The Why So Serious Halloween Viral Marketing Campaign has taken its next step in the most exciting of fashions. All the letters have been filled in and this picture of The Joker was revealed (click for large):
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Rory’s Death Kiss Post Halloween Challenge October 31st, 2007
Chris Nolan and Charles Roven reveal details October 25th, 2007
The website Kino has posted some details from an interview with the Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan and producer Charles Roven, sadly however, the website is entirely in German. Not to worry, Batman on Film have some interpreters (otherwise known as Google Translate) to work it all out for us non-bilinguals:
As we already know, Batman (Christian Bale) travels to Hong Kong. Producer Chuck Roven confirmed [the] Asian trip but would not reveal why Batman goes there. “Gangster hunting” was mentioned.
The new Batman suit will be equipped with “[white] lenses” (some sort of bat sonar equipment).
The prologue that will be shown in IMAX in December is the first five minutes of the film.
Here’s a translated quote from Chris Nolan: “[The Dark Knight] is not ‘The Joker Begins’. We did not want to tell how the Joker became what he is.
“In those five minutes [of the prologue], we show how the Joker goes from being a small-time crook to Gotham’s greatest villain. It’s like ‘The Rise of the Joker’.”
Meanwhile, composer Mel Wesson, working with James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer on the Dark Knight score, mentioned the dark theme they were aiming to achieve (via BatMovieNews):
This is the one I’ve been waiting for. Another outing for Gotham’s Dark Knight, together with Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard. I began working on ideas in mid September ’07, it’s a long schedule but it’s good to have time to experiment and expand the ideas we had on Batman Begins into the darkness.… don’t forget ‘Not all jokes are funny’.
Battersea Power Station Explosion for TDK October 12th, 2007
This was a turn up for the books. Unlike the well anticipated Chicago demolition, this explosion came completely unprompted and minus the live video footage, helicopter feed and local photographers.
However, The London Paper were on scene to capture some images and make a comprehensive report, to our delight.
The emergency services were flooded with calls from local residents who feared the defunct electricity generating plant had been targeted by terrorists.
But they were reassured the 200ft fireball, accompanied by columns of grey smoke, which could bee seen for miles across the capital, was a special effect for the latest Batman film.
SPOILER: The spectacular stunt scene, in which Batman actor Christian Bale narrowly cheats death, is believed to be the opening sequence of the fifth caped crusader movie The Dark Knight.
Resident Marck Jason, 24, of Battersea, said: “I was gobsmacked. I was just walking home and saw this bloody huge explosion.
“Obviously my first thought was that it was a terrorist attack and I dialled 999.
“I know it’s sort of cool that the place is being used for a film, as its a brilliant building, but a bit of warning wouldn’t have hurt.”
If anyone has more from the scene we’d love to hear from you!
Via Daily Mail
Alfred’s ‘Altercation’ October 8th, 2007
Movieweb have posted a pressing interview with Michael Caine. Here he once again talks up the brilliant portrayal of The Joker by Heath Ledger,
“I can tell you the biggest secret. The most shocking thing for both you and I, […] It’s Heath Ledger as the Joker. He is going to surprise a lot of people. He is absolutely terrifying. I’d say that he is the scariest thing I’ve ever seen on screen.”
Details of the Demolition August 27th, 2007
After the break check out a fascinating gallery of the Chicago Brach’s building donned up as a particularly important structure. Finding out what this building’s purpose is will be a major spoiler, so find the pictures after the break.
More from the Memorial August 26th, 2007
We’ve recently been drawn to this impressive post at the SuperHeroHype forums by ChicageauxTiger:
This was the general scene of the shoot:
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Impending Implosion: August 30th August 26th, 2007
A few weeks ago we reported about an upcoming and expensive action event — the implosion of Brach Candy factory site. The ever reliable Hollywood Chicago are back with more juicy gossip concerning the nature of the event and most importantly — a date.
The new date is Thursday, Aug. 30. It is scheduled to happen between 10:30 a.m. and noon.
This will be two buildings. The larger building is to be filled with flammable liquids and the second smaller, four-story building will be imploded. This is the last big stunt for the film to be shot.
And to relay the appended information, the address of this site is 401 N. Cicero Ave. in Chicago::
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HC’s latest post also discloses the nature of this building. Seeing the picture will reveal the spoiler, follow this dangerous link to continue.
August 24th Set Reports August 26th, 2007
First up, Lonnie set in this nice little spoiler-filled report from August 25th:
I was at the filming for The Dark Knight yesterday, they were filming a memorial service for an important character who dies, Police Commisoner Loeb. There was a stage set up in front of “City Hall” with a picture with a wreath around it. The picture was of Loeb. During filming of the scene, they would shoot of a gun and the crowd would scatter. No principal characters there when I was there, but I hear Eckhart was there earlier.
Patti later wrote to confirm this and give a few more interesting details:
Went downtown 8/24 to check out the filming. We saw them set up (around 730) for a memorial service for the police commissioner and possibly Harvey Dent. (We could not get a good look at the picture displayed on the stage). When they were ready to start to film , the streets were cleared of onlookers. There were a lot of police extras there. Very hard to see from a block away. This part was filmed right in front of the Board of Trade. We left and came back around 1130. We walked around to the back of the set were people were allowed to stand but they were very strict on no pictures. We saw Gary Oldman. The police horses were there (actual horses from a Wisconsin stable) and police for the 21 gun salute which we just missed. They broke for lunch around 12noon.Drove past (my husband is not into this adventure) Brach’s today 8/25. They were working on the front of the hospital.
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