Tag: The Dark Knight

This post has been corrected, as indicated below  There’s nothing sentimental or soft about Gotham City, and that seems to suit Christopher Nolan just fine. The 41-year-old filmmaker fills the screen with grim architecture, hard-luck faces and gun-metal hues; tricks of the mind are his narrative specialty, not affairs of the heart. Still, last Thursday, eating his dinner standing up in a movie theater lobby, Nolan confessed that even he got a bit misty during the final shooting days of “The Dark Knight Rises,” which is  (by all appearances) his final visit to the world of Batman. “I tend not to be too emotional on the set, I find that doesn’t help me do my job,” the writer-director said between bites. “But you definitely get a little lump in your throat thinking that, ‘OK, this is going to be the last time we’re going to ...

We’re still hearing a lot of response to our biggest article this week, “Terry Gilliam: The heir of Fellini and the enemy of God?,” but the story isn’t quite done yet. Gilliam, the director of “Brazil” and “Twelve Monkeys,” is a man of fiery opinions and during our two interviews (covering three hours and spread over two days) he lobbed a few Molotov cocktails in different directions. So, with quotes that didn’t make it into that first article, we bring you the World According to Gilliam: * On “Transformers: Dark of the Moon“: “The latest ‘Transformers’ movie was on the plane coming over to Los Angeles. It’s horrible and there’s all these phallic things going on. I just couldn’t even deal with it. C’mon, leave some room for me, as the audience. The audience is totally excluded, you just sit there and watch the explosions. ...

The six-minute opening sequence from next summer’s “The Dark Knight Rises” will be screened at IMAX theaters in the U.S. beginning on Dec. 16. In Southern California, the preview footage will be shown before screenings of “Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol” at Citywalk Stadium 19, RAVE 18, Ontario Palace Stadium 22, Irvine Spectrum 20 and Desert IMAX. On Friday, Warner Bros. released the list of all the IMAX locations participating in the preview in North America. You’ll find that list below. Austin, TX – IMAX Theater Austin – Austin Boston, MA – Jordan’s IMAX – Natick Boston, MA – IMAX 3D Theatre in Reading – Reading Calgary, AB – Scotiabank Theatre Chinook 16 – Calgary Chantilly, VA/Washington, DC – Udvar-Hazy Center IMAX – Chantilly Chicago, IL – Navy Pier IMAX Theatre – Chicago Des Moines, IA – SCI IMAX Dome Theater – Des ...

Christian Bale is hanging up the cape after “The Dark Knight Rises,” the star said, proclaiming “the end of that Batman era.” After more than seven years as Bruce Wayne and his Caped Crusader alter-ego in Christopher Nolan’s trilogy of Batman films, Bale will not be returning to Gotham. “I wrapped a few days ago, so that will be the last time I’m taking that cowl off,” Bale told the Philippines Daily Inquirer,  reports Ministry of Gossip, our sister blog for all things star-studded. Bale talked about the complexities of playing such a multifaceted character, and gave props to Anne Hathaway for taking on the “toughest” role of Catwoman in the face of many skeptics who see the role as previously defined. Read more here. “The Dark Knight Rises,” which stars Bale and Hathaway, as well as Michael Caine, Gary ...

In his first project since co-writing “The Dark Knight Rises” with his brother Christopher Nolan, screenwriter Jonathan “Jonah” Nolan is tackling the real Gotham in “Person of Interest.” The CBS drama, set in New York City, follows a pair of vigilantes who tap into a Big Brother-style government surveillance system to prevent violent crimes from happening. “Person of Interest” has enjoyed a solid opening, drawing 13.2 million viewers in its 9 p.m. Thursday slot, and CBS announced its full-season order Tuesday. The show, produced by “Lost” creator J.J. Abrams, stars Jim Caviezel as a former CIA agent recruited by a mysterious billionaire, played by “Lost” star Michael Emerson, to track down people about to be involved in violent crimes. Hero Complex writer Noelene Clark sat down with Nolan and cast members Caviezel, Emerson and Taraji P. Henson this summer to ...

This just in from Gotham City…the first official photo of Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle, the outlaw known in the comics as Catwoman. – Geoff Boucher RECENT AND RELATED: ‘Dark Knight Rises’: Tom Hardy as Bane ‘DKR’: The Bat, the Rat and the Cat ‘Dark Knight Rises’: Hathaway will be Catwoman Michael Keaton’s dark memories of ‘Batman’ Nolan: Hollywood takes too many shortcuts ESSAY: Nolan and his dark magic tricks  Chris Nolan: ‘It won’t be the Riddler’ Crossovers? Nolan: Batman doesn’t play well with others Nolan on his favorite scene in ‘Dark Knight’

We’re getting a tremendous response to the lengthy feature on Michael Keaton and his reflections on life, career, “Batman,” “Beetlejuice” and working with Tim Burton. There was plenty left over from the interview, however, so I went back to find more nuggets about the actor’s time wearing the cape and mask of Gotham City’s dark champion.  On the magnitude of “Batman” and the landmark moment it represented in Hollywood history: “It was awesome. It was so cool. It was so much work. Now it would be done so much more efficiently; that guy [Christopher Nolan, the director of the new Batman trilogy]  is great, he’s really, really talented, but at the time we did ours, there was no example to follow. It was new territory. And what Tim accomplished changed everything. It was hard. It was harder on Tim than anyone and he changed the way people look at ...

All of Hollywood is reaching for 3-D glasses but Christopher Nolan sees a different vision of innovation. “The title of the new film is ‘The Dark Knight Rises‘ and we will be shooting and exhibiting the film in 2-D,” Nolan said of the third Batman film, which is planned for a 2012 release and will now be held up as a victory for the assorted foes of the stereoscopic trend for “event” films. Nolan hasn’t been shy about expressing his disdain for 3-D but he also has zero interest in taking on the mantle of some anti-3-D crusade. It’s too hard to predict the future landscape of studio feature filmmaking and Nolan doesn’t want to paint himself into a corner; more than that, by nature he is uninterested in polarizing controversy or grandstanding. Instead, the man who has become the Hitchcock of superhero cinema would ...

HERO COMPLEX FILM FESTIVAL Night 2 of the Hero Complex Film Festival was a great success as Christopher Nolan took time from applying the finishing touches to “Inception” to sit for a lively Q&A session. There’s plenty to tell you about, but I’ve broken out an entire article on his enlightening comments on the 3-D craze of the moment.    Christopher Nolan, speaking at the Hero Complex Film Festival, was cheered loudly by the audience when he made a moviegoer confession: “I’m not a huge fan of 3-D.” The director of “The Dark Knight“ added that, after doing 3-D tests, his new film “Inception” will not be released in the trendy stereoscopic format because ”we didn’t have time to do it to the standards that I would be happy with.” Then, the professorial 39-year-old filmmaker, who burst on the scene a decade ago with “Memento,” launched into ...

“Blade Runner,” perhaps the greatest science-fiction film ever made. “The Dark Knight,” the pinnacle of superhero cinema and a billion-dollar success. “Star Trek,” the most enduring and successful science-fiction brand name in history. “Alien,” the deep-space masterpiece that changed horror films forever. Three days of sublime films are presented, with their iconic creators on stage talking about the past, present and future of their heroic franchises. Leonard Nimoy, Ridley Scott and Christopher Nolan June 11, 12, 13 Mann’s Chinese, Hollywood BUY TICKETS   Clicking on Green Links will take you to a third-party e-commerce site. These sites are not operated by the Los Angeles Times. The Times Editorial staff is not involved in any way with Green Links or with these third-party sites.