like...a little too much.
http://thisorthat.com/blog/the-dark-knight-rises-or-im-chris-nolan-and-i-no-longer-care
Don't get me wrong, The Dark Knight is great and all, but by the film's end, everyone is either dead or chronically depressed, including the audience. The show does NOT need to go on. But Nolan, being the cheeky Brit he is, has resolved to give us what we deserve with his impending The Dark Knight Rises...because you know, the night rises. Or maybe knights rise. Wait a second, what the hell does this title even mean?
Nolan will most certainly have the last laugh, as I argue that the next Batman will prove an intentionally bloated piece of crap without an ounce of artistic merit. When Tatum Channing signs on to play the obscenely large codpiece on the Bat-suit, we'll know that Nolan's endgame is complete. Until then, we have the following bits of evidence to go on.
Catwoman is back, and Anne Hathaway will star as both Selina Kyle and her costumed cat burglar alter-ego. The character of Catwoman alone is enough to put this movie on ice. The Halle Berry-starring film from a few years ago, named in the Book of Revelations as the absolute worst thing ever to happen EVER, is still fresh in the public's mind. Even Batman Returns faltered under a bursting bucket of weirdness surrounding Catwoman. With Tim Burton at the helm, Catwoman had to be more than just a cat-suited cat-burglar. She had to be a freakish bird-eating cat zombie brought back to life by being molested by an alley full of strays.
Nolan could have tried to banish such images from the public's imagination with casting that returned to Catwoman's effortlessly sultry origins; maybe someone along the lines of Zoe Saldana. Yet he cast Anne Hathaway, betraying his fundamental misunderstanding of and lack of interest in female casting. If he had his druthers, all women would be replaced with stoic men in chic suits that could give him babies. Don't get me wrong, Anne Hathaway is GorgeMcOrgeous, but the thought of her doing sexual things makes me just a little sick. Maybe it's the idea of her enormous Bambi eyes filling up with sadness.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt has signed on to Ernest Hemingway's The Dark Knight Also Rises for an undisclosed role (cough*Robin*cough). It was widely-reported that Levitt would be playing Alberto Falcone, son of also not-even-remotely Italian Tom Wilkinson's Carmine Falcone, grandson of Luigi Alfredo Penne ala Vodka, played by Helen Mirren. Fan boys breathed a collective sigh of relief knowing that the proceeding film would be 100% lime green Speedo free. But this rumor has been debunked, which is just as well because I think it's safe to say absolutely no one demanded Alberto Falcone be a part of the last Batman movie.
But who could the baby-faced "Third Rock" alum really be playing? Unfortunately, all signs point to Robin. You may say that Nolan has time and time again urged that he would rather put his upper torso up his own ass than pump a Robin-sized air bubble into the IV of the Batman series. Indeed, Robin has already killed a Batman franchise deader than...hmm, who related to the Batman films is famously dead? Can't think of anyone - oh well, next joke.
Sam Raimi also said that he would never put Venom in a Spider-Man movie. Sure enough, when studio execs had finished chewing on his soul and spat out every last ounce of artistic juice, the husk of a corporate whore that was left not only put Venom in the action figure commercial, I mean movie, but got Topher Grace, of all people, to play him. Comic book Venom looks like Henry Rollins on steroids after a gang of wise-cracking adolescents have kicked him in the balls and run away giggling. Topher Grace...does not. Thus, Nolan's a) introduction of a shitty character, and b) refusal to honor his own artistic ethos both point to his utter lack of interest in this film and perhaps even his resignation to failure.
Lastly, we have probably the film's broadest, sharpest double-edged sword. Tom Hardy is in the movie as a bad guy. Huzzah! Tom Hardy leaks magnetic villainous douchery out of every pore. If you look up charisma in the dictionary, you see Sean Connery, but there's a footnote to Tom Hardy. He's also significantly less anemic than are Cillian Murphy and the late, great Heath Ledger, so we could even get some good hand-to-hand between him and Christian "DON'T MOVE THOSE LIGHTS" Bale.
