Dark Knight Mania

As promised, we’ve rounded up all of the images that we can find (legally) from The Dark Knight.

If you’re anything like me then you are counting down the hours until The Dark Knight is released. Well, it looks like the Joker has the film on his mind too. He laid waste to all the promotional items that Warner Bros. has put out for the most anticipated movie of the year.

Our illustrious Executive Editor Neil Miller has said this film “will pretty much make a billion dollars on opening weekend.” Is that possible?

As part of our ongoing coverage of the mass media hysteria that is The Dark Knight, please enjoy these two behind the scenes looks at possibly the biggest film of 2008.

Robert Fure takes a look at all of the actors who have donned the cape and cowl in cinematic history. Who will emerge as the greatest of all-time? Find out here.

No other superhero has changed faces or directions more, for better or worse, than the Caped Crusader. Batman’s long strange trip through film is a tale of success, followed by a hellacious fall. But as Alfred would remind us, “Why do we fall,sir? So we can learn to pick ourselves up.”

There is a world of difference between a movie shot specifically for the IMAX screen and one that it simply blown up to fit the format. It’s like the difference between watching an old Super8 movie reel and a big-budget summer blockbuster.

The year’s most anticipated summer film is still weeks away, but that doesn’t mean we can’t give you a first-hand account of its brilliance. Yeah, that’s right — we said brilliance. Behold, the epic spectacle that is The Dark Knight.

I mean who wouldn’t want to be cruising around in Batman’s ride, only to have it transform into a giant ass kicking robot? Doesn’t everyone dream of that?

One look through his filmography and any ardent fan of film can see it — Christopher Nolan knows how to make a very original, engaging drama. But with The Dark Knight he took on a new challenge — making a sequel that raised the bar and would satisfy Batman’s millions of fans.

This week we continue our romp through Summer Movie Season 2008 by introducing our biggest, most epic feature yet: our Official Guide to The Dark Knight.

Batman first appeared on the scene to fight off the evils of Gotham City back in 1939. And now, nearly 70 years later his following is bigger than ever, with him at the forefront of one of Hollywood’s most anticipated films of 2008. We walk you through his history on paper, from the first time he was drawn by Bob Kane to his most modern incarnations.

Ever since we announced that these two props would be going on tour a few days back, the demand to publish a full list of locations and dates has been high. With that in mind, we are happy to bring you a full list of event dates and locations.

Fans like to go to midnight showings of a big film. It’s exciting, a way to be one of the first to see a special movie, like The Dark Knight. But unless you already have your ticket to that midnight show you might be seeing The Dark Knight in the light of early morning.

If you’re in the Columbus area on the evening of July 17th, come to the Landmark Gateway Theatre to see the midnight show of The Dark Knight and join in a spirited panel discussion of comic book movies.

There has been tons of speculation around which trailers will occupy the prime real estate in front of the year’s most anticipated summer film, Warner Bros. The Dark Knight. Here is some more…

If there is one thing that you should be doing in preparation for the release of The Dark Knight on July 18th, you should be looking for the nearest IMAX theater in which you can experience the film’s truly epic scale. Thankfully, we have this very handy list of locations…

Some have called it the marketing campaign that just won’t die. Others, myself included, have dubbed it the most complex, interesting and utterly brilliant marketing campaign since the dawn of the internet. Either way we can all agree on one thing, there had better be a kick-ass film at the end of all these shenanigans.

Avid FSR reader and fellow Ohioan Seann sent in a report last night from the appearance of the Bat-Pod in Cincinnati, Ohio.

I suppose that it is becoming obvious that this film, this Batman sequel The Dark Knight is coming out soon — it would have to be, seeing as the web is all abuzz with Dark Knight this and Dark Knight that.