February, 2008


New Gotham Knight Previews
February 29th, 2008 | Digg This

Kung Fu Rodeo has posted some excellent previews of The Gotham Knight anime, thanks to Juno for the heads up.

I Believe in Harvey Dent Updated, New Viral Campaign!
February 29th, 2008 | Digg This

The official Harvey Dent website, “ibelieveinharveydent.com” has been updated to include a new message and some text entry boxes for your email and phone number,

“We have the power to change Gotham City, soon you’ll find out how”

On doing so you get a quick confirmation email reading:

Citizens of Gotham! The future of our city rests in your hands! Alone, we are helpless against the thugs and killers menacing our city. Together, we have the power to take back Gotham. In just a few days, you’ll find out how. Please click … to verify your e-mail address. Keep an eye on http://www.ibelieveinharveydent.com and get ready to join a movement that will transform our city!

It looks like the second major viral marketing campaign shall be focusing around Harvey Dent, rather than the Joker, which falls in line with the rumors we have heard concerning the third Dark Knight trailer.

Dark Knight Viral Campaign revolving around Harvey Dent

Via Hollywood Chicago and with thanks to Austin

Third Trailer coming soon, March 7th with 10,000 BC?
February 23rd, 2008 | Digg This

The third Dark Knight trailer is set to land in the next few weeks - how, when and where is not quite certain yet. It is widely rumored to revolve around Batman and Harvey Dent, with much less of a focus on The Joker.

Dark Horizons have recently heard that a slot before the feature film “10,000 BC” is the most likely candidate for the first trailer showing - and that premières on March 7th. We’ll keep our fingers crossed.

As an aside, the article also linked to the MTV blog which has a video with one of the new Batman toys, Bruce Wayne’s Lamborghini Murcielago.

Joker action figure revealed in more toy shots
February 20th, 2008 | Digg This

ComingSoon have posted a second gallery of images from the Mattel toy show, this time revealing The Joker action figure and freeing others from their restrictive child-proof packaging. Looks like their are two versions of the Joker toy - a Heath Ledger lookalike and a stylised kids representation. Also included are some close-ups of the Batmobile, Bruce Wayne’s Murcielago and Batpod auto-mobile toys.

The Joker Dark Knight Toy

The Joker Toy (Second Action Figure)

Thanks to Ghell again for the very fast heads up!

Two-Face Toy Revealed
February 20th, 2008 | Digg This

First stop - people taking pictures should know how to focus the subject. Rant over, moving on, Dark Horizons has got the scoop on the Mattel Two Face toy for The Dark Knight, this constitutes our very first look at the Two Face character, aka Harvey Dent portrayed by Aaron Eckhart - even if it is in the form of a toy.

Below are some photos snuck out from a restricted press event at the recent Toy Fair in New York showing off the Two-Face tie-in action figure from “The Dark Knight”. The photo displays the look of the Two-Face form of Harvey Dent (Eckhart)

Spoiler pictures after the break! Thanks to Juno and Ghell for sending this in.

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