Batman-On-Film have posted an exclu­sive new one sheet poster in the style of the two lat­est posters, though this time show­ing off the Joker. Judg­ing by the URL at the bot­tom of it, seems to have come from a source in the UK.

Com­ing via Chicago Film Fes­ti­val:

THE DARK KNIGHT GALA
A NIGHT HONORING FILMMAKER CHRISTOPHER NOLAN

Wednes­day, July 16, 2008
IMAX The­atre | 600 E. Grand Avenue

You are cor­dially invited to a once-in-a-lifetime Gala evening hon­or­ing film­maker Christo­pher Nolan!

Cinema/Chicago, the 44th Chicago Inter­na­tional Film Fes­ti­val and Warner Bros. Pic­tures proudly present the first Chicago show­ing of THE DARK KNIGHT, the follow-up to the action hit Bat­man Begins. THE DARK KNIGHT reunites film­maker Christo­pher Nolan and star Chris­t­ian Bale, who reprises the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne in his con­tin­u­ing war on crime. The City of Chicago is promi­nently show­cased in the film, with shots of the old Chicago Post Office, the State of Illi­nois Cen­ter, the IBM Build­ing, Upper and Lower Wacker Drive, and LaSalle Street, among other locations.

The evening will include a trib­ute to film­maker Christo­pher Nolan fol­lowed by a screen­ing of THE DARK KNIGHT in IMAX®, which fea­tures six sequences shot with IMAX® cam­eras. “Nolan’s work has cap­ti­vated both crit­ics and audi­ences alike. Memento remains one of the great direc­to­r­ial and writ­ing achieve­ments in cin­ema. He is a mod­ern writer/director who approaches all aspects of his work with a style and sophis­ti­ca­tion seen only amongst the most élite tier of film­mak­ers,” remarks Fes­ti­val Founder and Artis­tic Direc­tor Michael Kutza.

A din­ner recep­tion will fol­low the trib­ute and screen­ing in the stun­ning Crys­tal Gar­dens at Navy Pier, lit up by a spec­tac­u­lar fire­works dis­play. The Gala will ben­e­fit Cinema/Chicago, its year-round edu­ca­tional pro­grams, and the 44th Chicago Inter­na­tional Film Festival.

Warner Bros. Pic­tures presents, in asso­ci­a­tion with Leg­endary Pic­tures, a Syn­copy Pro­duc­tion, a Christo­pher Nolan film, THE DARK KNIGHT. Nolan directed the film from a screen­play writ­ten by Jonathan Nolan and Christo­pher Nolan, story by Christo­pher Nolan and David S. Goyer. Charles Roven, Emma Thomas and Christo­pher Nolan are the pro­duc­ers, with Ben­jamin Mel­niker, Michael E.Uslan, Kevin De La Noy and Thomas Tull serv­ing as exec­u­tive pro­duc­ers. THE DARK KNIGHT is based upon char­ac­ters appear­ing in comic books pub­lished by DC Comics. Bat­man was cre­ated by Bob Kane.

Evening Pro­gram:

5:30PM Red Car­pet Arrivals
6:30PM Trib­ute and Award Pre­sen­ta­tion to film­maker Christo­pher Nolan
7:00PM Gala screen­ing of The Dark Knight
9:30PM — 11:30PM Din­ner Recep­tion at The Crys­tal Gardens

TICKET PRICE:

Advance ticket price: $150/ticket if pur­chased by June 1
After June 1: $175/ticket

TICKETS ON SALE AT 9:00AM ON FRIDAY, MAY 16! LIMIT 4 PER PERSON.

PRESALE tick­ets avail­able to Cinema/Chicago mem­bers May 12–15.

To pur­chase tick­ets, please call 312–683-0121 x154, or click here.

The third Dark Knight tele­vi­sion spot is now air­ing, here is the online ver­sion for you:

The sound bites at the end of this video look entirely staged, and the ride itself appears pretty timid.

Six Flags Great Adven­ture today unveiled the highly antic­i­pated “THE DARK KNIGHT Coaster.” Based on Warner Bros. Pic­tures’ upcom­ing movie THE DARK KNIGHT, the indoor, dark coaster offers guests a one-of-kind ride experience.

