Coming Soon have sat down and spoken with three members of The Dark Knight cast, Christian Bale, Aaron Eckhart and Gary Oldman. I have included the three videos below in a playlist, some warning, the thrid video (Gary Oldman) does contain spoilers:
Batman: The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight
Christian Bale, Aaron Eckhart and Gary Oldman video interviews July 13th, 2008
Bat pod and Tumbler tour dates July 13th, 2008
The Dark Knight’s Bat pod and possibly Batman Begins’ Tumbler (although we’ve not seen it on location yet) are touring and we have the final tour dates for you, via Film School Rejects:
SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2008 Niagara Falls, NY
See the Bat-Pod and Bat Tumbler at the Niagara Falls State Park
MONDAY, JULY 14, 2008 New York City
See the Bat-Pod live on the Today Show
See the Bat-Pod and Bat Tumbler on the red carpet at AMC Lincoln Square IMAXWEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 2008 Chicago
See the Bat-Pod and Bat Tumbler at the Navy Pier – Crystal Garden
See the Bat-Pod and Bat Tumbler at the Chris Nolan Gala Event at Navy PierSATURDAY, JULY 18, 2008 Los Angeles
See the Bat-Pod all week at the Arclight Hollywood Theater/Cinerama Dome
New Joker call and Gotham Tonight Episode: Bank Robbery July 13th, 2008
The owners of the assorted Joker phones have received a new phone call, with a montage of mumbled sounds and clips with phrases such as “Is anybody there? Please help” and “Don’t do it, don’t do it”, together with the sounds of the Gotham PD in the background before ending with the Joker’s maniacal laugh.
Download audio of the call
Coinciding with this phone call, the latest episode of Gotham Tonight has been added to GCN, the episode is set to interview Harvey Dent, the “White Knight”, however half way through it cuts to news of The Joker’s bank robbery.
Celebrated journalist Mike Engel sits down with the “White Knight” of Gotham City — District Attorney Harvey Dent. Dent defends controversial crime-fighter Batman, and says they’ve “benefited the entire city.”
Dent takes calls from viewers on Jonathan Crane and fears of a new outbreak of Fear Toxin, and confronts a GPD police officer angry over Dent’s prosecution of corrupt cops. And Engel asks the questions everybody’s been talking about — is Harvey Dent dating Assistant District Attorney Rachel Dawes? The episode ends with the breaking news that the Gotham National Bank has been hit by robbers who made away with 68 million dollars from the vault.
Joker defaces sites, Kicking and Screening — Free IMAX tickets July 10th, 2008
The WSS Overture countdown has ended, and with it the Joker has brought down his madness upon all of the Gotham City viral websites, splattering them with flood and defacing them with mischievous messages.
On each of these pages a puzzle piece with a letter was left, combining all the pieces the phrase “Kicking and Screening” can be found, which leads to the next Why So Serious page,
www.whysoserious.com/kickingandscreening/
Note the play on words, “Screening” — the prize — Free tickets to an IMAX pre-release Dark Knight screening on July 15th!. As quickly as they appeared they have now SOLD OUT.
AND HERE WE GO!!!
“You’ve played your part, here are your just rewards. Meet at the rendevous points below. Don’t be late, don’t forget your ticket or heads will roll. Casual attire, smiles optional.”
