The first poster for Christopher Nolan’s next film, Inception, has been revealed via a viral marketing maze game, Mind Crime. The poster has Leonardo DiCaprio centered, holding a gun in his right hand, standing knee-deep in a flooded city street. Here it is:
IMAX and Warner Bros. Pictures announced today that Inception will be released to IMAX theatres simultaneously with the film’s wide release in conventional theatres on July 16, 2010. The film will be digitally re-mastered with IMAX DMR technology. This marks the third IMAX project for Christopher Nolan, and the debut for multiple Oscar nominee, and star of the film, Leonardo DiCaprio.
“Chris Nolan and IMAX have proven to be ideally suited to each other, and we’re very excited to bring them back together again for Inception,” said Dan Fellman, Warner Bros. Picture’s president of domestic distribution. “With the rapidly growing IMAX network, our IMAX audience base for this release will be significantly larger than it was for The Dark Knight, which will add to the film’s event status.” IMAX CEO Richard L. Gelfond proclaims “This is an incredible addition to our exciting and growing 2010 film slate. Chris Nolan’s unique vision combined with the talents of Leonardo DiCaprio and the rest of the cast creates the kind of cinematic event that resonates very well with IMAX moviegoers.”
This confirms that there will not be any footage shot an the actual IMAX film format, but rather that the 35mm film will be blown up to IMAX, à la Batman Begins.
Teddy Blass, Alex Haas, and guest host, Cris Mertens, discuss recent front-page new stories: Inception’s filming in Los Angeles, the possibility of Batman 3 being 100% IMAX, Filming in Tangier, and the DiCaprio diet rumor. The three also have a movie discussion – this week’s pick: Insomnia. Please note: This podcast includes minor spoilers for Inception, Insomnia, The Dark Knight, The Prestige, Moon, and Sphere. Beware of a little audio clipage – we just couldn’t keep our excitement down.
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Harry Knowles, aka the HeadGeek over at AICN, recently divulged some juicy information that may or may not be true regarding Batman 3 (or as we like to call it; 3atman). The rumor he heard is that the production team for the film is “considering” filming the entire 3rd movie in IMAX. According to said rumor:
Part of the reason that Nolan went forward with Inception first – besides taking a creative break from the cape and cowl adventures… was possibly to create a few new IMAX cameras made to his specs. Once again – the cost of shooting an entire feature film on IMAX… the stock, the time it takes to reset, to load, to move the cameras… Well… it is daunting.
Could it be true? By now you probably know our dislike for the constant 3atman rumors, but this is one we haven’t heard before. Anyways, Harry says he is going to look deeper into the situation. He plans to report back on AICN when he learns more, but until then I pose this question: How likely do you think this rumor is?
In December, Warner Bros officially announced that they will, in fact, re-release The Dark Knight to traditional cinemas as well as IMAX theaters in the United States on January 23, 2009. Already the 2nd Highest Grossing ($531 million) domestic film of all time, this move guarantees that it will become the fourth film to take in more than $1 billion in worldwide box office sales. According to Box Office Mojo, its current worldwide takings stand at $997 million.Insiders speculate the re-release is also an effort to increase its Oscar chances by keeping the film fresh in Academy members minds, since the film was released several months before the traditional ‘Oscar season.’ The Dark Knight has already won several prestigious awards, and has been nominated for many others, including 7 BAFTAS. Oscar nominations will be announced this Thursday, January 22.