Then Nolan had to shit on his own casting by making him steroid-popping Bane, the lamest comic villain since everyone that Superman fights. There is no end to intriguing straight-up bad-asses in Batman's evil little black book. Yet Nolan cleft to the Bat-universe equivalent of Barry Bonds in a gimp mask. Any natural charisma Tom Hardy has will be drowned beneath his Studio 54 leather man get-up and obnoxiously large muscles. Bane already helped to ruin a Bat-movie anyway, though George Clooney and his chronically shaky head get a mega-assist on that one. Why should Nolan give Bane another shot at plowing over a Bat-film with a steel suck train? Because it's Nolan's big exit strategy. He wants to go back to growing his very large brain in seclusion in a moody castle on the moors.
I am not saying that I blame Nolan for sabotaging his cash cow. After all, he made two spectacular big-budget Bat-films in the space of three years and managed to keep Christian Bale from punching anyone while at it. But the lesson is clear - we as a public need to stop screwing up things we like by demanding sequels. I hate to re-open and salt old wounds, but Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and all three Star Wars prequels are on your head, America. In the future, I can only hope that we as a culture learn to say, "Well that was good, on to the next thing." But unfortunately, we like what we like...a little too much.
http://thisorthat.com/blog/the-dark-knight-rises-or-im-chris-nolan-and-i-no-longer-care
im only really excited on seeing how he wraps up the story. not really looking foward to actually watcing said story.. give me black mask for and the rest of the 1.5 hrs of movie in between have Bats beat the shit out of people and get his bruce wayne on... to me i think there are too many bad gys in this one.. but it was brought up a few times in dark knight that BATMAN created most of these loonies . so we will see. come on Robin!!! lets take a shit on this!!!
Here’s the next step in the evolution of Hollywood’s never-ending circle of creative recycling: Batman is getting a reboot. They’re already planning to start the whole franchise over, even though the next installment in the current incarnation, The Dark Knight Rises, is still filming.
This comes straight from Warner Bros. chief Jeff Robinov who tells the LA Times: “We have the third Batman, but then we’ll have to reinvent Batman... Chris Nolan and [producing partner and wife] Emma Thomas will be producing it, so it will be a conversation with them about what the next phase is.”
The problem for Warners is that they don’t want to stop making Batman movies, they’re too profitable, but Christopher Nolan has already made it clear that he won’t direct another one after he finishes with The Dark Knight. The logical thing to do, would be to bring in someone else to pick up the story where he left off, but odds are without Nolan most of the cast won’t be back and everything about the fourth Batman movie will be completely different from the Nolan series anyway.
Creatively speaking, the right thing to do is probably to simply stop making Batman movies for awhile and let things cool off, but WB isn’t going to do that. Not just because Batman movies make insane amounts of money, but because they’re planning to follow the Marvel movie path and bring their DC superhero characters into a Justice League team-up movie. They’ll need Batman there to anchor that and they’ll probably want some sort of solo Batman movie to tie it all together, even if it ends up being nothing like the Batman we know and love now.
‘The Dark Knight Rises’ to Have Flashbacks; Josh Pence Cast
Posted on Friday, April 8th, 2011 by Russ Fischer
Each bit of casting for Christopher Nolan‘s third and final Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises, has told us a little more about the ultra-guarded story. This latest casting tidbit doesn’t involve a huge name — it is Josh Pence, who played the other half of the Winlklevoss twins in The Social Network, opposite Armie Hammer — but the role is significant. Josh Pence will play a young version of a character we’ve seen previously in an earlier film. Possible spoilers mean that the info is after the break.
THR announces the casting, saying that he will be young Ra’s Al Ghul, the nemesis character who was featured in Batman Begins. Josh Pence will “appear in scenes that take place 30 years prior to the present story.”
So will this film incorporate some story elements from the graphic novel Birth of the Demon, which charts the early years of Ra’s al Ghul? The character has had a few different origin stories over the years, though that is probably the definitive one. But we don’t know how the flashbacks will be used; if the character’s daughter Thalia is a major character, as presumed, then the flashbacks will be a way to establish her lineage quickly. What are your thoughts?
Posted on Friday, April 8th, 2011 by Russ Fischer
Each bit of casting for Christopher Nolan‘s third and final Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises, has told us a little more about the ultra-guarded story. This latest casting tidbit doesn’t involve a huge name — it is Josh Pence, who played the other half of the Winlklevoss twins in The Social Network, opposite Armie Hammer — but the role is significant. Josh Pence will play a young version of a character we’ve seen previously in an earlier film. Possible spoilers mean that the info is after the break.
