The Dark Knight Rises Official Movie Trailer
The Dark Knight Rises is Christopher Nolan’s third and final installment of his Batman trilogy, starring Christian Bale (Batman/Bruce Wayne), Anne Hathaway (Selina Kyle/Catwoman), Tom Hardy (Bane), Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, and other Nolan alums Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marion Cotillard, to be released by Warner Bros. July 2012.
See the teaser trailer:
The Epic Conclusion to The Dark Knight Saga
TDKR’s Christian Bale to Present at 84th Academy Awards
The Dark Knight Rises star Christian Bale will present at 84th Academy Awards® alog with Colin Firth, Melissa Leo and Natalie Portman.
Academy Award Winner and Dark Knight Rises star Christian Bale will present at the 84th Annual Academy Awards
Beverly Hills, CA — The four Oscar®-winning actors from the 83rd Academy Awards — Christian Bale, Colin Firth, Melissa Leo and Natalie Portman — will present at the 84th Academy Awards, telecast producers Brian Grazer and Don Mischer announced today.
Both Bale and Leo received Oscars® for their supporting roles in “The Fighter.” It was Bale’s first nomination and Leo’s second. Two-time nominees Firth and Portman took home Academy Awards for their lead performances in “The King’s Speech” and “Black Swan,” respectively.
Bale, Firth, Leo and Portman join a stellar list of previously announced Oscar presenters, including Halle Berry, Rose Byrne, Bradley Cooper, Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Michael Douglas, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Zach Galifianakis, Tom Hanks, Angelina Jolie, Milla Jovovich, Ellie Kemper, Jennifer Lopez, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Maya Rudolph, Emma Stone, Meryl Streep and Kristen Wiig.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, from the Hollywood & Highland Center® and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.
Breakout:
ABOUT THE ACADEMY
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the world’s preeminent movie-related organization, with a membership of more than 6,000 of the most accomplished men and women working in cinema. In addition to the annual Academy Awards-in which the members vote to select the nominees and winners-the Academy presents a diverse year-round slate of public programs, exhibitions and events; provides financial support to a wide range of other movie-related organizations and endeavors; acts as a neutral advocate in the advancement of motion picture technology; and, through its Margaret Herrick Library and Academy Film Archive, collects, preserves, restores and provides access to movies and items related to their history. Through these and other activities the Academy serves students, historians, the entertainment industry and people everywhere who love movies.
TDKR’s Tom Hardy in This Means War
Did anybody know Tom Hardy had another movie coming out? Compared to his last release The Warrior, not to mention his Dark Knight Rises costars Anne Hathaway in One Day, Marion Cotillard in Contagion and Gary Oldman in Harry Potter and the Deathy Hallows, Part II and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Hardy’s newest called This Means War from 20th Century Fox is basically in stealth release.
© 2012 - 20th Century Fox. All rights reserved
Internet Movie Database Synopsis: Two top CIA operatives wage an epic battle against one another after they discover they are dating the same woman.
The low profile is perhaps understandable, as the survey of reviews from metacritic are pretty dismal:
Nearly totally laugh-, chemistry- and coherence-free, this fiasco from the director of “Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle” has a script whose sensible parts would fit on a napkin with enough room left over for the Gettysburg Address.
–New York Post
Top posts of the week: Batman and Catwoman finally defeat Bane
For the first time since the public location shooting began in Pittsburgh, Tom Hardy’s Bane was not in the top five search terms, which this week is dominated by Christian Bale (Batman/Bruce Wayne) and Catwoman in two forms: Anne Hathaway/Selina Kyle in the Dark Knight Rises, and the Arkham City Catwoman, with an emphasis on player dissatisfaction with her costume and portrayal in the sequel to Batman: Arkham Asylum.
