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5 September 2008 7:29 PM, PDT | From Rope Of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

Earlier today, news hit the Internet via Deadline Hollywood saying director Sam Raimi and star Tobery Maguire are locked for Spider-Man 4 written by Zodiac scribe with potential for a fifth film to be shot simultaneously. Production is apparently set to begin next fall for a 2011 release for Spider-Man 4. Dh's source wouldn't reveal the fourth film's villain but did say "once you find out who the villain is, you'll know who's playing it." This comment already has the fanboy sites proclaiming Dylan Baker, who played Dr. Curt Connors in Spider-Man 2 and 3, as the villain named The Lizard. Speculation began on the fourth film when last week a posting on eBay with the title "Spider-Man 4 Premiere, Meet & Greets, Walk On + More". The current bid is $14,544.44 and it ends at 7 Pm Pst today, September 5. I debated whether I should get the article up quickly and spout off about how

Brad Brevet

5 September 2008 10:35 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Since its release in July, the IMAX version of Warner Bros.' The Dark Knight has taken in $55 million, making it the most successful film ever released in the format. The film is being shown in 139 theaters worldwide. By contrast, the previous IMAX champ, The Polar Express has taken in $45 million over several holiday-season releases.

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5 September 2008 7:08 AM, PDT | From fantasymoguls.com | See recent Fantasy Moguls news

Ladies and gentlemen, you have all been waiting for it. The month of September is here, and with it the promise of a season constituted of high quality films, films calibrated to challenge an audience looking for something more than just entertaining summer films (though The Dark Knight proved that "wildly fun" and "vividly reflective" can coexist in a summer Hollywood blockbuster). If you are a regular player of Fantasy Moguls, then you will have noticed that this past summer, the slate of films available was rather thin, especially in the arthouse department. Take a look at the newly launched September-November season, however, and you will notice that an evolution is underway

Indie Jones

4 September 2008 10:16 PM, PDT | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news

More details from the upcoming "G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra" have been shared and this time it is about the meanest of the baddies, Cobra Commander. Providing more information about this character, producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura told MTV News that Destro's boss will be portrayed as an intricate character saying, "As we see it, he's a very twisted character. As the backstory evolves, you discover why his personality [is like that]."

Contrasting the masked character played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt with Heath Ledger's Joker, di Bonaventura noted that unlike Joker who takes control of his background, Cobra's past will be unveiled in the movie. "I thought what was great in 'The Dark Knight' was that Heath kept telling you different stories [about his past] so you never knew what it was, and they were all spooky and crazy," he said. "[In our film] you get to see it, and you get to understand what's happened to this guy.

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4 September 2008 8:50 PM, PDT | From Rope Of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

Well, in 1989 we saw the release of Batman, The Little Mermaid and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. In 2008 we had The Dark Knight, Indiana Jones and the Nuked Fridge and The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning so it only seems appropriate we go back to the well one more time and bring back Ghostbusters since '89 was the last time we saw the protoplasmic ghost hunters on the big screen. Variety has done a little digging into a story that started at E! when Dan Aykroyd gave the following interview: The two writers he refers to are "The Office" co-exec producers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky and Variety seems to think the new film won't exactly be a Ghostbusters 3 as much as it will be a jumping off point for a new group to take over busting duties. That said it is believed original castmembers Harold Ramis, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd

Brad Brevet

4 September 2008 4:14 PM, PDT | From Comicmix.com | See recent Comicmix news

In a story that has had more twists and turns than the graphic novel it’s based on, the legal battle over the movie rights to Watchmen is in the final stretch.  Gary Allen Feess, a federal judge, set a trial date of January 6th for the copyright suit between 20th Century Fox and Warner Brothers.  The date is two months before the film’s scheduled release.

The comics readers, wary of anyone attempting to adapt Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' seminal graphic novel, was set ablaze once they saw the trailer in front of The Dark Knight.  Unfortunately shortly after the trailer was released the fate of the film was almost immediately put in doubt when a federal judge's ruling allowed Fox to seek to block the release.  Fox claims that the film infringes on their rights stemming from their attempt to adapt the acclaimed graphic novel in the early '90s.

Arthur Tebbel

4 September 2008 2:30 PM, PDT | From Rope Of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

Yes, this story has spoilers, but based on the fact that The Dark Knight has made I am assuming anyone interested has already seen it. Yesterday Ain't It Cool News and Chud reported what they considered news saying Harvey Dent is officially dead at the end of The Dark Knight. Seriously? How is this news or even something people didn't think was the case? The snippet you see above is a screencapture from the Dark Knight script. I have made it a point to draw your eye to one word specifically. Gordon and Batman even talk about all the people that are dead at the end of the film. They hold a memorial for Dent at the end of the film. The whole reason for Batman becoming a villain at the end of the film is because Dent is dead. What am I missing? Is there a story here? Apparently there is.

