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Will Batman Occupy Wall Street?

thedarkknightrises_teaserposter-600x887-300x4435-5216796You’d think that billionaire Bruce Wayne wouldn’t get along well with the Occupy Wall Street protesters in New York, and the Hathaway most associated with Wall Street is Berkshire. And yet, it looks like Batman could be there by the end of the month:

The Dark Knight Rises,” Christopher Nolan’s third film in the Batman trilogy, has been shooting in Los Angeles in recent weeks. But the Christian Bale-led production is now set to make a trip to New York and could be heading to a fraught locale: the Occupy Wall Street protests.

Under its code name “Magnus Rex,” the Warner Bros./Legendary Pictures production will arrive in the nation’s biggest city for 14 days starting Oct. 29, according to a casting notice recently issued by producers. And, according to a person briefed on actors’ schedules who requested anonymity because production details were being kept confidential, cast members have been told the shoot could include scenes shot at the Occupy Wall Street protests.

via Will Nolan’s ‘Dark Knight Rises’ occupy Wall Street? – latimes.com.

The Dark Knight Rises just won Most Anticipated Movie of 2012 in the Scream Awards. The film will start Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, and Tom Hardy.

Superman: Man of Steel Moved to 2013

Time to adjust your movie calendars as Warner Bros admitted today that having Zack Snyder’s Superman: Man of Steel film for Christmas 2012 was impossible. The new date is now June 14, nestled between two Marvel sequels.

Given the effects-heavy movie’s post-production requirements and the fact is has yet to start shooting, it seems likely that production concerns forced Warner’s hand. It’s also theorized that the testosterone-laden film might not play as well during the holidays given the Academy Award contenders that normally crowd multiplexes during that time of the year. There are also other genre competitors that will suck up screens, complicating the planned release including Warners’ own first installment of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit in addition to Disney’s planned reboot of The Lone Ranger. Back in the far simpler 1970s, Superman the Movie opened for the holidays and performed quite well and Warners was hoping for lightning to strike twice.

Instead, it will now face off against similar competition bringing May 3 with Iron Man 3. DreamWorks’ kid-oriented Turbo precedes Superman on June 7 and is followed by Pixar’s Monster University on June 21 so there’s little live-action, adult competition and now studios know which weekends to avoid. Marvel’s Thor 2 follows a month later on July 26.

The extra six months will afford Snyder plenty of time to perfect the script, which has to be note perfect after the disappointment of this summer’s Green Lantern. It also means producer Christopher Nolan will be done with his The Dark Knight Rises in plenty of time to have a more active role in overseeing the production.

TimeWarner has to release the film in 2013 to satisfy legal obligations arising from the Siegel Estate’s lawsuit that saw elements of the Superman mythos awarded to them, the repercussions of which are being seen this fall in the Superman reboot from TW’s DC Entertainment division.

Watch “The Dark Knight Rises” Teaser

Finally, a week after the official poster was released, we can run the trailer for The Dark Knight Rises, the finale in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Gary Oldman. Enjoy.

See Two New ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Viral Videos

See Two New ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Viral Videos

Just in time to blunt the release of X-Men: First Class, new Dark Knight Rises teaser videos have popped on up YouTube, uploaded by “The Fire Rises” who posted even more cryptic videos over the past few days.

One is a news report from GCN from TV anchor Mike Engel (Anthony Michael Hall), with sketchy TV footage that’s labeled “Arkham Breakout?” There’s also a quick flash of a Facebook page URL, which also belongs to The Fire Rises (aka Warner Bros. Entertainment, according to the user info page).

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The second video, titled ‘Outbreak,’ features an Abu Gharib vibe and the same creepy chants.

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Am I the only person who is worried that Batman’s heart is going to be ripped out by Mola Ram?

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‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Begins Shooting

christian-bale-batman11-300x212-6842725Here’s the release with all the current information, reminding us of how much we’re looking to seeing how this wraps up:

BURBANK, CA, May 19, 2011 – Principal photography has begun on Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ The Dark Knight Rises, the epic conclusion to filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s [[[Batman]]] trilogy.

Leading an all-star international cast, Oscar® winner Christian Bale (The Fighter) again plays the dual role of Bruce Wayne/Batman.

The film also stars Anne Hathaway, as Selina Kyle; Tom Hardy, as Bane; Oscar® winner Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose), as Miranda Tate; and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, as John Blake.

Returning to the main cast, Oscar® winner Michael Caine (The Cider House Rules) plays Alfred; Gary Oldman is Commissioner Gordon; and Oscar® winner Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby) reprises the role of Lucius Fox.

In helming The Dark Knight Rises, Christopher Nolan is utilizing IMAX® cameras even more extensively than he did on The Dark Knight, which had marked the first time that a major feature film was partially shot with IMAX® cameras.  The results were so spectacular that the director wanted to expand the use of the large-format cameras for this film.

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Anne Hathaway Is Catwoman’s Sixth Life

Anne Hathaway Is Catwoman’s Sixth Life

Finally, the cat’s out of the bag. Anne Hathaway beat out Jessica Biel and Keira Knightley for the role of the nefarious Catwoman in the third final Christopher Nolan / Christian Bale Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises. She’ll be the sixth actress to field the part.

Hathaway’s recent movies include Alice in Wonderland, Get Smart, The Devil Wears Prada, and Brokeback Mountain. Yes, I’m the only person on Earth who liked Get Smart.

Tom Hardy will also join Bale, Hathaway, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, and Morgan Freeman as the murderous Bane, a real stretch from his performance as Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights.

Word has yet to escape as to how the Catwoman character will be handled, or even if she will be Selina Kyle, of comic book fame. However, director Christopher Nolan usually gives his characters a dark, sinister edge. Indeed, one might ask “Why so serious, Chris?” but that might be in bad taste and I don’t do that.

The Dark Knight Rises is due for release July 20, 2012.