Batman Buzz

I just heard some interesting news, a possible spoiler for the upcoming movie The Dark Knight. For those of you that don't want to find out secrets like this until you see the movie I have left it off the main page, although it's pretty minor as far as spoilers go, but if you are like me and want to know as much as you can about the movie before it's released then click the link below:
Here is the direct quote from Ain't It Cool News site:

Both Christian Bale and Christopher Nolan have seen a new Batsuit & there's been a fitting. I told this person how I didn't particularly dig the suit in Batman Begins and said it was too bulky. To this he/she replied, "Well then you'll love the new one." He/she also stated that Bats changes his suit halfway through the film - and its a major plotpoint as to the how and why this happens.
He/she sadly, had no news about the Joker's get up.

I think spoilers like these are great they give just enough to get you on the edge of you seat and then it just leaves you there. It will be interesting to see what the "new suit" looks like, but even more interesting is the plot point that the change revolves around. I am sure that as time goes on the will be more "leaks" about this part of the movie.

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DC Comics "Stamp" Out Crime

As a bit of old news and in relation to the next post, in July of last year the US Postal Service came out with 20 DC Comic stamps. Included in this commemorative collection are 10 characters

• Batman
• Wonder Woman
• Plastic Man
• Superman
• Green Lantern
• The Flash
• Aquaman
• Hawkman
• Supergirl
• Green Arrow

Also there are ten covers featuring each character

• Plastic Man #4
• Batman #1
• The Brave And The Bold #36
• Green Lantern #4
• The Flash #111
• Wonder Woman #22 (2nd series)
• Aquaman #5 (of 5)
• The Daring New Adventures of Supergirl #1
• Superman #11
• Green Arrow #15

The here's a little blurb from the USPS page featuring the stamps:

With these 20 colorful stamps, the U.S. Postal Service honors stars from the world of DC Comics. Ten stamps on this pane show portraits of super heroes; the others show covers of individual comic books devoted to their exploits. Art director Carl T. Herrman worked with the creative staff at DC Comics on the design of this issuance.

The Post Office is also coming out with a Marvel stamp commemorative series.

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The Dark Knight Character Lineup

So far the cast includes Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman and Aaron Eckhart.

The actors from the previous film are Christian Bale as Batman, Michael Caine as Alfred, Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox and Gary Oldman as Lt. James Gordon. Here is the latest news on all the newest cast members.

Now it has been confirmed that Maggie Gyllenhaal is in final talks to star as Rachel Dawes, formerly played by Katie Holmes. It will be interesting to see what she brings to the part and what role her character will play in the up coming film.

In an interview with the London Paper, Christopher Nolan briefly talks about the upcoming Batman Begins sequel, he says

"It's going to be very exciting – we're doing things on a really grand scale this time. And Heath Ledger as the Joker is going to be extraordinary"

I am very excited to see how Heath Ledger portrays his infamous character - The Joker.

The Latest Villain to be added to the cast is Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent/Two-Face. This is what he said during and interview with MTV

Is Eckhart exclusively Harvey Dent in "The Dark Knight"? "Yeah," Eckhart said, before reconsidering after a brief pause, "Well, I'm Harvey Dent ... then I go into Harvey Two-Face." And what of speculation that, in this new installment, it's going to be the Joker (played by Heath Ledger) who scars the eager district attorney? "I think I'll be killed [if I comment on that] — I'm not even sure I can say as much as I have," Eckhart joked as a wicked, Dent-ian smile broke across his face.

It seems like this movie will be pretty actioned packed with all the these characters but there is some speculation on whether Cillian Murphy, aka The Scarecrow, will be returning in this sequal. In an interview with ComingSoon.net Cillian said that he is not a liberty to say whether he is or is not in the sequel, but here's what Coming Soon thinks

ComingSoon.net suggests that both the new Joker and Aaron Eckhart's Two-Face might need the type of psychiatric help that only a trained mad doctor like Dr. Crane could give.

It is still hard to believe that The Dark Knight is scheduled for release July 18, 2008, but I am excited at the possibility to find out more details as they begin filming next month.

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Green Archer Misses the Target

It has been a while since I visited myLot (which is one of the reasons that inspired me to create this blog) and I came across a discussion that was asking for your favorite characters from the comic world. The person that started this discuss named his favorite characters as: Green Archer, Wolverine, and Silver Surfer. At first I thought to myself "who is this Green Archer character, I have never heard of him before," and that's because the Green Archer doesn't exist. I think the character that he meant to say was Green Arrow, although he was close keeping with the whole archery theme. Growing up primarily with Marvel comics it took me a while to realize that DC's Green Arrow was the equivalent to Marvel's Hawkeye (one of my favorite characters). I just thought Green Arrow had a bow and basic arrows. I think it would be awesome to have trick shoot challenge between Hawkeye and Green Arrow.

