Nolan's Batman 3 Title

[Tribal Warfare]

Batman sequel 'Rises' again

LOS ANGELES - THE next Batman sequel has a title: The Dark Knight Rises. Distributor Warner Bros. confirmed the name for director Christopher Nolan's third adventure about the DC Comics vigilante hero, which follows Batman Begins in 2005 and The Dark Knight in 2008.

The Dark Knight Rises is due in theaters July 20, 2012. Bucking Hollywood's current wave of 3-D movies, Nolan is not planning to shoot the film in 3-D.

Warner Bros had agreed with Nolan's argument that the sequel should resist the 3-D craze, the director told the Los Angeles Times' Hero Complex blog, which first reported the title.

Nolan would not reveal what villain might appear in The Dark Knight Rises, but he said it would not be the Riddler, one of the key bad guys in the comics and past film and TV Batman tales.

Earlier this year, Nolan said he would not resurrect the Joker, the cackling villain played by Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight. Ledger won the supporting-actor Academy Award for the role, a year after he died of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs. -- AP

[JD10367]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

Aren't there limitations to how long an IMAX film can be? That might have dictated the running time as much as anything.

The pacing on this movie doesn't work. It needed to be a.) streamlined, or b.) longer. Longer would be better, I think.

The film is 2:44:45. I could've squeezed another few minutes onto the platter, but that's about it. There's about a half-inch of space at the edge.

[CoMoChief]

So how much did this movie make over opening weekend so far?

[SnakeXJones]

Originally Posted by CoMoChief

So how much did this movie make over opening weekend so far?

Wont know till Mon but 160-170 range some reports

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by CoMoChief

So how much did this movie make over opening weekend so far?

All the movie companies agreed to delay releasing BO figures until Monday out of respect for Aurora.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

All the movie companies agreed to delay releasing BO figures until Monday out of respect for Aurora.

Class move.

[Hammock Parties]

It's ****ing crazy to think about the fact Batman has been around for 70 years.

[Chiefspants]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

Aren't there limitations to how long an IMAX film can be? That might have dictated the running time as much as anything.

The pacing on this movie doesn't work. It needed to be a.) streamlined, or b.) longer. Longer would be better, I think.

It would be amazing if Nolan released an extended version ala Lord of the Rings, the movie's rushed and convoluted beginning could have definitely benefitted from more scenes devoted to its exposition.

[rad]

I saw it Friday night. The trailer was replaced already with a LOTR type one. Can't remember the name of the movie.

[the Talking Can]

[Micjones]

Originally Posted by rad

I saw it Friday night. The trailer was replaced already with a LOTR type one. Can't remember the name of the movie.

The Hobbit?

[CoMoChief]

Originally Posted by Micjones

The Hobbit?

Saw that trailer....looks reeruned, but will probably make a fortune.

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

oh, another thing.....WB still had its "Gangster Squad" trailer attached in my viewing.....they are probably going to have to pull this thing. Its got a clip in there of dudes with Tommy Guns shooting up a movie theater audience. Bad timing right now....

SO WB did pull its Gangter Squad trailer and are now planning reshoots to take that scene out. Interesting...



http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118056910



For the first time since 9/11, a national tragedy forced Hollywood into crisis-management decisions that upended long-established plans for a high-profile release.
In the hours after a gunman's rampage at a Colorado movietheater left 12 dead and more than 50 wounded, Warner Bros. canceled international premiere events for "The Dark Knight Rises." TV spots for the pic on its opening weekend disappeared from the airwaves on Friday as news outlets went wall to wall with coverage of the killings in Aurora, Colo.

And the studio moved swiftly Friday to pull from exhibs and online outlets the trailer for "Gangster Squad," a period drama that featured a scene in which agents spray machine-gun fire into a crowded movie theater from behind the screen. Given the eerie association created by the Aurora shootings, Warner Bros. has since decided to remove the scene from the film, which opens Sept. 7, and is putting reshoot plans into motion, a source with knowledge of the situation told Variety. Warner Bros. would not comment.

Bizzers in Los Angeles were just waking up to the horrendous news of the slayings at the "Dark Knight" midnight screening when Warner Bros. execs made the call to cancel Friday's skedded premiere in Paris. By day's end, the studio had tabled red-carpet events to be held in Mexico and Japan this week. It will still hold screenings in those countries but without appearances by stars Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway and others.

"Due to the tragic events in Aurora, Colo., Warner Bros. Pictures has cancelled the previously scheduled personal appearances by the cast and filmmakers in Mexico and Japan on behalf of 'The Dark Knight Rises,'?" Warners said. "However, in an effort not to disappoint the dedicated fans of the film, we will proceed with our previously scheduled special screenings for invited guests and promotional winners."

Domestically, the studio's carefully plotted marketing campaign for "TDKR" was derailed by violence that helmer Christopher Nolan described as "unbearably savage." TV spots for the pic were dropped by numerous networks out of viewer-sensitivity concerns. There were reports that Warner Bros. had taken steps to limit some of its TV marketing for the pic, but sources close to the situation in Burbank strongly denied it.

In the frenzy of news coverage of the shooting rampage on Friday morning, some nets proactively decided to pull the spots for the pic that had been set to run. There were conflicting reports as to whether Warner Bros. eventually asked for all blurbs to be pulled for the weekend or whether some nets took the initiative on their own.

Sources at two of the Big Four broadcast nets said the studio made a request to pull "Dark Knight" spots that had been set to run this weekend. However, sources close to the studio insisted that all marketing efforts that were already in place before the shootings would proceed as planned. In most cases, spots that were pulled by the nets will be reskedded to run at a later date.

The loss of millions of dollars in commercials during the pic's opening weekend reflects how significant an impact the mass shooting will have on the tentpole that had been the cornerstone of Warner Bros.' summer movie sked. One marketing expert estimated the cost of the film's TV spots on its opening weekend at $3 million-$5 million.

Warner Bros. wasn't the only Hollywood outfit to react to the fallout from what's believed to be the worst act of violence committed in a U.S. movie theater. TV execs sent staffers combing through their program lineups for the coming days in search of movies and TV episodes with scenes that might echo too closely the real-life attack unleashed on Aurora, Colo.

[JD10367]

Earlier this year, after the shooting in FL, they pulled the "Neighborhood Watch" trailers from theaters. They then renamed the film simply "The Watch" and released new trailers.

[Mr. Plow]

I want to see this a 2nd time badly enough that I'm willing to go to a shit theater to see it.

[Lzen]

Originally Posted by the Talking Can

Uhhhhhh........ Steve Nash should just stick to something he's good at, like basketball.