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The Dark Knight
Directed byChristopher Nolan
Written byScreenplay:
Jonathan Nolan
Christopher Nolan
Story:
David S. Goyer
Christopher Nolan
Characters:
Bill Finger
Bob Kane
Jerry Robinson
Produced byEmma Thomas
Charles Roven
Christopher Nolan
StarringChristian Bale
Heath Ledger
Gary Oldman
Aaron Eckhart
Michael Caine
Morgan Freeman
Maggie Gyllenhaal
CinematographyWally Pfister
Music byHans Zimmer
James Newton Howard
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release dates
United StatesJuly 18, 2008
United KingdomJuly 25, 2008
LanguageEnglish
Budget$200 million (expected)[1]

The Dark Knight is a 2008 superhero film based on the fictional DC Comics character Batman. The film is the sequel to the 2005 release, Batman Begins, which rebooted the Batman franchise after an eight-year hiatus. Christopher Nolan, director of Batman Begins, continues as the director of the sequel, which stars Christian Bale again as Batman and Heath Ledger opposite Bale as the Joker. The Dark Knight has a tentative release date of July 18, 2008 in the United States[2] and July 25 in the United Kingdom.[3]

Premise

Template:Spoiler In a June 2005 interview with Premiere magazine, Batman Begins screenwriter David S. Goyer said The Dark Knight "would have Batman (Christian Bale) enlisting the aid of Gordon (Gary Oldman) and Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) in bringing down the Joker (Heath Ledger), but not killing him".[4] Template:Endspoiler

Cast and characters

File:Ledger Joker clown mask.jpg
Heath Ledger as the Joker in a clown mask.

In July 2006, Warner Bros. Pictures announced that Christian Bale would reprise his role as Batman with Heath Ledger opposite Bale as the Joker.[6] Before Ledger was confirmed as the Joker, actors Paul Bettany,[7] Lachy Hulme,[8] Adrien Brody,[9] and Robin Williams[10] had publicly expressed interest in the role. In October 2006, Nolan revealed that Harvey Dent would make an appearance in The Dark Knight, though the character had yet to be cast at the time.[11] Actors Liev Schreiber,[12] Josh Lucas,[13] and Ryan Phillippe[14] had expressed interest in portraying Dent before Aaron Eckhart was cast in February 2007.[15]

Cillian Murphy, who portrayed the Scarecrow in Batman Begins, said in an August 2005 interview that he was interested in returning, as he is contracted for possible sequels, but he did not know if he will reprise his role.[16] As of March 2007, Murphy was unsure if he would return.[17]

In August 2005, producer Charles Roven said that Katie Holmes, who portrayed Rachel Dawes in the film, was signed on for the sequel.[18] In an October 2006 interview, Nolan said that he hoped that Katie Holmes would come back, and the director indicated that he would contact other Batman Begins characters to return for The Dark Knight after he finished the script.[19] In January 2007, Holmes had turned down an offer to reprise her role as Rachel Dawes due to scheduling conflicts.[20] On March 8, 2007, Maggie Gyllenhaal was in final talks for the role of Rachel Dawes in The Dark Knight.[21]

Nolan explained that as long as he is directing, he is not including Robin in the franchise because Christian Bale was still portraying a "young Batman", which meant Robin was "still in a crib somewhere".[22] In addition, Nolan considered the Penguin difficult to portray on film, explaining, "There are certain characters that are easier to mesh with the more real take on Batman we're doing."[23]

Production

On July 31, 2006, Warner Bros. Pictures officially announced the initiation of production for the sequel, titled The Dark Knight.[6] The title makes The Dark Knight the first live-action Batman film without the word Batman in its title. Christian Bale noted, "This take on Batman of mine and Chris' is very different from any of the others and everything else always had Batman in the title."[24]

