Post by: Saber Alter on October 27, 2010, 07:48:18 PM
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The Internet was ablaze today with news that Christopher Nolan has named his next Batman film: "The Dark Knight Rises."http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2010/10/the_dark_knight_rises_batman_t.html (http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2010/10/the_dark_knight_rises_batman_t.html)
The announcement comes courtesy of Hero Complex (at the The Los Angeles Times), who scored a rare interview with the often secretive director.
So just who will be the next villain?
"It won't be the Riddler," Nolan said, ending months (even years) of speculation. "We'll use many of the same characters as we have all along, and we'll be introducing some new ones," he said.
In March it was reported that Nolan's brother Jonathan is currently writing the script and said the villain won't be Mr. Freeze. He insisted that the primary character ensemble from the previous two Batman films will return and that it will conclude their story.
Hmmmm.... Will The Joker return in some way (possibly recast)? The Scarecrow? Ra's al Ghul?
And can we expect the film to be shot in 3D? Nope! Nolan, who also directed last Summer's "Inception," convinced Warner Brothers to go with IMAX instead of 3D.
Says Nolan: "There's an intimacy at times [with spatial illusion of the 3D effect] and we want didn't want to lose scale... Our ambitions for the third movie is to complete a story that has begun. This is not starting over, this not rebooting... We're looking to do something technologically that's never been done before... Our ambitions are to make a great movie."
"The Dark Knight Rises" will be third film in Nolan's Batman trilogy. The first was "Batman Begins," in 2005 followed by "The Dark Knight," in 2008 which snagged late actor Heath Ledger an Oscar for best-supporting actor.
Pretty sad that we won't get serious Riddler in a movie.
Post by: .Batzarro. on October 27, 2010, 07:58:34 PM
At the very least I won't keep hearing the rumors that Depp would be playing Riddler (which so many people swore was true and he had already been cast for the role >.>). Not that I'd really mind if he could pull it off but a rumor is just that, a rumor.
EDIT: Also wanted to mention that I'm soo glad this won't be in 3D and in IMAX instead. I'm really getting sick of this 3D crap already. Nothing about it feels natural or right, they go out of their way to make it look like something's coming right at you when I'd rather them focus on the film actually being good. If I wanna see/deal with something like that I'll go to Universal Studios.
Post by: fer619 on October 27, 2010, 09:16:31 PM
and yeah, i would have also liked to see riddler in this movie :(
Post by: TomBewley on October 27, 2010, 09:27:25 PM
Post by: .Batzarro. on October 27, 2010, 09:32:03 PM
I really hope they don't bring Joker back though. They're not gonna top or even come close to what they already put out there with Ledger. I think they'd just taint it if they tried.
Post by: Astaroth on October 27, 2010, 09:40:40 PM
But still, the point is that given that Ledger created such a unique style, and the actor's face is hardly even seen, it wouldn't be that weird for another actor to take over the role.
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Post by: C.R.O.M. - ManoloStyle on October 28, 2010, 12:23:49 AM
Definitively Catwoman, you get a villain and a love interest at the same time with her… :w00t:
Post by: DEMONKAI on October 28, 2010, 10:26:52 AM
btw i did really wanna see Johnny depp as The riddler. that would have been heavy
Post by: Spidermew on October 28, 2010, 06:58:59 PM
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