Posts Tagged ‘Batman Begins’
Exclusive: Zach Synder’s “Superman: Man of Steel” to shoot in Chicago?
Is Christopher Nolan’s Gotham the new Metropolis? It sounds that way according to my source close to the Chicago film scene, who’s hearing rumblings that Superman: Man of Steel could shoot there this summer. If this rumor turns out to be true it should be no surprise as Nolan, who’s a producer on the Synder’s reboot, has had great experiences filming the first two installments of his Batman trilogy in the Windy City.
Nolan’s next directorial effort The Dark Knight Rises seems to be branching out from Chicago to film in locations like Pittsburgh, New York, L.A., the UK, with even rumors of Romania and India popping up. This could give a little more weight to the rumor, as the streets of Chicago could be Bat-free this go-around. More on this as it develops.
The Dark Knight | Bank Robbery Prologue
It’s Valentines Day and if you believe in love at first sight then love at first listen shouldn’t be too much of a stretch. It’s truly amazing the impression the first few seconds of a film can leave you with. Just take my previous Batman related Score Your Week as an example. I’ll never forget seeing The Dark Knight in theaters for the first time. It ranks up there with the Star Wars Prequels and Lord of the Rings on my most anticipated films list easily. So, as I sat waiting for the picture to roll I couldn’t help but wonder how it would begin, even if the IMAX prologue had already been released to promote the movie.
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Thoughts on the Alien Prequel
So, I typically follow any and all Alien (and to a lesser extent, Predator) news. That said, there is an Alien prequel (or maybe 2) on the way. Ridley Scott is slated to direct. Proceed.
Geek Round Up| The Riddler in Batman 3, Thor and Captain America Posters, and Cult Art
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A “reliable source” from website www.firstshowing.net has gotten it’s hands on a casting grid for Batman 3 indicating that The Riddler is the primary villain in the film. A casting grid is basically a chart for agents and studios to keep them abreast of what roles need to be cast in said film. The site is also claiming that the chart puts actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the top spot for the role. The casting could be feasible considering Levitt’s recent work with Nolan in Inception, and I’d be down with him playing the part as he’s a fantastic young actor. However, I’m still holding out hope that Nolan and his brother, Batman 3 screenwriter Jonathan Nolan, will go with a villain we haven’t seen before. This would be more in line with every statement all the creators have made regarding the 3rd film in the series. Read the rest of this entry »
Under the Radar | “Following”
This is a column that will focus on little known films, directors, writers, and actors. The column does not exist to tell you what to watch, but to simply help raise interest in the great art and talent that goes unseen year by year. So let’s begin. In honor of the opening of Inception (my personal most anticipated film of the summer), I will be spotlighting Christopher Nolan’s directorial debut Following. Read the rest of this entry »
The Filmdogs Podcast: Episode 12 – Podcast Returns
The Filmdogs Podcast returns in this geektastic 12th episode. We discuss The Hobbit directing situation in the news and defend Nic Cage’s hair in a new segment, In defense of. Holy Featured Topic Batman! That’s right, in our Featured Topic of the Week we discuss would what WE would do in the sequel to Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Night. Everything from villains to Robin is dwelled upon here. In other words, we geek out. And to wrap things up we have an amazing One Liner of the Week from Al Pacino in Glengary Glen Ross. It’s an episode so good it would make even Batman himself smile.
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Geek Round Up | Some Batman/Superman talk from Nolan
Director Christoper Nolan
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Geek Round Up is a new Filmdogs column celebrating the best geeky filmic news. Basically anything that incites us geeks to push our glasses up the bridge of our nose, and lean closer to our computer screens with excitement. So, let’s do just that.
The L.A. Times just landed a huge interview with everybody’s favorite Superdirector Christoper Nolan. In the article he clears up some of the issues surrounding both Batman 3 and Man of Steel. On Superman: Read the rest of this entry »
Geek Round Up | David S. Goyer to Write Superman
Writer and Director David S. Goyer
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3. A carnival performer who performs sensationally morbid or disgusting acts, as biting off the head of a live chicken.
Geek Round Up is a new Filmdogs column celebrating the best geeky filmic news. Basically anything that incites us geeks to push our glasses up the bridge of our nose, and lean closer to our computer screens with excitement. So, let’s do just that.
In the past few weeks we’ve learned that Christoper Nolan is going to be following up his film “Inception” with a sequel to “The Dark Knight.” This news was incredibly exciting for the geek nation. Added to this was the equally mind melting info that Nolan would be “god-fathering” a new Superman film into production. Read the rest of this entry »
Batman 3 News Update
Last week film buffs were treated to the incredible news that Christoper Nolan would soon be starting “Batman 3,” along with planing a new Superman film. This is all it took for rumors about these projects start flying around faster than a speeding…well you get the point. Read the rest of this entry »
When Nolan speaks we listen.
The official title for Batman 3 is The Dark Knight Rises, and if that’s not enough to get your gears turning Director Christopher Nolan also revealed in the interview with Geoff Boucher at Hero Complex that The Riddler WON’T be the main villain in the film. This is as we know a huge amount of information coming from the notoriously secretive director, and may be biggest news surrounding the film we receive in a while.
As for the title itself I was personally hoping for Legends of the Dark Knight, but The Dark Knight Rises implies even more that the film is the final installment in the trilogy, and that Batman/Bruce Wayne will “rise” above the grim circumstances he found himself at in the end of The Dark Knight. What situation and/or character will help him overcome this in Rises? Could it be the new female lead they have started casting? The comic basis for The Dark Knight was The Long Halloween, could it’s follow up Dark Victory featuring a young Robin character help Bruce overcome his darkness? Or could simply defeating a new villain possibly played by the recently cast Tom Hardy serve the same purpose? One things for sure, it’s a great time to be a Batman fan. Thanks again Mr. Nolan.