Christopher Nolan's brother Jonathan Nolan wrote the screenplay, which was based on a story co-written by Christopher Nolan and screenwriter David S. Goyer.[25] In September 2006, Christopher Nolan was revising his brother's script,[26] and by October, Jonathan Nolan was revising the returned draft.[27] Christian Bale, who had yet to read the script by October, said of Nolan, "I've got total trust in him, and I have no problem reading the script a week before we start."[28] Nolan provided Heath Ledger with a look at the secretive script, but did not allow the actor to leave his home with a copy.[29]

Chicago Post Office being used as the "Gotham National Bank" during the April pre-shoot

In October 2006, film location manager Robin Higgs visited Liverpool to scout locations, mainly along the city's waterfront, for filming The Dark Knight. Other scouted locations included Yorkshire, Glasgow, and parts of London.[30] Warner Bros. chose Chicago as a filming location with a plan to film there for 13 weeks,[31] due to Nolan having had a "truly remarkable experience" filming there for part of Batman Begins.[27] According to actor Michael Caine, the film will also be shot in London, Los Angeles, Baltimore, and Hong Kong.[32] Hong Kong's walled city of Kowloon had been an influence on the Narrows in Batman Begins.[33]

Production on The Dark Knight began on January 11, 2007.[34] Producer Charles Roven originally stated in August 2006 that principal photography would begin in March 2007,[35] but filming was pushed back to start in April.[36] It began at Leavesden Studios[37] whilst a second unit shot from in place in Chicago from April 18-24[38] and the main unit will return for shooting from mid-June to September under the fake working title of Rory's First Kiss.[39][40]

On April 24, a small fire broke out near the top of the vacant 17 story former Old City Post Office in downtown Chicago on the South Loop that was being used as a filming location for The Dark Knight. No injuries were reported during the incident, and firefighters left the scene two hours later. It was reportedly started by one of the fans that was being used to ventilate the building.[41][42]

Themes

Christopher Nolan described the sequel's theme as escalation, continuing how Batman Begins ended, with "things having to get worse before they get better".[43] Nolan indicated that The Dark Knight would also continue the themes that Batman Begins had, such as justice vs. revenge and Bruce Wayne's father issues.[44] However, Nolan hoped to "attempt to do something very different in the sequel" from Batman Begins since Batman's origin story was now re-established.[45] Nolan said, "[Bruce Wayne achieved] a certain sense of purpose or a certain resignation, in terms of how his life is going to wind up being dedicated to this — which is something that we begin with." The director added, "...the world itself responds to our actions in ways we don’t anticipate."[46] Jonathan Nolan also hopes that the film will show more of Batman as a detective.[47]

The Dark Knight's interpretation of the Joker will be based primarily on the character's first two appearances in the Batman comics, as well as Alan Moore's one-shot comic book Batman: The Killing Joke.[43] The Killing Joke was the material given to Heath Ledger in order to prepare for his role,[48] and Jerry Robinson, one of the co-creators of the basic concept for the Joker in the comics, is involved with the film to consult on how to portray the film's Joker.[49] Heath Ledger described his role as the Joker as "more nuanced and dark and more along the lines of a Clockwork Orange kind of feel. Which is... what the comic book was after: less about his laugh and more about his eyes".[50] The comic Batman #1, referenced in part by Nolan, details the Joker as having "burning, hate-filled eyes", tying into Ledger's description.[51]

Actor Aaron Eckhart described his character Harvey Dent as coming from the same world as Batman, but simultaneously being apart from it. "I'm looking for the tension between the two, the similarities between the two. I want to find what's similar to Batman and then find what's opposite to him," Eckhart said.[52] Eckhart will research his approach to the complicated role by studying other personalities.[53]

Film score

In an October 2006 interview, Hans Zimmer, who composed the Batman Begins score with James Newton Howard, said that he would be scoring The Dark Knight.[54] Zimmer said that he would have Howard return to pair up for The Dark Knight as they did for Batman Begins. Zimmer also said that the main Batman theme was purposely introduced at the end of Batman Begins and would flesh out in the sequel as the character develops.[55]

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