Sold Out Chicago, Cinemark IMAX (Woodridge) 9:30pm
Sold Out New York, Palisades IMAX (West Nyack) 9:00pm
Sold Out Edmonton, Silver City IMAX 9:30pm
Sold Out Pittsburg, Cinemark IMAX (Tarentum) 9:30pm
Sold Out Kansas City, Studio IMAX (Olathe) 9:00pm
Sold Out Phoenix, Deer Valley IMAX 9:00pm
Sold Out San Francisco, Metreon IMAX 9:00pm
Sold Out Los Angeles, Universal City IMAX 9:00pm
Sold Out Las Vegas, Palms IMAX 9:30pm
Sold Out Minneapolis, Metropolitan IMAX (St. Michael) 9:30pm
Sold Out Dallas, Cinemark IMAX 9:30pm
Sold Out Toronto, Scotiabank IMAX 9:30pm
Sold Out Salt Lake City, Jordan Commons IMAX (Sandy) 9:30pm
Sold Out Grand Rapids, Celebration IMAX 9:30pm
Sold Out Atlanta, Mall of Georgia IMAX (Buford) 9:45pm
Sold Out Denver, Colorado Center IMAX 9:45pm
Sold Out Houston, Marq*e IMAX 9:45pm
Sold Out Orlando, Pointe IMAX 9:45pm
Sold Out Portland, Bridgeport IMAX (Tigard) 9:45pm
Sold Out San Diego, Mira Mesa IMAX 9:45pm
Sold Out Omaha, Star IMAX (Council Bluffs) 9:30pm
Sold Out Indianapolis, Showplace IMAX 9:30pm
Sold Out Boston, Comcast IMAX (Natick) 7:00pm
Sold Out Seattle, Boeing IMAX 7:30pm
An email was also sent out shortly beforehand via Human Resources:
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Thanks to everyone that sent this in! Hope you got your tickets in time! (We poor brits miss out again it seems — we’re getting the movie a week later anyway).
Dark Knight HBO Special July 10th, 2008
A grainy rendition of HBO’s Dark Knight special is now available on YouTube, thanks Alastor!
Part 1
Part 2
Rome Exhibition and Dark Knight Concept Art July 10th, 2008
The Italian movies website, BadTaste are reporting that an exhibition about The Dark Knight has, as of today, opened in Rome at the Ponte Milvio, ending July 17th. Included are costumes and concept are from the movie as well as one of the many Bat-pod vehicles. The press release also mentions the Bat signal will be appearing at Versilia and Romagnola beaches.
Two of the concept art pictures are already on show:
Meet Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard July 10th, 2008
The composers of The Dark Knight score are in Times Square’s Virgin Megastore, 1540 Broadway, this Tuesday (July 15th) at 7pm, for presumably a meet, greet and sign session.
Thanks Mike!
3am and 6am Dark Knight screenings July 9th, 2008
The midnight screenings of The Dark Knight have proved immeasurably popular, selling out in over 100 locations — there is so much demand that more late night, early morning screenings have been laid on at 3am and 6am respectively — I’d get your IMAX tickets quickly.
In other news, 4 tickets to the NYC premier of The Dark Knight are on Ebay, going for at least $6100! One day left!
Advance Dark Knight tickets | IMAX tickets | Sold out tickets on Ebay | NYC Première tickets
Here’s the word from Fandango:
With more than a week to go before the highly-anticipated release of “The Dark Knight,” Fandango, the nation’s leading moviegoer destination, reports that many of its pre-opening Thursday midnight shows on July 17 are already sold out in cities across the country, from New York to Boise, Idaho. Theaters continue to add 3:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. pre-opening showtimes to meet the ticketing demand.
“‘The Dark Knight’ may be responsible for a lot of bleary eyes at work next Friday morning,” says Rick Butler, Chief Operating Officer for Fandango. “We’re seeing a record number of late-night showtimes selling out in advance, while theaters are adding new performances every day.”
More than 1,500 late-night showtimes of the movie have been scheduled for the film’s pre-opening on Thursday night (Friday morning), July 17–18, at Fandango.com/TheDarkKnight. An online survey of more than 3,000 “The Dark Knight” fans on Fandango.com over the holiday weekend offered the following information on the late-night surge:
* 37% of respondents plan to see the film at least once during one of the late night performances on Thursday night.
* 38% say that they intend to take off a few hours or the entire day from work on Friday as a result of seeing the movie the night before.
* 60% of these moviegoers are male.
* 71% are under the age of 35.
* 39% plan to see the film in IMAX®.
* 92% expect that the Academy will recognize Heath Ledger’s performance as The Joker with a posthumous Oscar® nomination next year.