The Dark Knight
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I always seem to be mentioning these guys, Latino Review have posted this shot, which seems to be legitimate, it’s hard to tell because the article has been taken down. It is being touted as the Joker’s new clown car, likely to be a vehicle that he and/or his henchmen use to travel in. I personally think it’s perfect and look forward to seeing more of the same.
Here it is, complete with two-toned purple paint job et al:
What’s more, we could be getting a glance at a new BAT vehicle next week, according to a Warner Bros. press statement.
EDIT: Seems like this could be a fake using Photoshop, having done some research, although it is a cool and interesting concept that I am sure many people would like to see expanded upon.
While we are on the case of rumors, let’s look at a potential (i.e. likely to be fake) teaser poster, via Film Ick:
EDIT: Warner Brothers have released a high resolution version of this image. Check it out here.
And so the images continue, this time Entertainment Weekly has provided us the goods in an interview with costume designer Lindy Hemming. Most importantly, with photo, lovingly scanned in for our pleasure by C.Zejr. All the details are in the picture itself, this post needs little commentary.
Now that we have had our first taste of The Joker and Harvey Dent, some more delicious images from production of The Dark Knight have begun streaming out. The first shows Nolan overseeing a smartly blurred-out Joker prologue scene, the second reveals some, assumed to be, henchmen of the Joker. From the promo shots and now these images we can already see that this film is building to become darker and more sinister than Batman Begins, inline with the uttered notion that “things need to get worse before they can get better”.
From the official website, this is the first of The Dark Knight promotion shots:
Second comes Harvey Dent’s promotional poster, once again via the Warner Bros. site:
And thirdly, the first unveiling of Heath Ledger as The Joker which slowly emerged via a viral marketing campaign “I believe in Harvey Dent TOO”:
An announcement was made in July 2006 that Christian Bale would continue in the role of Batman in the sequel to Batman Begins. Warner Brothers also announced that Heath Ledger would play the role of The Joker, with actors actors Paul Bettany,Lachy Hulme, Adrien Brody and Robin Williams all previously rumored. At this same time Warner Bros. officially initiated the production of The Dark Knight, using David S. Goyer’s treatment, co-written by Nolan.
The role of Harvey Dent, District Attorney of Gotham City and otherwise known as Two-Face, was cast in February 2007, to be played by Aaron Eckhart. Around this time, despite previous mentions that Katie Holmes would return as Rachel Dawes, it was made known that Holmes would not be involved in the sequel, due mainly to scheduling conflicts. In March this year Maggie Gyllenhaal became the replacement. Anthony Michael Hall, of 1980s Breakfast Club fame, also has an unnamed role in the film.
Nolan’s interpretation of the Batman franchise shall continue to be very different to that of its redecessors. The Joker character is based primarily on his first two appearances in the Batman comics, as well as Alan Moore’s one-shot comic book Batman: The Killing Joke. Principle photography began in April 2007, pushed back from March, beginning in Chicago between April 18th and 24th — shooting scenes for the Joker’s prologue, as of June 9th they have returned to continue filming there until early September. Tentative filming locations also include London, Liverpool, Los Angeles, Baltimore, and Hong Kong.
Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard have confirmed that they shall provide The Dark Knight’s score.
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