Brad Brevet

4 September 2008 2:27 PM, PDT | From Rope Of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

#1 movie predicted correctly: 0 Weeks in a Row 1. Tropic Thunder Why not a month straight? It's NFL opening weekend which should hurt the actioner (Bangkok Dangerous) more than the comedy. Also, if you look at Nic Cage's September history it isn't pretty. Lord of War, Matchstick Men, and The Wicker Man are all September releases that didn't hit double digits opening weekend. Estimate: $8.4 million 2. Bangkok Dangerous Plus, do you really think I want to root for Bangkok Dangerous this weekend? Trust me, I don't. And at this level of box office dollars it doesn't make a difference anyway. I know Brad likes to hammer my predictions but we're talking about seventeen people per showtime for this one. Seventeen people x seven dollars per show x nine shows per day x three days in the weekend = this box office number. So if that number jumps to 30 people all of a sudden I'm way off.

Laremy Legel

4 September 2008 2:06 PM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news

In 2009, the Slamdance Film Festival, the preeminent festival whose sole mission is to nurture, support and showcase truly independent works, is celebrating a milestone: its 15th Anniversary. From now until next summer, Slamdance will commemorate this watershed year with a series of special events and happenings, beginning next month with alumni directors Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight) and Steven Soderbergh screening their Slamdance -debuted films, followed by Q & A sessions and parties. In their continued support of Slamdance and its commitment to the discovery of emerging talent, Nolan will participate in a September 5 Los Angeles showing of his first feature, Following, and Soderbergh will partake in the September 16 New York City screening of [...]

Brian Corder

4 September 2008 2:01 PM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news

I was skeptical of even writing this article since I honestly don't believe a sequel to Ghost Rider (review) will ever actually see the light of day. But since Nic Cage insists on talking it up, even claiming he's spoken to the studio about returning for a sequel, I guess it's news-worthy.

Honestly though, is there anyone out there truly clamoring for another Ghost Rider aside from Cage? I mean, yeah, if there was hope they might do it right this time, but I think we all know that's not going to be the case. After seeing Iron Man, The Dark Knight, and even the Incredible Hulk reboot this past summer, how much worse does a movie like Ghost Rider look in retrospect? I come across more positive word-of-mouth about the Fantastic Four flicks. Sure, technically speaking, Ghost Rider did make money at the box office. Technically speaking, so did Meet the Spartans.

Foywonder

4 September 2008 12:35 PM, PDT | From ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news

We all want news on Batman 3. Is Nolan going to direct it? Is Cher going to play Catwoman? No matter how small the news is or how strange it may seem we can’t get enough tidbits about the next Batman film.

Well, Aaron Eckhart recently gave away some details about the chances of him coming back for a second time and Guy Pearce has also talked about him re-teaming with Nolan on a Batman film following their sterling work on Memento.

Be warned - There are major spoilers below if you are one of the three people left who still haven’t seen The Dark Knight.

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Eckhart spoke with Comingsoon.net/ Superhero Hype about the chances of him returning as Two-Face for a third film in the Bat-franchise, the actor had this to say:

Is Harvey Dent alive?

Aaron Eckhart: No. He

Niall Browne

4 September 2008 11:51 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

There's not a whole lot to talk about with this weekend's box office - thanks, Bangkok Dangerous - so we're going to take some time to reflect on summer, and in particular, our own predictions we made throughout Hollywood's biggest season.

Overall, we did pretty well with our weekly predictions. Our summer overview was not successful at all, but we did that at the very beginning of May and it's harder to project some of that stuff months away. Still: Who would've thought the X-Files sequel would make about $30 million? Or that Prince Caspian would be come up so short? The Dark Knight at half a billion dollars? Nobody thought that.

But we had some pretty good success, predicting Sex and The City would beat Indiana Jones in the last weekend in May (that was an unpopular decision). We said Wall-e wouldn't run away with its opening weekend race against Wanted,

Colin Boyd

4 September 2008 9:13 AM, PDT | From JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news

Finally, the hype of The Dark Knight's booming $500 Million success receives it's context: inflation. Thanks to an article over at the New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/business/02movie.html?_r=2 adxnnl=1 oref=slogin ref=movies adxnnlx=1220432503-iCKuROWG5iaKhrfCSE6WVA oref=slogin), all of the idiots who think The Dark Knight was nearly as successful as the Titanic get their deserved kick in the temple. Unlike the Titanic, which still holds the much coveted #1 All Time Box Office Grossing Hit position, The Dark Knight coasted to it's $500 Million earning by luring fewer viewers with considerably higher ticket prices. Remember how much a movie ticket cost in 1997? It wasn't $12 a pop, that's for sure. Hell, it was barely $7 and when it got raised to that we thought it was outrageous.

