Batman Begins Sequal???(Official BTS “Dark Knight” Thread.)

The Dark Knight Characters

Rachel Dawes Stays, Katie Holmes Goes.

The character Rachel Dawes will be in The Dark Knight but Katie Holmes wont be playing the charactor in the movie.

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A spokeswoman for Katie Holmes has given The Wall Street Journal a comment on why she won't be returning as Rachel Dawes in the Batman Begins sequel, The Dark Knight.

"We never got to the negotiating stage" for the film, said Julie Polkes, Holmes' representative. "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.

Instead, Holmes will star in "Mad Money" with Queen Latifah which starts shooting in a couple of months with a budget of only $12 million.

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Katie Holmes will no longer play Rachel Dawes, though the character remains.

Rachel McAdams is rumored for the part of Rachel Dawes

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The rumor mill strongly suggests that the replacement will be Canadian actress Rachel McAdams (The Notebook, The Wedding Crashers). McAdams was rumored for the role a few months back, but now Batman-on-Film.com reports that her name has resurfaced once again.

The role of Rachel in the sequel, according to DarkHorizons.com, "will be very small, amounting to a few scenes at most."

It is not known yet weither Morgan Freeman will be in The Dark Knight. But Gary Oldman will be in the movie as Jim Gordon

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Variety adds that, in addition to Christian Bale and Michael Caine, Gary Oldman is also "locked" to return for the sequel to Batman Begins. There's no word yet on whether Morgan Freeman will be back as Lucius Fox.

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Cheers for the info!

I have no doubt in my mind that after building up his confidence with big budget film making in the last one, as well as The Prestige, Chris Nolan is going to knock it out of the park with this one. Can't wait!

Aaron Eckhart playing Harvey Dent in The Dark Knight?!?!

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Aaron Eckhart has been confirmed as being in "final negotiations" to play Harvey Dent in the upcoming The Dark Knight. District Attorney Harvey Dent begins as an ally of Batman and Gotham cop Jim Gordon, only to end up becoming the horrifically scarred, coin-flipping villain Two-Face.

The Hollywood Reporter confirmed Eckhart's casting today. There's still no word on whether Maggie Gyllenhaal has indeed replaced Katie Holmes as Rachel Dawes.

In addition to Eckhart, The Dark Knight also stars Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Gary Oldman. Heath Ledger will play The Joker.

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IGN also says Morgan Freeman is in the film. So I guess he's back as Lucius Fox in the movie. www.imdb.com also says Morgan Freeman will be in the film.






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i still think that heath ledger as the joker is a bad idea, he doesnt seem like the type of guy who could act as a guy that was a comedian gone crazy. but i do know who would be perfect for that, denis leary. he is a comedian, and he can be a crazy killer too, plus he has the perfect voice.

Well considering no one would have thought Jack Nicholson would be good as the infamous Clown of Crime and had doubts, its not to be expected. But until you see a trailer or something of his performance you shouldn't really write him off straight away.
In SM3 everyone was saying Topher Grace couldn't play Eddie Brock, but in the 1st trailer he said about ten words and everyone was instantly saying he was perfect.

Originally posted by joadco
i still think that heath ledger as the joker is a bad idea, he doesnt seem like the type of guy who could act as a guy that was a comedian gone crazy.

That was the origin dreamed up in The Killing Joke by Alan Moore, it's not a background that most other Batman comics have followed.

Nolan has said that they're dealing with the Joker as he was the first time he ever showed up in a Batman comic, in which he was completely psychotic and played the police off against the criminals. In the end it'll be a battle between 'The Faces'.

but i do know who would be perfect for that, denis leary. he is a comedian, and he can be a crazy killer too, plus he has the perfect voice.

Leary would've been good if you wanted a Nicholson style performance, but I don't think it'd fit into the world that Nolan has created.

I think Ledger is going to surprise alot of people, Nolan has never really got his casting wrong.

Maggie Gyllenhaal has been confirmed to be playing Rachel Dawes in The Dark Knight.

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After weeks of Web buzz, Maggie Gyllenhaal (World Trade Center, Stranger Than Fiction) has been confirmed as Katie Holmes' replacement in The Dark Knight, the sequel to 2005's Batman Begins.

Gyllenhaal succeeds Holmes in the role of Rachel Dawes, Bruce Wayne's childhood sweetheart and a Gotham City assistant district attorney.

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.....and some stuff on the The Scarecrow.

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Cillian Murphy talked to ComingSoon.net and did not confirm or deny that his Batman Begins character, Scarecrow, might be back for The Dark Knight.

And for those still wondering whether Murphy might return as Dr, Jonathan Crane AKA The Scarecorew in Christopher Nolan's Batman sequel The Dark Knight, the actor still is hesitant to talk about it. "I'm not at liberty and it's not my place to say," he repeated from other recent interviews. "I'd love to work with Chris again. I enjoyed tremendously working on that film, and we'll see. I think casting Heath Ledger as the Joker is fantastic casting. He'll make an amazing movie."

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Originally posted by The_Truth_Seeker
Maggie Gyllenhaal has been confirmed to be playing Rachel Dawes in The Dark Knight.

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After weeks of Web buzz, Maggie Gyllenhaal (World Trade Center, Stranger Than Fiction) has been confirmed as Katie Holmes' replacement in The Dark Knight, the sequel to 2005's Batman Begins.

