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NF Podcast Ep. #49: “Paranormal Activity: Ghost Protocol”

Posted on Thursday, October 20th, 2011 at 10:10 pm by TeddyBlass

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In the latest episode of the Nolan Fans Podcast, Alex and Teddy talk with guest host JC Blass about the latest news; including the recent The Dark Knight Rises prologue rumor, filming on Wall Street, and the Christopher Nolan outtake from the documentary These Amazing Shadows. They also spend some time at the end of the podcast talking about a couple of films that await us in the remainder of the year, one of which may or may not be a movie titled Paranormal Activity: Ghost Protocol.

The Nolan Fans Podcast is a periodical podcast hosted by Teddy Blass and Alex Haas. It has been running since July 2009. With over 56,000 downloads, the podcast is largest and longest running podcast about director Christopher Nolan and his films. You can stream, download, and subscribe to the podcast in iTunes below. Enjoy.

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Rumors The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises Prologue Attached to Ghost Protocol?

Posted on Wednesday, October 19th, 2011 at 2:08 pm by TeddyBlass

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On Monday, a user posted a rumor on our forums claiming that a prologue for The Dark Knight Rises will be attached to IMAX prints of Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol when it opens on December 16th. Claiming he heard it from ‘someone’ and that he wasn’t sure if it was supposed to be kept ‘secret’ or not, his rumor post wasn’t taken very seriously by many of the forum members. Well just today, /Film posted an exclusive article saying an exhibitor told them that Warner Bros. plans to attach a six-minute prologue to Brad Bird‘s Mission: Impossible film, which, like The Dark Knight Rises, contains select scenes shot on IMAX cameras.

In 2007, a six-minute prologue to The Dark Knight was attached to I Am Legend. I was lucky enough to catch one of those screenings of the prologue, and to this day it remains one of my favorite experiences in a movie theater ever. It forever converted me to fan of IMAX. And now it appears that both Warner Bros. and Paramount are looking to capture more audience goers. Pairing the two films together could be beneficial to both studios. Paramount’s Ghost Protocol stands to be the biggest IMAX release of the season and shares a similar demographic to The Dark Knight Rises. While Warner Bros’ batman film is poised to be the biggest film of 2012 — if not the decade. If our forum user and the /Film source are correct, this is easily some of the most exciting news in quite a while. What do you think? Will you go to see Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol in IMAX this Decemeber to catch a six-minute prologue for The Dark Knight Rises?

Production Updates The Dark Knight Rises

Production Update #10: California Love

Posted on Saturday, August 27th, 2011 at 4:46 pm by TeddyBlass

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Filming on The Dark Knight Rises continues to make its way west as production ramps up in Los Angeles, California. After starting off in India back in May, then progressing to London and parts of Great Britain in June and July, and most recently in Pittsburgh for most of August, filming for the highly anticipated Batman movie has made its way to the Mecca of filmmaking: Hollywood. Kicking off in the Redondo Beach area, it looks like Christopher Nolan and team plan on filming a lot various stunts and set pieces in the Greater Los Angeles area. Pictures of sets, props, and ‘filming notice’ flyers have revealed just what the Oscar-nominated filmmaker has in store for the city. As always, if you’re looking to stay completely squeaky-clean about just what’s going on with the filming, avoid the rest of this article.

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Production Updates The Dark Knight Rises

Production Update #9: This Bat Can Fly

Posted on Friday, August 12th, 2011 at 9:33 pm by TeddyBlass

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There is no stopping the onslaught of filming happening on The Dark Knight Rises, which is still shooting in Pittsburgh. Fortunately and unfortunately for us that means an onslaught of photos and videos from the filming locations have been sprouting all over the internet. For those fans clawing at every scrap of information, there certainly has been enough leaks online to keep to stay happy, at least by Christopher Nolan standards. For those who are trying to turning a blind-eye to wealth of media being uploaded to Twitter and YouTube, well… it has been difficult.

The most recent (and exciting) news to pop up about filming has been the apparent surfacing of Batman’s new means of transport for The Dark Knight Rises: the Batwing. Over the past day or two, photos and video of a strange, Tumbler-esque type vehicle on a hydraulic rig have been taken by fans on the streets in Pittsburgh. On our Podcast we voiced concerns over the possibility of a Batwing because of the practical limitations of developing such a vehicle, but it seems that the visual effects, stunts, and various art departments have figured out a way to get it done. Twitter and YouTube users @markaduffy and subaruwrxfan posted a number videos of the Batwing being filmed by IMAX cameras around Pittsburgh. It appears to have the low-speed capabilities of a helicopter, but with the bite and style of a fighter jet. Check out videos below.

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The Dark Knight Rises

Nolan Focuses on IMAX for The Dark Knight Rises

Posted on Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 at 5:36 pm by TeddyBlass

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Geoff Boucher has posted a new Hero Complex article that expands upon his interview with director Christopher Nolan from last night and focuses on the decision Nolan and team made to steer away from 3D and focus on IMAX for The Dark Knight Rises. Nolan tells Boucher that he wants the look and feel of the sequel to be “faithful” to the first two films in the series. “There was a large canvas and operatic sweep to The Dark Knight,” says Nolan, which is something he wants to carry through to the next film. The director has been apprehensive about 3D/stereoscopic imaging, citing image brightness and scale as his chief concerns. This is something he brings up again when to talking to Hero Complex, but this time using it the context of continuity with the previous films. But just because Nolan isn’t using 3D technology for this film doesn’t mean he isn’t going to push the envelope when it comes to filming the highly anticipated sequel.

The commitment to IMAX and high-definition cameras will allow Nolan to avoid the dim-image challenges that come with 3D. He said it will let him take the third film in the series into a new strata as far as image quality and the scale that can be achieved with that quality. ”We’re looking to do something technologically that’s never been done before,” Nolan said. “Our ambitions are to make a great movie.”

Could director Christopher Nolan and cinematographer Wally Pfister be planning on shooting large sections of the film on IMAX? I’m not sure, but it seems like they are definitely going to raise the bar after their work on The Dark Knight. Check out Geoff’s fantastic write up over at LA Times: Hero Complex for more info.