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Tim Burton gelang mit "Batman" (1989) eine gelungene Verfilmung der Comics um den "Dunklen Ritter"...
Der Milliardär Bruce Wayne (Michael Keaton) macht nachts als Batman Jagd auf Gangster und trifft dabei auf den Mann, der einst seine Eltern ermordete: Jack Napier (Jack Nicholson). Durch einen Sturz in hochgiftige Chemikalien wird Napier zum Joker und sagt ganz Gotham und speziell Batman den Kampf an. Die Fotografin Vicky Vale (Kim Basinger) wird durch ihre Beziehung zu Bruce Wayne und die Leidenschaft, die der Joker für sie empfindet, in das ganze Geschehen verwickelt. Natürlich siegt das Gute über das Böse, der Joker wird vernichtet und Gotham akzeptiert, dass es jetzt einen Beschützer hat...
Es folgten die mehr oder weniger gelungenen Fortsetzungen
"Batman Returns" (1992),
"Batman Forever" (1995) und
"Batman & Robin" (1997)...
Christopher Nolan (u.a. "Memento") wagte sich mit "Batman Begins" an eine Neuauflage mit Christian Bale (u.a. "Die Herrschaft des Feuers") in der Titelrolle - der Film startete am 16. Juni 2005 in den deutschen Kinos...
Als kleiner Junge zum Zeugen des Mordes an seinen Eltern geworden und geplagt von seinen Kindheitserinnerungen, reist der Industrie-Erbe Bruce Wayne ziellos durch die Welt, auf der Suche nach einem Weg, jene zu bekämpfen, die Angst und Schrecken verbreiten. Mit der Hilfe seines treuen Butlers Alfred (Michael Caine), Detective Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman, u.a. "Léon - Der Profi") und seines Verbündeten Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman) kehrt Wayne schliesslich nach Gotham City zurück und erschafft sein Alter Ego Batman. Als maskierter Kreuzritter, kämpft er mit Stärke, Intelligenz und einem Arsenal von High-Tech-Waffen gegen die bösen Kräfte der Unterwelt, die die Stadt bedrohen...
Das Sequel zu "Batman Begins" mit dem Titel "The Dark Knight" startete am 21. August 2008 in den deutschen Kinos...
Mit Hilfe des Leutnants Jim Gordon und des Bezirksstaatsanwalts Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart, u.a. "The Core - Der innere Kern") macht sich Batman daran, die immer noch bestehenden kriminellen Organisationen, welche überall in der Stadt ihren Terror verbreiten, zu bekämpfen. Die Partnerschaft scheint vorerst Erfolg zu haben, aber bald befinden sich die Jäger als Gejagte in einer chaotischen Situation, die von einem immer mächtiger werdenden kriminellen Superhirn kontrolliert wird, das unter den terrorisierten Einwohnern von Gotham unter dem Namen Joker (Heath Ledger, u.a. "Die Gebrüder Grimm") bekannt ist...
Der 3. "Batman"-Film soll am 20. Juli 2012 in die US-Kinos kommen...
Und "Batman vs. Superman" wird sicherlich auch irgendwann Realität... ;-)
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"Batman: Arkham Asylum" Videospiel !!!
Am 28. August 2009 erscheint "Batman: Arkham Asylum" für PS3, Xbox 360 und PC...
"Batman - The Dark Knight" auf DVD & Blu-ray !!!
Am 22. Dezember 2008 kam "The Dark Knight" auf DVD & Blu-ray...
[10.07.2010]
Digital Spy meldet...
Sir Michael Caine has revealed that Christopher Nolan's next Batman movie will begin production next year.
Caine, who plays Bruce Wayne's butler Alfred Pennyworth in the superhero series, told DS: "I think they're going to do it in April, that's about as much as I know." [...]
[05.06.2010]
CS! zitiert aus einem Interview mit Christopher Nolan...
[...] He still hasn't officially signed on to direct new Batman movie. "No I haven't. There is a point where you're just being precious about it and people get annoyed, but the God's honest truth is I work on one movie at a time. I'm only capable of doing that, so my head will continue to be firmly in ['Inception'] for another few months."
