Christopher Nolan

Oscar Voters Get First Glimpse At Groundbreaking Dark Knight Blu-Ray – Updated

For months, we’ve been hearing about the Oscar potential of The Dark Knight, whether it’s Heath Ledger’s stunning turn in the role of the Joker or Christopher Nolan’s dazzling direction, but now we discover that Academy members will get the best chance possible to judge the movie on second viewing, thanks to Warners offering to…

io9 Graeme McMillan Sep 27

Rocky To Trade In Boxing Gloves For Batsuit?

A crazy new rumor claims that Chris Nolan is done making Batman films forever. But don’t panic: Frank Miller has a great idea for the next Batman movie, which has nothing to do with following up The Dark Knight. And Miller has an off-the-wall idea for the next Batman star.Miller still wants to see a…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 8

Johnny Depp Not The Riddler . . . Yet

When asked on a radio interview about casting rumors that he’d be playing the Riddler, Johnny Depp silenced the internet by stating simply, “Not that I know of . . . It seemed like it be a fun gig for a while.” Hell yeah it would be a cool gig John, so do it. Find…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 2

Joss Whedon’s Batman Movie That Never Was

Click to viewThe center off all things cult worship, Joss Whedon, opened up to MTV Splash about his Batman pitch to Warner Brothers, pre-Christopher Nolan. “It wasn’t what they did but the vibe was very similar,” Whedon explained. “Mine was a bit less epic. It was more about the progression of him and it was…

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 11

Will The Dark Knight Return?

Click to viewWith The Dark Knight continuing to rule at the box office, passing the $400 million mark and still going (relatively) strong, it’s not surprising that everyone is talking about the next movie even before director Christopher Nolan has agreed to do one. But what’s slightly more surprising is the new speculation that a…

io9 Graeme McMillan Aug 8

The Dark Knight More Successful Than Ever

Proving that American audiences just wanted a little more chaos in their movies, The Dark Knight is on track to have the highest non-holiday opening weekend in box office history after a historic estimated $67 million dollars on its first day. It’s also taken the record for box office gross on midnight showings. But just…

io9 Graeme McMillan Jul 20

Behind the IMAX in The Dark Knight

One of the many exciting aspects of The Dark Knight is how the movie incorporated IMAX shots. Friends who watched the film have called the shots absolutely stunning and incredibly immersive; another reason why this is the Best. Movie. Ever. Having yet to see it, I can only sigh wistfully and aggregate information on how…

Movies Elaine Chow Jul 19

Screw Superheroes — Just Give Me Darkness

The Dark Knight succeeds as a film because it fearlessly trashes the idea of heroism, and turns hopelessness into a motivation so pyrotechnic that even torture is a kind of seduction. Nothing escapes corruption. Even the poignant anguish of loss is an emotion summarized by gleeful beatings in police stations, innocent faces burned down to…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jul 18

In The Battle Between 3D And IMAX, We All Lose

Now that Dark Knight director Chris Nolan has boasted about shooting his bat-epic on IMAX how many will follow in his footsteps and make movies for the big boy screen? Flight Of The Dragon has announced that it will be going the way of the Bat and filming the live-action dragon flick in 4K resolution…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 8

Would Robin Ruin The Christopher Nolan Bat-Movies?

Christian Bale has promised we’ll never see Robin in one of the new Bat-movies, telling a reporter: “If Robin crops up in one of the new Batman films, I’ll be chaining myself up somewhere and refusing to go to work.” What do you think – could a Dark Knight sequel benefit from having a little…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jul 2

Spielberg Gets His “2001” On With Wormhole Saga

We’ve critiqued science fiction movies with bad science, but one project in development is supposed to have immaculate science, thanks to a script treatment by Caltech physics professor Kip S. Thorne. Interstellar, produced (and maybe directed) by Steven Spielberg, will deal with travel through a wormhole into an alternate dimension. Thorne insists the film won’t…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Mar 19

Harvey Milk Is The New Kryptonite

Bryan Singer probably won’t direct the next Superman movie after all, because he’s too busy with his Tom Cruise Nazi movie, followed by his Harvey Milk biopic. Also, George Miller’s Justice League movie is probably delayed until after the writers’ strike, which means it may actually have a real script. But there’s one piece of…

io9 Charliejane Jan 3

The Joker Has Six Minutes Of Fame

The first six minutes of Christopher Nolan’s new Batman: The Dark Knight were screened at an IMAX theater in New York last night, and already lengthy writeups are hitting the web. People sure are getting giddy about this one.

io9 Kevin Kelly Dec 4

The Dark Knight Will Walk Tall In IMAX

You’ll really want to see Batman: The Dark Knight in an IMAX theater next summer, judging from this new featurette. Christopher Nolan filmed four sections of it using fancy IMAX cameras that will create a tall, sweeping canvas. Also, there’s a rumor that a prequel to The Dark Knight will appear before I Am Legend…

io9 Charliejane Nov 23

Oscar Voters Get First Glimpse At Groundbreaking Dark Knight Blu-Ray – Updated

Rocky To Trade In Boxing Gloves For Batsuit?

Johnny Depp Not The Riddler . . . Yet

Joss Whedon’s Batman Movie That Never Was

Will The Dark Knight Return?

The Dark Knight More Successful Than Ever

Behind the IMAX in The Dark Knight

Screw Superheroes — Just Give Me Darkness

In The Battle Between 3D And IMAX, We All Lose

Would Robin Ruin The Christopher Nolan Bat-Movies?

Spielberg Gets His “2001” On With Wormhole Saga

Harvey Milk Is The New Kryptonite

The Joker Has Six Minutes Of Fame

The Dark Knight Will Walk Tall In IMAX

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