Steven Spielberg has hired The Dark Knight screenwriter Jonathan Nolan (brother of director Christopher Nolan) to pen the script for his upcoming sci-fi flick Interstellar. The film revolves around the research of physicist Kip Thorne and his theory on the existance of wormholes that could lead to other times and dimensions.
Spielberg plans for Interstellar to be his next directing gig following the fourth Indiana Jones film which is scheduled to begin shooting this June for a May 2008 release. This would give Nolan plenty of time to continue working on The Dark Knight. Nolan’s previous writing credits include The Prestige and the original short story that inspired Memento.
The folks over at Batman on Film have discovered the possible domain name for the official movie site of Tha Dark Knight. The domain name www.thedarkknightmovie.com currently links to the Warner Bros. home page, a good indication they have plans to use the domain name in the future.
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and TT Games have confirmed the release of the long rumored LEGO Batman game. LEGO Batman: The Videogame will release on all current and next-gen consoles as well as PC sometime in 2008.
“Batman spans several generations as one of the most popular DC Super Heroes, and LEGO Batman will appeal to several generations of gamers who grew up idolizing the Dark Knight and playing with LEGO toys,” said Samantha Ryan, Senior Vice President, Development and Production, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. “Working with TT Games, we are confident they will continue their LEGO games’ success with this title, and we will expand our publishing endeavors with the introduction of the LEGO Batman franchise.”
“There’s a special magic to the LEGO incarnation of Batman that makes him accessible to a younger generation of his fans,” said Paul Levitz, President, DC Comics. “We look forward to the videogame version extending this fantasy.”
“We’re sure our fans will be excited to know that we have the same fantastic team at Traveller’s Tales responsible for LEGO Star Wars and LEGO Star Wars II working on LEGO Batman,” said Tom Stone, Director of TT Games Publishing.
No news yet if the release of the video game will coincide with or implement any storylines from the upcoming The Dark Knight film to be released in July 2008.
Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal is in final talks to take over the role of “Rachel Dawes” for departed Katie Holmes in the upcoming Batman: The Dark Knight. Holmes dropped out of the part shortly after marrying Tom Cruise. Of the addition of Gyllenhaal, director Christopher Nolan said, “I’m extremely excited to work with an actress of Maggie’s caliber, and she’s a great addition to the cast.”
Filming is expected to begin next month for a July 2008 release.
Cillian Murphy, the actor who portrayed Dr. Jonathan Crane (aka The Scarecrow) in 2005’s Batman Begins refuses to confirm or deny his possible return as the villainous psychiatrist. “I’m not at liberty and it’s not my place to say,” explains Murphy. ”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.”
For now, Heath Ledger will be joined by fellow villain Aaron Eckhart who will play Two-Face.
Lamborghini CEO Stephen Winkelmann has confirmed that the Lamborghini LP640 will appear in the upcoming Batman film The Dark Knight. “The [LP640] will be in the next Batman movie, although we are not paying anything,” says Winkelmann. “We do not pay for product placement. And we do not allow our cars to be placed just anywhere. It has to be perfect. Something like the next Batman film is suitable for our image. We will not be in films that we don’t like.”
Winkelmann told Brandweek the inclusion of the car in The Dark Knight is aimed at increasing sales of Lamborghini in the U.S. by ten percent. No news yet if the $350,000 sports car will be the new Batmobile or driven by Bruce Wayne or one of the villains. With Lamborghini obviously particular about their cars image, my money is on Wayne.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
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