There are some things, though, that Nolan can confirm. "My brother is working on the screenplay. We came up with a story that we are very excited about. We particularly like where we are taking the characters and what the ending is... There are things for me to be very excited about in addressing the characters again. But ultimately it always comes down to the script, and can we make a great film from this? That's something I will firmly be turning my attention to figuring out fairly soon." It will be, he said, "the finishing of a story rather than infinitely blowing up the balloon and expanding the story."
Empire asked whether the villain could be a returning (and recast) Joker. "No," said Nolan resisting to elaborate, "I just don't feel comfortable about it." [...]
[01.05.2010]
CS! meldet...
Warner Bros. Pictures has set a July 20, 2012 release date for Christopher Nolan's third Batman movie in conventional and IMAX theaters! That is a little over two weeks after Sony Pictures is releasing their Spider-Man reboot on July 3, 2012.
Nolan's second Batman movie, The Dark Knight, opened July 18, 2008 and earned more than $1 billion at the worldwide box office. [...]
[23.04.2010]
Cinematical sprach kürzlich mit Nolans-Haus-und-Hof-Kameramann Wally Pfister, der nicht davon ausgeht, dass der nächste "Batman"-Film in 3D gedreht wird...
[...] the acclaimed, award-winning director of photography said that neither he nor Nolan has ruled out the possibility of shooting it using the format. "What Chris and I have talked about is doing something cool and something interesting," Pfister said. "[Director] Brad Bird was [saying] 'you've got to shoot the whole thing in IMAX!' I was like, yeah, I've talked to Chris about that." [...]
[11.03.2010]
Hero Complex sprach mit Christopher Nolan...
[09.02.2010]
CS! meldet...
Last week, news broke that David Goyer was exiting ABC's "FlashForward" as showrunner so that he can again concentrate on his feature career.
"As my feature projects have started ramping up again, I felt I was being pulled in too many directions," Goyer said. "I'm proud of the show and excited about the relaunch. It's in great hands."
Once again buried in a story on Deadline Hollywood is the revelation that one of those features is none other than The Dark Knight follow-up:
Of course, Goyer's feature career is really heating up, since he co-wrote Batman Begins, and penned the story for The Dark Knight, and is now writing the third Batman installment with Chris Nolan's brother Jonah.
[29.04.2009]
TotalFilm.com sprach mit Christian Bale...
[...] "Will we do a third movie? It's got to be the right story. You can't make something like 'The Dark Knight' and then come out with something disappointing.
"I would like it if people say, 'You'll never make a good third movie.' I say, 'OK, let's make a third movie in that case, let's prove them wrong. But that's just me. The fact is, I have to! I've signed up! Chris doesn't. So I'm in a bit of a fix if he says he doesn't want to!" [...]
[18.04.2009]
Bei GameTrailers.com gibt es neues Videomaterial zum Videospiel "Batman: Arkham Asylum" Videospiel... Und Eidos meldet...
[...] diesen Sommer wird der DUNKLE RITTER in Batman: Arkham Asylum mit seiner bis dato schwersten Herausforderung konfrontiert. Doch ein Arsenal an Gadgets, werden ihm helfen, das Wohl von Gotham City zu wahren.
Im Spiel wird Batman auch sein Markenzeichen zum Einsatz bringen: den BATARANG.
In der streng limitierten Collectors Edition bildet dieser, als 35cm großes Replikat samt Standfuß, das Herzstück. Darüber hinaus bietet die deutsche Version eine zusätzliche Challenge Map und ein Bonus-Outfit.
Die Collectors Edition erscheint für PS3, Xbox360 und Games for Windows. [...]
[23.02.2009]
Heath Ledger erhielt posthum den Oscar in der Kategorie "Bester Nebendarsteller" für seine Rolle als Joker !!! Einen weiteren Oscar erhielt "The Dark Knight" in der Kategorie "Beste Tonbearbeitung"...
[21.02.2009]
Variety.com meldet...
"The Dark Knight" has become the fourth film to take in more than $1 billion in worldwide box office.
Warner Bros. made the announcement Friday afternoon, saying that the combined domestic and international gross had totaled $1,001,082,160 to date -- about $533 million domestically and $567 million overseas.