More than just a ride, THE DARK KNIGHT Coaster fea­tures the most world renowned DC Comics char­ac­ters in an adven­ture that uti­lizes sto­ry­telling, phys­i­cal move­ment, video, sound and spe­cial effects to bring guests a one-of-a-kind dark ride thrill. As part of the expe­ri­ence, park guests will see, hear and feel the action of the movie the moment they enter the ride queue line, as they are trans­formed into cit­i­zens of Gotham City — caught in the mid­dle of a city under siege and torn apart by The Joker.

Guests board a Gotham City rail car and careen through six 180-degree hair­pin turns, climb unseen hills, plunge into pitch dark­ness, dip into unfore­seen dan­ger and con­tinue to be tor­mented by The Joker as they thrust onto the bat­tle­field of good vs. evil. Will THE DARK KNIGHT save them in time?

“THE DARK KNIGHT Coaster offers guests a one-of-a-kind ride expe­ri­ence that com­bines the action and excite­ment of THE DARK KNIGHT movie with the thrill of a roller coaster,” said Mark Kane, Six Flags Great Adventure’s Park Pres­i­dent. “THE DARK KNIGHT Coaster offers a unique expe­ri­ence that will appeal to both fam­ily and teen audiences.”

The attrac­tion also intro­duces new, cus­tomized footage fea­tur­ing Dis­trict Attor­ney Har­vey Dent (as por­trayed by Aaron Eck­hart), pro­duced and shot specif­i­cally for THE DARK KNIGHT Coaster. The ride also incor­po­rates audio and visual ele­ments from the film which will debut July 18, 2008, offer­ing guests a sneak peak.

The $7.5 mil­lion coaster is located in the Movi­etown sec­tion at Six Flags Great Adven­ture adja­cent to BATMAN The Ride. The height restric­tion is 42 inches to ride with an adult and 48 inches to ride alone. Guests can receive up-to-the-minute park news and pur­chase a 2008 sea­son pass online at www​.sixflags​.com.

Maya from Char­ity Buzz has asked us to men­tion their lat­est auc­tion, which has a prize a good few of you shall be inter­ested in — the chance to attend the Dark Knight pre­mière and after party in Los Ange­les this July, with flights included. The pro­ceeds will be going to the New York Restora­tion Project. Bid­ding starts at $3500, with an esti­mated value of $7500. The auc­tion ends on May 29, 2008 12:58:00 PM EDT. Avail­able to both US and Inter­na­tional bidders.

“Fly to LA with Jet­BLUE and Attend the Pre­mière and After Party of The Dark Knight“
This Pack­age Includes: 2 tick­ets to Pre­mière & After Party. Pre­mière will be held in LA, July 2008– exact date TBD PLUS roundtrip air­fare for 2 from JetBLUE.

Bid on Dark Knight pre­mière tickets

Dona­tions from the char­i­ty­buzz online auc­tion will help the non­profit New York Restora­tion Project (NYRP) to reclaim, restore, and develop under-resourced parks, com­mu­nity gar­dens, and open space in New York City, pri­mar­ily in eco­nom­i­cally dis­ad­van­taged neighborhoods.

Super­hero Hype have posted some images of pro­mo­tional card­board you are likely to see in your local movie the­ater in the com­ing month. It’s the cut-out ver­sion of the bat-pod poster:

Start­ing as of last night, Warner Bros. have began air­ing a cou­ple of tele­vi­sion spots for the Dark Knight. Thanks to all those that sent this in.

“Out of the dark­ness, comes the Knight” — not too hard to think that one up!

Here you go:

TV Spot #1:

TV Spot #2:

/Film just got an exclu­sive pack­age of 40 high res­o­lu­tion images sent their way by reader KillingJoke — 30mb of them. These include lots of Aaron Eck­hart, Mag­gie Gyl­len­haal, Chris­t­ian Bale, Mor­gan Free­man, Heath Ledger and Chris Nolan close-ups. What’s most inter­est­ing are the pic­tures that show the film­ing of The Dark Knight.

This set appears to be for press usage, most likely for the plethora of press arti­cles we will be see­ing in the com­ing months. Some of the shots we have seen before, but maybe not at this res­o­lu­tion. No real spoil­ers in these shots either:

EDIT:

Sorry folks.