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BREAKING NEWS: Leonardo Dicaprio to star the lead in “Inception”, a film by Christopher Nolan…

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Leonardo Dicaprio is in final negotiations to star in “Inception”, a sci-fi action film written and will be directed by Christopher Nolan (director of “Batman: Begins”/”The Dark Knight”). The film, “Inception”, will be released through Warner Bros. pictures. The plot is kept under wraps and will not reveal what character Leo Dicaprio is playing at this time.

Variety Reports:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118000802.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

What a nice ploy for another box office hit. Will this film be another all star cast like most Christopher Nolan films are?

Who else do you think Nolan will get to star alongside Dicaprio?

My money is on Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, and maybe Maggie Gyllenhaal as the female lead?

The cast to this film maybe interesting.

Kev

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Report: It’s not Batman 3 but Christopher Nolan signs with Warner Bros. to make, “Inception”…

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The “Batman: Begins” and “The Dark Knight” helmer, Christopher Nolan has already signed on to direct his next project with Warner Bros. Nolan will direct a film titled, “Inception”, which is a script that he wrote himself. It is an original film he wrote. “Inception” will be a sci fi/action film. In the article, there is no plot/synopsis but all it says that it’s a contemporary sci-fi actioner set within the architecture of the mind. Emma Thomas will produce the film, she previously produced, “The Dark Knight” with Nolan.

Warner Bros. has been impressed with Christopher Nolan’s work, that they couldn’t pass up the opportunity to work with Nolan again.

The Hollywood Reporter reports:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i15435a14e5c99a2008298c38dea49c30

While I do want Nolan to do one more Batman film, I’m glad he is not doing it this soon. Christopher Nolan has been one of my favorite film directors for years. Even before he became a well known and mainstream director. I look forward to anything Nolan does. I love all of his movies: “Memento”, “Insomnia”, “The Prestige”, etc. Most people know Nolan’s work through the Batman films of course, but I’d suggest everyone check out his earlier films too.

“Memento” that stars Guy Pearce, “Insomnia” that stars Robin Williams and Al Pacino, “The Prestige” a film that stars Hugh Jackman and David Bowie. They’re all amazing films.

People need to stop obsessing with Nolan’s Batman work and appreciate his other films too. I’m sure he won’t dissapoint in, “Inception”. He’s a great storyteller. Looking forward to see who Nolan is going to cast in, “Inception”. I’m sure it will be great.

Kev

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Report: Academy ballot voter speaks out on “The Dark Knight” snub…

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“Dark Knight” fans are not the only people dissapointed and saddened by Oscar snubs for the top categories. Even some of the members of the Academy that voted on the ballots are dissapointed too.

One of them speaks out to E! online saying that “Dark Knight” not getting Best Picture and Christopher Nolan not getting Best Director is a shame, he plans on sending in a “write in” vote on the final ballot, meaning that voters still can fight for it to get nominated. It may not get the “Best Picture” nomination, but Chris Nolan still may have a chance in getting a late nomination addition for “Best Director” if they pursue the write in campaign.

Read more on it here:

http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b80497_oscar_watch_write_off_write_in_dark.html

“Dark Knight” getting ignored by the top categories is pretty unfair to the movie industry, I’m sure Chris Nolan himself might agree on that one ’cause he fought hard to get the film an Oscar nod.

I guess that’s what happens when ego’s and politics get in the way with the Academy Branch.

Kev

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Thought: Why were “The Dark Knight”, Springsteen, Cyrus, and Eastwood snubbed from the Oscars?

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Many shocking Oscar snubs that I’m sure dissapointed many movie fans. “The Dark Knight” was snubbed from the Best Picture Win, they also didn’t get anything for Best Director, Actor/actress, Screenplay, etc.

Clint Eastwood didn’t even get nominated for “Best Actor” in “Gran Torino” or “Best Director” for “Changeling/Gran Torino”. No Clint at the Oscars at all this year? WOW!!!!! SHOCKING!!!! Eastwood usually is at the Oscars every year. I’m sure he’ll still be there in person to enjoy the show though and maybe even present an award although he won’t be winning anything.

Springsteen didn’t even get nominated for his song “The Wrestler”, so I feel bad for the boss of Rock n’ Roll. Oh well, I’m sure he won’t care. I’m sure he’ll think his Golden Globe win, The Superbowl Halftime performance, him performing for Barack Obama at the Inaugural Celebration “We Are One”, and his new album with “Workin’ On a Dream” is good enough for him. I’m sure Springsteen feels bad about the Oscar snub, but hey, life goes on. He’s got better opportunities coming up ahead of him like the Superbowl performance.

The thing with the Academy, that there is so many great films that came out in the year 2008 that they can’t nominate everything, so that’s why the Academy members have to vote on the best work, to see which one is worthy enough. They don’t care about the mainstream popularity of the film or not, they’ll nominate films for the quality of the work. Not caring what the public thinks. It all depends on the voting with the members of the Academy, that’s how they do it with the voting ballots. It’s all about their opinion, they don’t care about the public’s opinion of what we think should be nominated.