Lex Walker

4 September 2008 8:24 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

About six weeks ago, we asked the obvious question of the moment: "Where should Batman go after The Dark Knight?" Specifically, we wondered who the next villain(s) should be. I felt that Two-Face had first right of refusal, but Aaron Eckhart has said that won't be happening.

I then said that Christopher Nolan should keep it simple, with one villain, or two at the most (with the second not being a supervillain). My choices are Black Mask - kind of an anti-Bruce Wayne in a lot of ways - and Harley Quinn. The Harley angle makes sense since you want to keep the Joker involved although he clearly can't be in the next movie, and Black Mask is just a perfect fit for the types of movies Nolan is doing. He was actually an original villain in The Dark Knight, back before they decided to go with The Joker.

Colin Boyd

4 September 2008 5:02 AM, PDT | From Filmonic.com | See recent Filmonic news

Aaron Eckhart, who played Two-Face/Harvey Dent in The Dark Knight, has revealed that despite speculation Two-face is dead, and he says that Heath Ledger signed on for a third film. From ComingSoon.net Cs/Shh!: Is Harvey Dent alive? Aaron Eckhart: No. He is dead as a door nail. Cs/Shh!: So he's not coming back? Eckhart: He ain't coming back baby! Cs/Shh!: I was hoping he would. Eckhart…

Liam

4 September 2008 2:00 AM, PDT | From FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news

Way back in July, I wrote about some thoughts I had when walking away from seeing The Dark Knight. Namely, I had some suspicions about the Death/Non-Death of Harvey "Two-Face" Dent. The character, who played such a pivotal role in the currently second highest grossing film of all-time, was played ...

Brian C. Gibson

4 September 2008 12:59 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

I think $500 million is the limit for being accused of disclosing movie spoilers, so I think we're safe when we say Two-Face is dead.

Actually, we didn't say it. Aaron Eckhart did, confirming that he was a one-and-done for Christopher Nolan's Batman series, which, in my estimation, is kind of a waste. His villain turn lasted three scenes in The Dark Knight, four if you count when he's just really, really angry in the hospital.

But in an interview with Coming Soon, he answered the very direct question, "Is Harvey Dent alive?"

"No. He is dead as a door nail," replied Eckhart. "I'm not coming back. I think unfortunately, Heath [Ledger] was supposed to go on and that didn't work out. I'm nobody. I'm a cog. I have no say over this sort of stuff."

Eckhart adds that despite a few roles in major films and even a Golden Globe

Colin Boyd

4 September 2008 12:01 AM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news

Watch a recent interview with producer Emma Thomas ( Batman Begins, Batman: Gotham Knight ) at “The Dark Knight” movie premiere in New York City. “The Dark Knight” by director Christopher Nolan (Memento) stars Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Christian Bale (Terminator Salvation) and Heath Ledger as The Joker. Plot: With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to destroy organized crime in Gotham for good. The triumvirate proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a rising criminal mastermind known as the Joker, who thrusts Gotham into anarchy and forces the Dark Knight ever closer to crossing the fine line between hero and vigilante. Stay tuned to Toxic Shock [...]

Brian Corder

3 September 2008 9:46 PM, PDT | From firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news

I thought I vowed never to write another article on The Dark Knight, but here we are, at it again! Aaron Eckhart provided an update today to ComingSoon regarding the fate of his character - Two-Face. While this isn't even really news, it's definitely the update that many fans needed to see in order to settle any speculation they've had. I'll save the meaty details until after the jump, but considering Dark Knight has passed $500 million, I expect everyone has seen it by now anyway. By this point in time, everyone knows that Eckhart plays Harvey Dent who eventually becomes Two-Face in a performance that I thought was just as good as Heath Ledger's. Eckhart finally puts to rest all the rumors about the fate of Two-Face. "He is dead as a door nail," Eckhart confirms. "I asked Chris [Nolan] that question and he goes, 'You're dead' before I could

Alex Billington

3 September 2008 9:41 PM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

Bad news for those of you who thought Two-Face was a great villain to stay. Chud reports Harvey Dent will definitely not return in the sequel to "The Dark Knight." 

Here's what Aaron Eckhart told Chud: "I asked Chris if there was a chance of coming back. 'No way,' he said. 'He's toast.'"

So there you have it. That sucks, doesn't it?

Franck Tabouring

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