"Knight" had been about $4 million short of the 10-figure mark when Warner Bros. re-released it into Imax screens on Jan. 23, the day after its eight Oscar nominations were announced. Grosses from Ecuador also helped nudge the Batpic over the mark, a spokeswoman said.
Only "Titanic," with $1.8 billion, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" have topped the billion-dollar worldwide mark previously.
"Knight" also is the second-highest domestic grosser of all time, trailing only "Titanic."
Warner also noted that it's the largest 2-D digitally re-mastered Imax release in the domestic market with $49.6 million and worldwide with $64.9 million.
[26.01.2009]
CourierPostOnline.com meldet...
[...] Uslan will be onboard as executive producer for the "Dark Knight" sequel, which he estimates will be theaters by 2011. As for the identity of the next round of Batman's supervillains and love interests, Uslan remains tight-lipped. "It's one of those deals where if I told you, I'd have to kill you," he says with a chuckle. [...]
[22.01.2009]
"The Dark Knight" wurde für 8 Oscars nominiert...
[12.01.2009]
Heath Ledger erhielt posthum einen Golden Globe für seine Darstellung des Jokers in "The Dark Knight" !!! Und MTV.com sprach mit Aaron Eckhart über eine mögliche Rückkehr von Two-Face...
[29.12.2008]
Heute um 22.15 Uhr zeigt das ZDF "Batman Begins" als deutsche Free-TV-Premiere...
[22.12.2008]
Heute erscheint "The Dark Knight" auf DVD & Blu-ray !!! Und bei play3.de gibt es neue Screenshots aus dem Videospiel "Batman: Arkham Asylum" Videospiel...
[17.12.2008]
CS! berichtet über den sensationellen Verkaufserfolg von "The Dark Knight" auf DVD & Blu-ray...
[...] "The Dark Knight" took the world by storm on Blu-ray and DVD, breaking records for 2008. The blockbuster hit from acclaimed director Christopher Nolan became an instant must-own classic with Blu-ray sales of over 1.7 million units and total DVD and Blu-ray sales of 13.5 million worldwide*, including consumer sales and rental sales, in one week. Brisk consumer sales - totaling over 10 million with one week of sales reported - are expected to continue through the holiday season. "The Dark Knight" is the best selling Blu-ray title in history and will become the best selling 2008 title overall this week. The response to the digital copy offering included on the Blu-ray and Special Edition DVD has been remarkable with the number of consumers activating their digital copies approaching 300,000. "The Dark Knight" is already the number one movie for the year on the iTunes 2008 Chart. [...]
[09.12.2008]
USA Today sprach mit Christopher Nolan...
[...] what's stopping him from making a third installment?
For starters, most third acts in Hollywood stink. Look at the disappointing threequels for The Godfather, Superman and the original Batman. The conclusions weren't much better for the more recent Shrek, Spider-Man and Pirates of the Caribbean.
"I don't know why they're hard to do," Nolan says. "Maybe there's so much expectation to them. But I wouldn't want to do one if it weren't going to be as good as the first or second. That's not respectful to the fans." [...]
Nolan says he is jotting notes and doing some rough outlines for a third story, but he hasn't yet found anything he's willing to commit to film, despite Warner Bros.' eagerness to get a new film underway.
"It was obvious when the box office was so big ($530 million domestically) that we had underestimated how ready fans were to reboot the franchise," he says. "The worst thing you could do now that you've gotten the plane back in the air is mess up the landing."
[05.12.2008]
Wie CS! meldet, wird "The Dark Knight" am 23. Januar 2009 in den US-Kinos wiederaufgeführt ...
Warner Bros. Pictures is bringing The Dark Knight back for a return engagement in theaters and IMAX on January 23, 2009, giving audiences one more chance to see the film on the big screen. The film will re-open nationwide, it was announced today by Dan Fellman, Warner Bros. Pictures President of Domestic Distribution. [...]
Originally released on July 18, 2008, The Dark Knight broke virtually every possible box office record to become the top-grossing film of 2008 and the second-highest grossing movie (domestically) of all time.
[23.11.2008]
Bei GameTrailers.com gibt es neues Videomaterial zum kommenden "Batman: Arkham Asylum" Videospiel...