- Profile: Christian Bale is Bruce Wayne in The Dark Knight Rises
- Anne Hathaway, Selina Kyle/Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises: so very good at being bad (via Sexy Girls Dressed)
- Arkham City Epic Fail on Catwoman Costume
- The Dark Knight Rises Set Photos: Bane
- Batman and Catwoman Cosplay: The Best of Dragon Con
- Bane Mask, Other Batman Items coming up for sale in Movie Memorabilia Auction
- Batman Merch: Joker Tshirt of the Day
- The Dark Knight Rises: New Poster and a menu on Official Website
- Batman Merch: Arkham City models from Play Arts Kai
- Christian Bale said Anne Hathaway had the hardest job as Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises
- Hot New Location Photos: Not Bruce and Selina this time. It’s Batman and Catwoman IN FULL COSTUME (or is it?)
- Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment at Comic-Con: LOVE BITES
Top search terms:
christian bale
selina kyle
catwoman arkham city
anne hathaway catwoman|catwoman anne hathaway
batman cosplay
The Dark Knight Rises Gary Oldman’s “Out of Character” portrait as Oscar Nominee
Oscar®-Nominated Actors Step "Out of Character" for Academy Portrait Exhibition
All the Oscar nominees for an acting Academy Award were captured by legendary Hollywood photographer Douglas Kirkland, including The Dark Knight Rises‘ own Commissioner Gordon, Gary Oldman, nominated for Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. While figures such as George Clooney and Brad Pitt seem very much their usual selves, others like Oldman are revealed in a truly new light in the aptly named portrait exhibition “Out of Character.”
Oscar®-Nominated Actors Step “Out of Character” for Academy Portrait Exhibition
Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present “Out of Character,” a new exhibition featuring portraits of this year’s acting nominees by photographer Douglas Kirkland. The exclusive new photos of 2011′s Oscar-nominated performers will be on display starting Saturday, February 11, in the Academy’s Grand Lobby Gallery in Beverly Hills.
Kirkland photographed all 20 of the Best Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress nominees in the two weeks since the January 24 nominations announcement. His distinctive, large-format portraits will be on display through March 18. An online gallery of these portraits, along with behind the scenes shots, will be spotlighted at www.oscar.com beginning today.
Following the exhibition, the portraits will become part of the Academy’s Margaret Herrick Library photograph collection.
Kirkland has been capturing iconic images of motion picture luminaries for more than five decades, revealing as well as immortalizing such legends as Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, Orson Welles, Audrey Hepburn and Paul Newman. Also well known as a set photographer, he has worked on more than 100 films, including “The Sound of Music,” “Out of Africa,” “Titanic” and “Moulin Rouge.” He recently traveled to Australia to serve as special set photographer on Baz Luhrmann’s “The Great Gatsby,” scheduled for release in 2012.
“Out of Character” will be open Tuesday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and weekends from noon to 6 p.m. Admission is free. The Grand Lobby Gallery is located at the Academy’s headquarters at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills.
Academy Awards® for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.
Oldman has played James Gordon in the two previous Christopher Nolan Batman movies (Batman Begins and The Dark Knight) was well as the upcoming Dark Knight Rises, which is indicative of the actor’s ability to go from starring roles like Tinker, Tailor to supporting ones like those in the Batman and Harry Potter series.
The Dark Knight Rises’ Michael Uslan headlining at Denver Comic Con
Denver Comic Con Announces High Caliber Celebirty Guests, Artists, Exhibitors And Educational Opportunities
Michael Uslan, The Boy Who Loved Batman
It’s unusual to see “a suit” i.e. an executive producer, one of the money men, as a featured guest at a comic book convention. If they appear, it certainly wouldn’t be anything announced in the opening paragraph of a press release. But Michael Uslan is no ordinary producer, he is “The Boy Who Loved Batman,” and as his book by that name chronicles, he is the man who trusted that boyhood love to bring The Dark Knight to the big screen when nobody, absolutely nobody, thought there was any merit in the idea of making a movie about Batman.
