Now, if you're reading the blog's title, then you should know one thing — we're blatantly lying to you, ha-ha! We're not going post any movie reviews here — well, may be from time to time — only movie previews — based on rumors, news, leaks and so on. But those previews will be pretty far from bad. At least, that’s what I hope for. May my hopes be not disappointed.
Now, having tattooed my motto across my chest, I should start off. And the motto goes as: "Rumors are my food, trivia is my dessert". Clunky, but true.
Well, I guess I should begin with summing up all we got to know about The Dark Knight — a sequel to Batman Begins, that had managed to totally reboot the whole Batman series — the later being on it's way down due to some sordid Joel Schumacher efforts.
So, Christian Bale is again Batman, Sir Michael Caine is Alfred, Gary Oldman is Lt. Gordon and Morgan Freeman is Lucius Fox. There are also some newcomers, as we already know that this time Batman will cross his ways with the Joker. The giggling sinister is played by the Brokeback Mountain star Heath Ledger. Heath was chosen to play Joker after Sean Penn, Adrian Brody, Robin Williams and Paul Bettany proved to be not... err... weird enough. Will Ledger's specific Brokeback talents help him to overpower the winged black latex guy? Scarcely likely...
Another new guy Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent/Two-Face. Mr. Eckhart was two-face enough to win the casting race against Hugh Jackman and Ryan Philippe.
We have casualties, though. Katie Holmes is out, having turned down almost a $2 million salary. Is it due to marriage or Ron Hubbard that her brain suffers an oxygen shortage? Anyways, she's substituted as Rachel Dawes by Maggie Gyllenhaal. The presence of Cillian Murphy (Scarecrow in Batman Begins) is also rumored.
Despite having one death on the filming site in Chicago (an unnamed special effects expert died following Batmobile in his car), The Dark Knight should collect a nice box office. Death of a crew member is a bad sign, but the absence of "Batman" in the title might be a good one. The movie is due to hit cinemas on July 18, 2008.
I only long for one thing — Mr. Bale should definitely work on his Batman voice. After all, the Dark Knight needs to sound intimidating, not constipated, doesn't he?