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Shedding Some Light on the Dark Knight

The LA Daily News made a brief mention that the Batman Begins sequel, The Dark Knight, will begin filming in April; the film is deep in pre-production right now. They asked director Christopher Nolan what his reasons were behind casting Christian Bale (Batman) in three films (Batman Begins, The Prestige, The Dark Knight), Nolan said "Christian has got a very, very extreme form of intensity that comes across on the screen." I though that was very interesting.

In other Batman news, Maggie Gyllenhaal will be the new leading lady in the Dark Knight, replacing Katie Holmes as the hotshot lawyer. I found this from Lee's blog Quit Your Day Job. Lee talks about if Maggie's character ends up being more of a "damsel in distress" role, just taking up precious screen time what's the point. And I totally agree with him, to me a movie is so much more exciting when the hero is try to save the world from evil domination rather save the girl who happened to get mixed up with the villain. I know that I have talk about this in other posts (particularly with this film), but I still do not under stand why actors refuse to continue playing their role in sequels. To me it's like me going into work for three days a week and then having someone else coming in to finish off the week, life just doesn't work that way and neither should movies. If I had the power the make the decision, I would leave the Katie Holmes character completely out, especially if the character is just going to be some marginal part in the plot. Do it right or don't do it at all, that's what I say.

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The WB Directors Headed in the Wrong Dirtection

Warner Brothers is planning on making two DC comics movies, The Flash and Wonder Woman, but from what I here they are having trouble getting the ball roiling. Both David Goyer, the writer and director of the Flash, and Joss Whedon, the writer and director of Wonder Woman, will no longer be filling those roles. (Both have made announcements on their blogs) It seems that the the studio is headed in a different direction than their directors. It sounds like the movies are still planned for production but new directors/writers need to be found.

I think it's great that someone is trying to produce some DC Comic character movies but it is too bad that they are having a hard time. Situations like this could have also happened with some of the Marvel movies, but I just haven't heard anything like this. Personally I am a bigger Marvel fan than DC, although it might seem like the contrary is the case when looking at all the DC related content. I am excited to see how these movies turn out, I hope that the product teams for each put in the time and effort they deserve rather than just trying to cash in on the Super Hero Movie craze.

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Batman is Coming to Chicago

According to the Chicago Tribune later this year Warner Brothers will be in Chicago for 13 weeks for its next "Batman" project, starring Christian Bale. Warner Brothers is shooting for the release date of July 18, 2008.

And all of you out there saying to yourself why aren't they filming the movie in Gotham City, isn't that the city that Batman lives in?? Gotham City is not a real place; this is typical of most DC Comics cities (Gotham City, Metropolis), where as the majority of cities in Marvel comics are based on real cities.

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Random Batman Game

I found I really cool online Batman game. I have it on my online game site check out the game.

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Casting Call: The Dark Knight

The latest news on the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight, is that Katie Holmes will not be returning as Rachel Dawes. This is what her representative, Julie Polkes, said:

We never got to the negotiating stage" for the film. Katie was offered ["Dark Knight"] but was unable to accept the role because of scheduling conflicts. She was in the process of negotiating for another project.

This is is one thing that really bugs me about super hero movies, all the same actors should continue being their characters. If an actor desides to take on a role they should see it through to the end even if that involoves additional movies. The Spiderman movies are a perfect example of the ways things should be; all the same actors are continuing to play their roles in all the movies and look how well the movies have done (and will do).

Additional news about The Dark Night casting is that it has been offically anounced that Harvey Dent (aka Two Face) will be in this movie, no wor yet on who will be playing the role.

As of January 11th the film has been in pre-production.

All information in the artile is sited from here.

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Which Super Hero are You Most Like ??

I found this really cool website where you go through this series of questions and at the end of it, you find out what super hero super hero you are most like. It's the answer to the question you ask yourself, " If I was a super hero which one would I be.
I took the test and ended up being Superman. Now normally I am not a huge DC, but for this one occation I'll make and exception. Here are my stats:

Your results:
You are Superman

Superman 75% Supergirl 63% Green Lantern 60% The Flash 60% Robin 57% Spider-Man 55% Batman 50% Wonder Woman 48% Iron Man 45% Hulk 35% Catwoman 30%

You are mild-mannered, good, strong and you love to help others.

Click here to take the Superhero Personality Test for your self.

By no means am I a comic fanatic, so now that I know that I am most like Superman I'm not going to continue the blog as if I were him. But I just thought this was a cool little app that I came across. Let me know who you are most like.

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