Feb. 8th, 2012, Denver CO: Denver Comic Con and Literary Conference is
excited to announce a legion of celebrity guests, renowned comic book talent and international exhibitors for the Mile High City’s first full scale comic and pop culture convention. The 3 day event will kick off on Father’s Day weekend with a cast of talent that reads like the who’s who of Hollywood Heroes, Sci Fi, and Animation, including; Kristin Bauer (True Blood), Michael Uslan (Exec. Producer – The Dark Knight Rises, The Dark Knight, Batman Begins), Billy West (Futurama, Ren & Stimpy, Looney Tunes), Tom Kane (Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Wolverine and the X-Men, The Powerpuff Girls), Jasika Nicole (FRINGE, She’s Out of My League, Take the Lead), Mark Ryan (Transformers), Steven Seagle (Ben 10, Generator Rex, Ultimate Spider-Man), and Greg Weisman (Gargoyles, The Spectacular Spider-Man, Young Justice).
Exciting new comic book guests include Eisner Award winner Georges Jeanty (Buffy The Vampire Slayer), Amy Reeder (Batwoman, Madame Xanadu, Fool’s Gold), Mike Grell (Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Action Comics), Peter Gross (Unwritten, Lucifer, Book’s of Magic), Ethan Nicolle (Axe Cop, Chumble Puzz) and Golden Age artist Allen Bellman (Captain America Comics, The Human Torch, Sub-Mariner Comics) among others.Since September 2011, the locally based Comic Book Classroom (an after school program teaching underserved children to read through comics) has gradually built an impressive roster of talent for their largest fundraiser to date – Denver Comic Con. Set to take place at the Colorado Convention Center in trendy downtown Denver, the benefit boasts a high caliber celebrity lineup coupled with education and literary opportunities spanning the five days surrounding Father’s Day weekend.
In just a few short months, CBC has amassed over 275 local volunteers for the pop culture conference, highlighting the best and brightest artists of Denver and from around the world, with an array of programming opportunities, colorful exhibitions, and the recent addition of Tokyo Japan’s own Manga University (Manga Publisher and educator). Denver Comic Con also boasts visually appealing appearances from the cosplay community (elaborately costumed capers), video gaming competitions, workshops, autograph signings, and special programming, all culminating in a fan-centric awards ceremony on the last day of the con. All of the proceeds raised from the Denver Comic Con will benefit the CBC, which is currently active in 8 Colorado area schools.
Throughout the weekend the comic convention will feature an overwhelming number of celebrity guests ranging from the red carpet to the book publishing bullpen. With a number of respected names already listed, the convention is putting its best foot forward for its first year including Kristen Bauer best known as Pam, the icy, foul-mouthed, scene-stealing vampire on HBO’s hit series, True Blood. The three day event will also feature Michael Uslan, best known for his Hollywood credits in the Batman franchise such as the The Dark Knight and the much anticipated trilogy-ending finale, The Dark Knight Rises. He is a perfect fit for the con as he is an authority on comic book history as instructor of the first accredited university courses on comic books (Indiana University 1971) as well as the first textbook on comic books (The Comic Book in America).
The Denver Comic Con will also feature a number of big guns from the animation world including star voice actors Billy West and Tom Kane. West is best known for his voice-work on Ren & Stimpy, Doug and Futurama where he originated fan favorites, Philip J. Fry (Futurama) and Stimpy (Ren and Stimpy). Tom Kane, best known as the Voice of Yoda in Star Wars The Clone Wars, has a tremendous vocal range that has led to a busy career. Every week, he records literally dozens of movie trailers, commercials, network TV promos, video games and cartoons. In addition to voicing Yoda, he has voiced lead roles in The Powerpuff Girls, Robot Chicken, Kim Possible, The Avengers, Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, Iron Man, The Wild Thornberrys, Wolverine and the X-Men and many more. Lastly, Colorado’s own Steven T. Seagle will be returning to Denver for a spotlight appearance at the con. Seagle is a comic book and television writer known for his work as the creator of the international boys’ action series BEN-10 franchise and his numerous shows are part of regular programming on the Cartoon Network and in a forthcoming series from Marvel/Disney.
