Batman 3 News
Posted on Friday, April 30th, 2010 at 5:35 pm by George
Nearly two years after the release of The Dark Knight, Warner Bros. announced today that the third Batman film will debut in theaters and IMAX July 20, 2012. Although no details regarding the film have been released, it’s safe to assume Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, and Morgan Freeman will be reprising their respective roles and that it will be the final Batman film by Nolan.
For comparison, The Dark Knight was officially announced on July 31, 2006. The title and Heath Ledger as the Joker were included with that announcement. Details for the next film are expected to release in the coming months, with a title and a villain hopefully by the end of July.
Batman 3 News Superman News
Posted on Wednesday, April 28th, 2010 at 1:13 pm by TeddyBlass
Warner Bros. Pictures recently signed a partnership deal with IMAX Corporation to release 20 films over the next 4 years. The two companies have had many successful collaborations in the past, with both IMAX Experience and IMAX 3D Experience films making big bucks at the box-office.
“Our track record with IMAX has been incredible, and incorporating 3D into this collaborative effort will serve as the ultimate experience for our audiences,” said Dan Fellman, President, Domestic Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures. “We are extraordinarily proud of our forthcoming slate and eager to offer these films to audiences in the most premium of movie-going experiences.”
Mentioned among the 20 films are the next Superman and (the first official acknowledgment of) Batman 3. Since the deal is for films planned for release before the end of 2013, it’s probably pretty safe to assume we can expect to see both of the superheros on the silver screen before then. You can check out the full details of the deal at GlobalNewsWire.
Inception News
Posted on Thursday, April 22nd, 2010 at 9:07 pm by AlexHaas
Since its launch on April 3rd, Warner Bros. along with the Christopher Nolan team haven’t used Stage 2 of the Inception Mind Crime viral game to launch new material. This was unlike Stage 1, if you recall, where we uncovered the first and second Inception posters from this game.
But now, all of this is starting to change. During the past couple of days, brand-new Inception production photos have been making their way into the Mind Crime game. Some of our forum members are speculating that this will continue to be daily occurrence, possibly up until the launch of the third (and possibly final) Inception trailer.
We’ll keep this story and the gallery below updated.
Insomnia News
Posted on Monday, March 29th, 2010 at 1:58 pm by George
Warner Bros. has announced a Blu-ray release of Christopher Nolan’s 2002 film Insomnia. The film, starring Al Pacino, Robin Williams, and Hilary Swank, is a remake of the 1997 Norwegian film of the same name. The release is set for July 13th, three days before the release of Nolan’s upcoming film Inception. As an incentive to pick up Insomnia, the BD will include ‘movie money’ ($7.50 value) that can be used for an Inception ticket.
Special features for the BD include two commentaries, one with Christopher Nolan and another with Wally Pfister, Hilary Swank, Editor Dody Dorn, Screenwriter Hillary Seitz, and Production Designer Nathan Crowley, as well as four featurettes (“Day for Night: Making the Movie”, “180°: A Conversation with Christopher Nolan and Al Pacino”, “In the Fog: Cinemtography and Production Design”, “Eyes Wide Open: The Insomniac’s World”), the theatrical trailer, an additional scene, and a still gallery. Insomnia’s release on blu-ray will mark the fifth of Nolan’s films to be released on the format. The only title awaiting a release is his 1998 film Following, although it may see Criterion release in the near future.
Pre-order the Insomnia blu-ray on Amazon!
Inception News
Posted on Friday, March 26th, 2010 at 1:09 pm by TeddyBlass
Our friends over at Collider got to participate in a round-table interview with Christopher Nolan this past weekend at ShoWest. On the table for discussion was Inception, shooting in IMAX, the recent 3D boom, and much more. Most interesting of all was when Chris talked about shooting select scenes on Inception with 65mm and even VistaVision as a substitute for shooting IMAX.
We shot key sequences on 65mm and we shot VistaVision on certain other sequences. So we’ve got a negative – a set of negative – that’s of the highest possible quality except IMAX. We didn’t feel that we were going to be able to shoot in IMAX because of the size of the cameras because this film given that it deals with a potentially surreal area, the nature of dreams and so forth, I wanted it to be as realistic as possible. Not be bound by the scale of those IMAX cameras, even though I love the format dearly. So we went to the next best thing which was 65mm. So we have the highest quality image of any film that’s being made and that allows us to reformat the film for any distribution form that we’d like to put it in. We’re definitely going to do an IMAX release. We’re excited about doing that and using our original negative 65mm photography to maximize the effect of that release.
Pretty interesting stuff, eh? Well there is a whole lot more over at Collider, so be sure to read the whole interview! Thanks to courtney in the forums for the tip!
Inception News
Posted on Thursday, March 18th, 2010 at 11:39 pm by TeddyBlass
Every March, the Nielsen Film Group puts on an exhibition in Las Vegas for the National Association of Theatre Owners; this event is known as ShoWest. Some of the biggest movie studios in Hollywood attend the event every year, and this year (like most) Warner Bros was there. With Warner Bros. today was writer/director Christopher Nolan and his upcoming film Inception. According to reports, Chris was still very secretive about the plot details while presenting new footage from the film. The presentation amounted to being the length of an extended trailer or so, and it didn’t seem to give any more indication to what exactly Inception is about. In fact, some people claim to be more confused! However, El Guapo from Latino Review seems to have a better understanding of just what exactly Leonardo DiCaprio’s character is doing. “[He] leads a team of security people who go into people’s dreams to ‘guard their subconscious’”. Something he supposedly explains with Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s character to (Ken Watanabe’s character) Sato.
Journalists at the event claim the footage reveals that there is a lot of action and mind-warping effects shots. Fabulous location footage from Paris and Canada were also revealed, as well as Michael Caine’s and Marion Cotillard’s characters. Just in case you’re trying to keep your mind fresh for when Inception hits theaters on July 16th, we won’t reveal anymore here. But if you want to learn more about what was shown, you can read reports at Latino Review, ComingSoon and CinemaBlend.
