This report comes from All Things Fan Girl via AICN and details the main points from the talk, covering the Blu ray, BD-Live, a live Chris Nolan commentary on Dec 18th, the continuation of the Batman story (e.g. the third movie), lack of a directors cut and shooting an entire movie in IMAX, with workarounds for the noisiness of the camera.
This is a very good read..
Went to the Dark Knight Blu Ray release event with Chris Nolan last night.
Before tonight I had never even HEARD of BD Live. Apparently it’s Xbox Live for Blu-Ray? If you have a BD Live enabled Blu Ray player or a PS3, then you can connect to the internet and partake in the potential awesomeness. The Dark Knight is Warner Brothers’ first foray into this format and it’s shaping up to be reason alone to invest in a Blu-Ray Player.
First of all, it comes with tons of content, waiting to be streamed for free- the newest Warner’s trailers, episodes of Warner Premiere Motion Comics (Mad Love! Shadow of Ra’s al Ghul!) and more. And because everything is streaming, you can get to the content faster and it doesn’t take up any hard drive space. One of my favorite features of TDK BD Live is the commentary option. With a computer & webcam, you can record YOURSELF giving commentary for the whole movie or just a scene here, a scene there. Then, when people go on BD Live, they can select your commentary to watch with the film. Now, it’s doubtful that I would ever watch a stranger’s commentary, but a friend’s? Certainly. Maybe even someone famous? A blogger, a writer, a director, an actor, a critic, a technician – people not involved with the film who would have no business doing commentary for the dvd, but would have an interesting perspective, making their thoughts available to the general public? Yes, I’m into that.
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The nominations list for the 51st Grammy Awards have been announced and Hans Zimmer/James Newton Howard’s Dark Knight soundtrack is included in them:
Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
(Award to Composer(s) for an original score created specifically for, or as a companion to, a current legitimate motion picture, television show or series or other visual media.)
* The Dark Knight
James Newton Howard & Hans Zimmer, composers
[Warner Sunset/Warner Bros.]
* Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull
John Williams, composer
[Concord Records]
* Iron Man
Ramin Djawadi, composer
[Lionsgate]
* There Will Be Blood
Jonny Greenwood, composer
[Nonesuch Records]
* Wall-E
Thomas Newman, composer
[Walt Disney Records/Pixar]
The cinematic re-release of The Dark Knight to coincide with the Oscars is going to take place on January 23rd, report Variety.
Warner Bros. will re-release “The Dark Knight” on Jan. 23 in a nationwide launch, guaranteeing that it will become the fourth film to take in more than $1 billion in worldwide box office.
“Knight” has cumed $530.3 million domestically and $465.9 million internationally, leaving it less than $4 million short of the billion-dollar milestone. Only “Titanic,” “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” and “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” have topped that mark.
“Knight” also is the second-highest domestic grosser of all time, trailing only “Titanic.”
The re-release will come six weeks after the DVD launch of “Knight,” set for Tuesday.
Dan Fellman, president of Warner’s domestic distribution, made the announcement Thursday. “We wanted to provide one more opportunity for moviegoers to experience it on the bigscreen as it was meant to be seen,” he added.
Thanks jetxj9!
Nick wrote in with this excellent piece of Fan art showing an (old) Oscar poster cleverly defaced by the Joker, created by joshmc at the Fan Art Exhibit.
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