Preceding the Denver Comic Con on June-13th-15th, event producers are also hosting a one-of-a-kind literary conference featuring keynote speaker Scott McCloud and special guests, James Bucky Carter, Robert Weiner and Charles Hatfield for the inaugural Rocky Mountain Conference on Comics and Graphic Novels at the Hyatt Regency directly across from the Convention Center. Attendees will have the opportunity to discuss the academics of graphic storytelling with some of the nation’s top comic-centric literary talent and scholars.
The Denver Comic Con and Literary Conference is set to take place on Father’s Day weekend on June 13th-17th. For ticketing information, hotel discounts and for up-to-date announcements about the convention check out the official website at www.denvercomiccon.com and www.comicbookclassroom.org to learn more.
- ### -
See related:
You can’t make any money with Batman: How Batman Almost Never Left the Bat Cave
Top Posts of the Week: Batman finally on top of Catwoman, just in time for Valentine’s Day
Fine, call us sexists. We at the Gotham Trending office try to remain impartial but we are men, and seeing Catwoman, Anne Hathaway and Selina Kyle beating Bruce Wayne, Christian Bale and Batman week after week for the top spot in his own movie, we can’t help it. We can’t help but root for the underdog and we can’t help but cheer now that Bruce/Christian/Dark Knight has finally won the day.
- Profile: Christian Bale is Bruce Wayne in The Dark Knight Rises
- Anne Hathaway, Selina Kyle/Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises: so very good at being bad (via Sexy Girls Dressed)
- The Dark Knight Rises Set Photos: Bane
- Christian Bale said Anne Hathaway had the hardest job as Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises
- Arkham City Epic Fail on Catwoman Costume
- The Dark Knight Rises: New Poster and a menu on Official Website
- Arkham City Portraits of Riddler
- Batman and Catwoman Cosplay: The Best of Dragon Con
- Batman at Comic Con: First look at Joker, Batmobile from Hot Toys Batman ’89 Collection
- First peak at the Dark Knight Rises Batmobile
- Batman at Comic Con: Catwoman of the DC Comics Reboot, not apologizing for sexy!
- Batman Merch: Joker Tshirt of the Day
Searches
christian bale
tom hardy bane
catwoman arkham city
anne hathaway catwoman
selina kyle
the dark knight rises bane
Batman and Robin Top Minimalist Superhero Posters at Screen Rant
Minimalism isn’t appreciated by everybody. In a world where photoshopping has allowed fans to whip up their own posters Dark Knight Rises posters that rival those of some studios in visual complexity, “Less is More” is not a principle that is generally understood. ”Because I can” tends to be the order of the day. So Screen Rants collection of 30 Awesome Minimalist Superhero Posters was quite the refreshing treat.
As was their decision to begin with the two Gotham heroes that concern us here: Batman and Robin
Batman Humor from the social networks
Sometimes a picture really is worth a thousand words
From Facebook 
And from Twitter 
I Remember Harvey Dent #TDKR
Bane (Tom Hardy) exhorts Gotham City to Remember Harvey Dent
We don’t know what Bane is saying holding up that picture, but we suspect he wouldn’t like the message on the FriendsOfHarveyDent.org website, formerly the “fundraising arm of the Harvey Dent campaign for District Attorney” repurposed as a memorial and launched today, February 2nd (2/2, wouldn’t Two-Face have loved it.)
“The night is darkest just before the dawn. And I promise you, the dawn is coming.” ”Harvey reminded us that WE are the answer.” “Gotham is a city of Hope and Heroes.”