Gyllenhaal succeeds Holmes in the role of Rachel Dawes, Bruce Wayne's childhood sweetheart and a Gotham City assistant district attorney.

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I'm glad, Katie Holmes was just dullllllllllllllllllllll..........*snooze* The one weak link in Begins. Gyllenhaal can act and be sexy, think The Secretary *drools*

.....and some stuff on the The Scarecrow.

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Cillian Murphy talked to ComingSoon.net and did not confirm or deny that his Batman Begins character, Scarecrow, might be back for The Dark Knight.

And for those still wondering whether Murphy might return as Dr, Jonathan Crane AKA The Scarecorew in Christopher Nolan's Batman sequel The Dark Knight, the actor still is hesitant to talk about it. "I'm not at liberty and it's not my place to say," he repeated from other recent interviews. "I'd love to work with Chris again. I enjoyed tremendously working on that film, and we'll see. I think casting Heath Ledger as the Joker is fantastic casting. He'll make an amazing movie."

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Surely that's a confirmation he's in it? If he weren't there'd be no reason to say he wasn't that I can think of. It'd be cool if The Dark Knight opens with Batman taking down The Scarecrow and raps up the last film. We didn't get to see much of Scarecrow once he actually became him.

Lost star joins Batman...

No, Jorge Garcia won't be starring as Clayface in THE DARK KNIGHT but another cast member of "Lost" will join the new Batman film. Nestor Carbonell, now playing the mysterious Richard Alpert on the hit ABC show, has signed on to play the mayor of Gotham City in KNIGHT. I'd love to talk more about Carbonell and how he, and his character, are part of what has made this season of "Lost" so exciting but everytime I post something about the show, I get a million "dude you ruined it for me!!" e-mails. I recently posted about how Ian Somerholder was a former star of "Lost" and someone bitched me out for it. That was three years ago!! The spoiler statute of limitations has to be at least one year. Beyond that, you're on your own. Carbonell also has a series "Cane" that was just picked up by CBS for its fall schedule. Filming on KNIGHT is currently underway in Chicago.

I'm a little bummed about Maggie Gyllenhaal taking Katie Holmes's place!! Granted Katie is not a great actress, but at least she is pretty. I don't find Maggie Gyllenhaal attractive at all. I would rather see Bruce with a pretty girl than an average looking girl!!! Can't wait for the movie an or trailers

Are there any definite confirmations about which Rogue's Gallery villains will be in Dark Knight (aside from the Joker)?
I did see one pic (although it was at a distance and very blurry) of Heath Ledger as the Joker, but are there any more?

Oh, also, I read somewhere that there is plans to put a Justice League movie together.

Can anyone else confirm that?

Originally posted by wu kung
Are there any definite confirmations about which Rogue's Gallery villains will be in Dark Knight (aside from the Joker)?

Eric Roberts is playing Salvatore Maroni in the movie. I think he's the only other villian to be confirmed for the movie so far.


There is also a teaser site up for The Dark Knight right here.






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I'm sure most of you have seen this being Batman fans and Comic book fans and as it is pretty old, but if you haven't it is a really cool to watch. Who ever made this did a fantastic job, and it is a shame that a movie like this never came about. But it is fun to watch none the less. ENJOY!!!! Dick Grayson

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Wha?
Dude, are you serious?!?
That looks freakin' awesome!!
Is that really a real movie?
How can we track it down?
I want a copy of that!!!!

Who made that movie?

Well, at least now I have my work cut out for me.

I came across this one too:
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It looks kind of corny, but it has Ivy, Bane and Harley in it.

Enjoy.

Originally posted by Vinadetta
I'm a little bummed about Maggie Gyllenhaal taking Katie Holmes's place!! Granted Katie is not a great actress, but at least she is pretty. I don't find Maggie Gyllenhaal attractive at all. I would rather see Bruce with a pretty girl than an average looking girl!!! Can't wait for the movie an or trailers

Yeah but at least Maggie can act plus i can't believe Katie Holmes bailed on this movie i mean for goodness sake she's going to get criticised no matter what she does seeing that's what the gossip magazines love to do anyway at least she would of been in a good movie and criticised rather than being in a movie that will try and make her a comedy sidekick or something and will probably fail miserably probably making it worse for her.

JOKER REVEALED:

First we had a pretty empty page revealing the Batman logo for this movie:


thedarkknight.warnerbros.com...

Then a page popped up showing us a campaign for Harvey Dent to become District Attorney, kind of interesting I thought but still weren't sure where they were going with this:


ibelieveinharveydent.warnerbros.com...

Then a few days after this the real fun began as it's turned out to be a viral campaign. A few days after IBelieveInHarveyDentToo.com popped up showing a heavily defaced version of the previous poster by our good friend The Joker.



After putting in your email and a code and waiting a few minutes we get an email saying "I always say, you never know what a man is truly made of until you peel the skin off his face one piece at a time. Here is your chance to help" and long story short play a game to finally see (what I believe are) the early days/origin of The Joker.



It looks totally screwed up! I can't wait for this movie, it's going to set the standard!

[edit on 20-5-2007 by John Nada]

All I get is a message saying "Trying to cheat a cheater. You make me smile."
Am I missing something?

Oh, I guess it was case sensitive.
Okay, now nothing is happening.
Am I supposed to get an email or something?