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Source: THR "The Dark Knight" Batman wants an Oscar. More literally, Warner Bros. wants a statuette -- or 10 -- for "The Dark Knight." So the studio plans to rerelease its blockbuster Batman sequel in January, the height of Academy Awards voting season. "It's just a matter of bringing it back as a reminder for people," a studio insider said. Warners domestic distribution president Dan Fellman acknowledged ongoing talks with Imax executives about the prospect of restoring the Christian Bale… Continue

On August 10, 2008, Isaac's wife found him on the floor near a treadmill inside his Memphis, TN home. He was was taken to Baptist East Hospital in Memphis, where he was pronounced dead at 2:08 a.m. He was 65 years old. Continue

Source: Variety Earning an unheard of $66.4 million in its first day, Warner Bros.’ Batman sequel “The Dark Knight” is poised to become the highest opener ever for a non-holiday weekend after “Spider-Man 3,” which debuted to $151.1 million. “Dark Knight,” directed by Christopher Nolan and returning Christian Bale as the caped crusader, easily soared past the $59.8 million earned by the “Spider-Man” three-quel on its first Friday in May 2007. Of “Dark Knight’s” total Friday’s haul of $66.4 mi… Continue

Source: Variety The domestic box office went into overdrive on Friday as Warner Bros.' Batman sequel "The Dark Night" stood ready to deliver the best opening day gross ever, taking in an estimated $60 million to $63 million in ticket sales from a record 4,366 theaters. Universal's film adaptation of musical "Mamma Mia" was no wallflower, either. The Meryl Streep-Amanda Seyfried starrer -- the ideal counter-programming -- looked headed to gross an estimated $9 million to $10 million from 2,976 t… Continue

I discovered this article on Rotten Tomatoes: Guillermo del Toro plans to start up an international animation studio when he's finished work on The Hobbit film(s), he told RT during our exclusive Dinner and the Movies interview, which has started on the site today. The director told us that before he got the offer to helm the Tolkien prequel, he was planning to set up two animation studios, one specialising in 3-D CGI in Los Angeles and another focusing on Anime in Japan that would do, "genre… Continue

These paragraphs are taken from a report done by Variety. "Despite the Screen Actors Guild's avid campaign, members of the American Federation of Television & Radio Artists have ratified the union's primetime deal by 62.4% -- a tally strong enough to send a rebuke to SAG, but not so strong that Hollywood's immediate future is clear-cut". "The ratification was not a surprise, due to the faltering economy and the lingering impact of the 100-day WGA strike. Terms in the AFTRA pact mirror thos… Continue

I recently came across this swedish news coverage of "The Dark Knight" which included a new clip from the film. The actual clip in question is presented english. Continue

This link leads to twelve clips from the upcoming film The Dark Knight. http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5143&Itemid=99 Here are a few of them: … Continue