Harvey Dent exhorted the people of Gotham not to give in to fear, not to give in to terrorism. Bane, we’re a humble group of bat-bloggers, but it really doesn’t seem to us that it’s the best line to take for a guy standing on a camo-tank-car surrounded by a half-dozen thugs with machine guns.
Batman Merch: Bane shirts aren’t TDKR but they’re better than the first wave of Dark Knight Rises stuff we’ve seen
There is a folder on our harddrive in the Gotham Trending office called “Merchandise Hell.” We’re not proud of the title, but the fact is nobody wants to follow those links and write up bits on the New 52 busts, the latest round of Arkham City figures, or DC Direct’s 12″ statues for The Dark Knight Rises.
It’s not just that a lot of the stuff is hideous, it’s not just that DC was obviously kept in the dark about Catwoman’s real TDKR costume but didn’t let that stop them since they went into production on last summer’s first photo with the goggles and no ears, it’s not just that Pop Heroes vinyl Bane looks like her cat’s chew toy, it’s that no item is so horrible that the article, blog or website won’t fawn over it. One or two of these embarrassments to the fandom can be shrugged off, but a steady diet is a strain.
You can imagine our delight, then, at this set of Bane-inspired t-shirts from Superhero Hype. They’re all based on the comic book Bane from Knightfall, but they’re nice shirts. There’s nothing wrong with them. I just ordered a “Got Venom.”
More than offering up a nice collection of shirts, they have restored our faith in the fandom. Not everyone is still chugging that year-old Kool-Ade that Anne Hathaway is playing Selina Kyle who isn’t Catwoman.
Just announced! Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury) joins Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Clark Gregg (Agent Coulson), and Director Joss Whedon in our Global Fan Chat today! Assemble at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT!
“MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS” ASSEMBLE ON TWITTER
MARVEL STUDIOS SPONSORS GLOBAL TWITTER CHAT WITH DIRECTOR AND CAST FOR FANS AROUND THE WORLD
PARTICIPANTS GET TEASE OF “MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS”
BURBANK, CALIF. (January 27, 2012)–Marvel Studios announced today that they will be sponsoring a Global Twitter Chat on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 11 a.m. (PST) with cast members and the director of their highly anticipated action-adventure “Marvel’s The Avengers,” opening in theaters on May 4, 2012. The 30-minute live tweeting event features writer/director Joss Whedon and cast members Tom Hiddleston and Clark Gregg.
Fans around the world will be able to participate in the Q&A on Twitter by using the @Avengers handle and the #Avengers hashtag. Participating fans will have the opportunity to see a 10-second tease of the 30-second Super Bowl spot that will air during Super Bowl XLVI on February 5 on NBC. They will also have a chance to answer ”Avengers” trivia for a chance to win “Avengers” prize packs.
International fans will be able to submit questions for the talent in their native language through a global translation tool provided by Ortsbo.com. The chat will be moderated by Marvel’s @Agent_M.
“Marvel’s The Avengers” is the Super Hero team up of a lifetime, featuring iconic Marvel Super Heroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, NickFury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins.
Starring Robert DowneyJr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, JeremyRenner and Tom Hiddleston, with Stellan Skarsgård and Samuel L. Jackson, and written and directed by Joss Whedon, “Marvel’s The Avengers” is based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series “The Avengers,” first published in 1963 and a comics institution ever since. “Marvel’s The Avengers” is presented by Marvel Studios in association
with Paramount Pictures. The film is being produced by Marvel Studios’ President Kevin Feige and executive produced by Alan Fine, Stan Lee, Jon Favreau, Louis D’Esposito, Patricia Whitcher, Victoria Alonso and Jeremy Latcham. The film is distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.
Follow @Avengers on Twitter for more details.
So what if it’s not Batman, it’s a viral for a superhero movie!
Batman and Robin Tops the 10 worst movies of all time
There’s really no surprise that Joel Schumacher’s franchise-ending shlockfest Batman and Robin was named the Worst of the Worst on TBR’s “Top 10 Movies to avoid, Worst Movies of All Time” list. What’s amazing is that they found nine others bad enough to be grouped with it.