[14.11.2008]
The Guardian zeigt ein paar Clips der kommenden "The Dark Knight" DVD...
[28.10.2008]
Die LA Times sprach mit Christopher Nolan...
GB: [...] Could you see actually yourself not making the third Batman film?
NOLAN: Well ... let me think how to put this. There are two things to be said. One is the emphasis on story. What’s the story? Is there a story that’s going to keep me emotionally invested for the couple of years that it will take to make another one? That’s the overriding question. On a more superficial level, I have to ask the question: How many good third movies in a franchise can people name? [Laughs.] At the same time, in taking on the second one, we had the challenge of trying to make a great second movie, and there haven't been too many of those either. It’s all about the story really. If the story is there, everything is possible. I hope that was a suitably slippery answer.
[22.10.2008]
BOF meldet...
[...] I come to you today with a name I’ve heard for Catwoman. Now, you got to keep in mind that there is no script for BATMAN 3 -- well, at least not "officially." So how in the hell can there be casting rumors for a film in which there’s no story or script? Well, methinks that people are doing their Bat-Math and figuring that this particular Batman rogue will be in the film.
The character I’m referring to is Selina Kyle, AKA Catwoman. The name of the actress I heard might be "in the mix" for the part is Rhona Mitra.
What I was told was that some "people" were impressed by her turn in DOOMSDAY and you can take that for what you will.
Let me remind you that this should be consider nothing but rumor at this point. [...]
[20.10.2008]
CS! berichtet über die Gewinner von Spike TV's "SCREAM" Awards...
[...] Box office hit and critically acclaimed film, The Dark Knight dominated the competition collecting twelve awards including the nights' most prestigious award, The Ultimate Scream, accepted by the films' producers, Charles Roven, Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan. The Dark Knight co-stars Christian Bale, Heath Ledger and Gary Oldman each scored awards, as Bale took home Best Superhero and Oldman Best Supporting Actor, while Ledger was named both Best Fantasy Actor and Best Villain for his portrayal of the Joker. Director Christopher Nolan scored the Best Director trophy and the Best Screamplay, along with Jonathon Nolan and David S. Goyer. [...]
[11.10.2008]
Latino Review sprach mit Paul Levitz, dem Präsidenten von DC Comics...
[...] "What about Batman 3? You guys must be going crazy over the success of that film." Paul pulls the cocktail shrimp from his mouth just enough to see him smile. I asked when were they going to get this Superman reboot done and he gave me a look like he was about to tell me the answers to the mysteries of the world. "Everyone is waiting for Nolan to sign on for another Batman, once that happens, the release date for Superman and all other future projects will follow." [...]
[03.10.2008]
IESB meldet...
[...] There have been rumors making the internet rounds this week basically saying that the third Chris Nolan Batman film had entered into pre-production and was looking for crew members. A WB exec told me directly that another Batman film is not in pre-production and is not getting ready to shoot. Not at all. We were told this rumor is total BS and that Nolan just got back from vacation and while WB is keen (duh) to make a third film, there has been no immediate conversations with Nolan and that the rumor is totally bogus. [...]
[11.09.2008]
MTV.com sprach mit Philip Seymour Hoffman über das Gerücht er würde den Pinguin in "Batman 3" spielen...
[...] "No one has talked to me about it ever - never," replied Hoffman. "It happened, like, five years ago, too. It was a rumor back then and it’s still a rumor. [laughs] It’s just in the press. It’s funny."
To further cement this issue, Hoffman added that he’d never met Nolan ("Maybe I did or met him in passing?"), and that his interest in comic book movies is purely on a fan level, and he intended to keep it that way.
"I’m such a fan of those movies," related Hoffman. "Comic book movies in general I look forward to - I am a real cheerleader for them. I want them to do well because those are terrific stories. As a kid I was a big comic book collector. What [Nolan]’s doing is taking it in a whole other exciting great place. I’m more a fan, so the interest of being in it isn’t that great. It’s more the interest in wanting to see the next one. It’s probably better that way."
When further pressed for his level of interest if Warner Bros. approached him about the role, Hoffman said, "I don’t know. I think I’m more interested in seeing someone else do it. I don’t know if I’d be a good Penguin to be quite honest. [laughs]" [...]
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