THR announces the casting, saying that he will be young Ra’s Al Ghul, the nemesis character who was featured in Batman Begins. Josh Pence will “appear in scenes that take place 30 years prior to the present story.”
There is no confirmation that Marion Cotillard will play Thalia Al Ghul, the daughter of Ra’s and a presumed character in The Dark Knight Rises. Nor is there any indication that Liam Neeson will in some way reprise the role of Ra’s, which he played in Batman Begins. The character apparently died in that film, so the appearance of Liam Neeson would be something of a surprise. That would also seem to be outside the mode that Christopher Nolan has established for the films overall, but it remains a possibility.So will this film incorporate some story elements from the graphic novel Birth of the Demon, which charts the early years of Ra’s al Ghul? The character has had a few different origin stories over the years, though that is probably the definitive one. But we don’t know how the flashbacks will be used; if the character’s daughter Thalia is a major character, as presumed, then the flashbacks will be a way to establish her lineage quickly. What are your thoughts?
Daniel Junjata Joins The Dark Knight Rising
by: Jake Dee Apr. 12, 2011
Casting for THE DARK KNIGHT RISES continues to dominate headlines, and today's really no different. The only alteration? A few lesser known names are now being thrown into the pot.
Word is "Rescue Me" star Daniel Sunjata (seen bleeding to the right) has joined the highly anticipated third BATMAN film from Nolan, though no exact description of his character has been given. We do know Sunjata will play a gallant special forces operative, but that's about it.
Also added to the cast are Diego Klattenhoff ("Mercy") and Burn Gorman (LAYER CAKE, RED LIGHTS). Klattenhoff will play a rookie cop hungry to make a dent in the world of crime-fighting, while Gorman's supporting role is unspecified at this time. Either way, you can bet the profiles of both men will soar mightily once THE DARK KNIGHT RISES shatters the box-office.
Set to film in Pittsburgh this summer, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES July 20, 2012. The film also stars Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Gary Oldman, Juno Temple, Katie Holmes, Marion Cotillard (below), Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman.
http://www.joblo.com/arrow/index.php?id=27632
by: Jake Dee Apr. 12, 2011
Casting for THE DARK KNIGHT RISES continues to dominate headlines, and today's really no different. The only alteration? A few lesser known names are now being thrown into the pot.
Word is "Rescue Me" star Daniel Sunjata (seen bleeding to the right) has joined the highly anticipated third BATMAN film from Nolan, though no exact description of his character has been given. We do know Sunjata will play a gallant special forces operative, but that's about it.
Also added to the cast are Diego Klattenhoff ("Mercy") and Burn Gorman (LAYER CAKE, RED LIGHTS). Klattenhoff will play a rookie cop hungry to make a dent in the world of crime-fighting, while Gorman's supporting role is unspecified at this time. Either way, you can bet the profiles of both men will soar mightily once THE DARK KNIGHT RISES shatters the box-office.
Set to film in Pittsburgh this summer, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES July 20, 2012. The film also stars Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Gary Oldman, Juno Temple, Katie Holmes, Marion Cotillard (below), Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman.
http://www.joblo.com/arrow/index.php?id=27632
Alon Aboutboul Cast as "Evil Scientist" in TDKR? TDKR Has a @250 Million Pricetag
According to the Israeli site XNET, Alon Aboutboul is set to join the cast of THE DARK KNIGHT as "an evil scientist." Could this mean he's playing Dr. Hugo Strange? Intersting.
Alon Aboutboul
Keep in mind that this info is currently unconfirmed. Stay tuned...
Per THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES will cost $250 Million to produce and Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures are squabbling over how to divvy up the eventual profits.
http://www.batman-on-film.com/batmovienews.html
According to the Israeli site XNET, Alon Aboutboul is set to join the cast of THE DARK KNIGHT as "an evil scientist." Could this mean he's playing Dr. Hugo Strange? Intersting.
Alon Aboutboul
Keep in mind that this info is currently unconfirmed. Stay tuned...
Per THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES will cost $250 Million to produce and Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures are squabbling over how to divvy up the eventual profits.
http://www.batman-on-film.com/batmovienews.html
The teaser has leaked. Quality sucks, of course. See it while it's up:
http://www.vimeo.com/26385262
Also, I'm reading that the trailer will officially release on the 18th (this coming Monday.)
http://www.vimeo.com/26385262
Also, I'm reading that the trailer will officially release on the 18th (this coming Monday.)