1. Batman and Robin is a 1997 superhero film directed by Joel Schumacher. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, staring George Clooney. Even him once admitted Batman & Robin, the schlocky 1997 superhero movie that jump-started the actor’s career, was lame. Now director Joel Schumacher’s steaming heap of cinematic dung has been voted the worst film ever by readers of Empire magazine. Atempting to pick out just one bad scene from Batman & Robin is impossible, and it certainly wouldn’t do justice to just how painfully awful the rest of it is. The film is so dreadful that director Joel Schumacher actually apologized for it on the DVD commentary. That’s right, the man who proudly made 8MM, The Number 23 and Cousins thought Batman & Robin was so bad that it warranted an apology.
via Why go elsewhere?.
Top Posts of the Week: From Oh So Sexy Anne Hathaway to Oh So Hepburn Selina Kyle, with Oh So Green Kim Kardashian in between, this week was all about the women of Gotham
The women of Gotham City dominated this week’s top posts, from Anne Hathaway’s ever popular runway appearance in a see-through blouse to Kim Kardashian dressed as an Uma Thurman Poison Ivy last halloween to Selina Kyle’s “Very Hepburn” appearance on the set in haute couture chanel, so classy no one could decide if it was more Katherine or Audrey…
- Anne Hathaway, Selina Kyle/Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises: so very good at being bad (via Sexy Girls Dressed)
- The Dark Knight Rises Set Photos: Bane
- Christian Bale is Bruce Wayne / Batman in The Dark Knight Rises
- Arkham City Epic Fail on Catwoman Costume
- Batman Merch: Joker Tshirt of the Day
- Batman and Catwoman Cosplay: The Best of Dragon Con
- Kim Kardashian’s Uma Thurman-style Poison Ivy on Halloween
- Bane Mask, Other Batman Items coming up for sale in Movie Memorabilia Auction
- Batman Merch: Riddler Converse
- Overheard on the Social Networks: Selina Kyle is “Very Hepburn”
Searches:
tom hardy bane
christian bale
anne hathaway catwoman
selina kyle
catwoman arkham city
Batman Arkham Asylum tops list of 10 Best Superhero Games Of All Time
It’s nice to know that the many missteps of the disappointing sequel are not being held against the original stellar game Batman: Arkham Asylum, topping Crave Online’s list of the 10 Best Superhero Games of All Time.
Yes, of ALL time. The Crusades, Ancient Mesopotamia, everywhere. Gotta love the gamers and fanboys, they do love their superlatives.
Developer: Rocksteady Studios
System: Xbox 360, PS3, PC
Release: August 2009Did you expect something else to be in the number one spot? If so, shame on you. Batman: Arkham Asylum is easily the best Batman video game ever made, and a perfect use of a well-established license by Rocksteady Studios. Arkham Asylum had everything a Batman fan could ask for: phenomenal graphics, excellent voice work, an amazing combat system, proper use of Batman’s detective reasoning, and a boatload of cool gadgets.
But Batman: Arkham Asylum isn’t just a game made for the Bat-fanatics. Arkham Asylum is a great game period. It was runner-up only to Uncharted 2: Among Thieves for our game of the year back in 2009.
TDKR’s Gary Oldman Oscar nom for Tinker Tailor
As expected, when the nominations for the 84th Academy Awards were announced this morning, Gary Oldman, who has played Jim Gordon in all three Christopher Nolan Batman movies, was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of George Smiley in big screen remake of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
Gary Oldman is a true rarity in Hollywood. He will go from starring roles to supporting ones and back again.
Gary Oldman nominated for Actor in a Leading Role for "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
The 84th Academy Awards will be telecast live Sunday February 26 at 7 pm Eastern/ 4pm Pacific time on ABC.