As for Eastwood getting snubbed, there is always next time for him to try to star in a movie he directs where he can get Oscar nominated for Best Actor again, there’s always another time for him. He’s won two Best Directors in the past, so hopefully Eastwood will at least win one Best Actor award before he gets too old and his time is out if you know what I mean.

Tom Cruise was also snubbed a nomination for his role as Les Grossman for “Tropic Thunder” so that’s another shocker. As for Miley Cyrus, who cares, I’m sick of Miley.

As for the Academy ignoring the “Dark Knight”, it was a nice try for a comic book superhero movie to get nominated for the first time, it was that close. One day there will be a superhero movie that will land in the Oscars, maybe not the “Dark Knight” but maybe another superhero flick in the future. “The Dark Knight” did get an impressive 8 bids for the Best Pic nomination, so the film came this close. Unfortunately, the other films nominated were more popular than “The Dark Knight”.

Check out this article at Variety:

http://www.variety.com/awardcentral_article/VR1117998922.html?nav=news&categoryid=1982&cs=1

Kev

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Report: Christopher Nolan preparing to work on Batman 3???

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Christopher Nolan is planning a Batman 3 and in the talks of planning a good story for it.

Check it out at MTV News:

http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/01/08/nolan-goyer-are-brainstorming-sequel-ideas-says-dark-knight-producer/

Great news. I’m sure sometime this year, we’ll soon get a press release if Chris is going to do a third one or not.

As for the villains…they should be the Joker, Catwoman and the Penguin. They shouldn’t bring in the Riddler just yet, not this soon.

While no one would want the Heath Ledger Joker to be replaced and he can’t be topped, yes, there is someone that can top the Heath Ledger Joker easily. Mark Hamill anyone? Mark Hamill, the Star Wars guy has been portraying the Joker in animated films for many years and he does an amazing job at it. If Hamill is willing to play a live action version of the Joker, that would be fuckin’ sweet too. I think Hamill will do a great job playing the live action Joker.

Kev

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Report: “The Dark Knight” rises to serious contender…

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When “The Dark Knight” was first released earlier this summer, everyone was hoping for Heath Ledger to get an Oscar award for Best Supporting Actor, it looks like the film may just get more than that. The film is getting very close to getting a nomination for “Best Picture”, “Best Director for Christopher Nolan”, and even Christian Bale is considered for “Best Male In a Leading Role”. Expect the film to get more nominations like “Best Sound”, “Best Editing”, “Best Costuming”, etc.

The only nomination “The Dark Knight” will NOT get is for “Best Musical Score”, remember the Academy disqualified them for the musical score.

The Associated Press reports:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gjvsDg9hAnh78d-tj2WmrfcB-d7QD94S20SG0

If “The Dark Knight”, “Frost/Nixon”, “Milk” and “Benjamin Button” do get nominated for “Best Picture” this year, which they probably will, this will be quite an interesting competition!!

I just know “The Dark Knight” will sweep everything and make history! A comic book superhero film never made the Oscars before and this could be the first time! Lets hope it will be the first time. I would be thrilled if “The Dark Knight” sweeps the Oscars as it would be amazing. If “Lord of the Rings: Return of the King” can do it, so can “The Dark Knight”.

I don’t see “Milk” winning it ’cause that film is about a gay politician and if that film “Milk” gets “Best Picture” award, it could create controversy in the media. I don’t see “Frost/Nixon” winning “Best Picture” because Ron Howard seems to be hogging the Oscars everytime he makes a film, time to give someone else a chance. I don’t think Fincher’s “Benjamin Button” is even worthy of an award.

This is why I think “The Dark Knight” is going to win it no matter who is nominated. I sure can’t wait to see the official nominations. Since the Oscars is on Feb. 22nd of ’09, we’ll get the nominations at the end of January since “The Dark Knight” is coming back out in theaters that month. “The Dark Knight” will win Best Picture for 2009, mark my words.

Kev

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Report: Mayor of Batman, Turkey sues Warner Bros. and Christopher Nolan for “The Dark Knight”…

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Did you know that there is a city named Batman in this world? Yes, it’s true. In the country of Turkey, there is a city there that is mostly an oil-producing city. The mayor is suing Christopher Nolan the director and Warner Bros. studios accusing them of using the Batman name without the city’s permission. The mayor is also blaming them for the high number of unsolved murders and female suicides in the city since the film’s huge success. The mayor will also try to prove that the city of Batman, Turkey predates the 1939 debut of Bob Kane’s superhero in DC comics.

Warner Bros. responded back saying they are only aware of this claim via the press, they have not yet seen any actual legal action by the mayor of Batman, Turkey.

Variety Reports:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117995653.html?categoryid=19&cs=1

This lawsuit won’t even go through. It’s also pretty lame and stupid. And on top of that, I don’t think it’s against the legal copyright laws to use the same town/city name as a fictional character.

Kev

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Report: Christopher Nolan surprised by success of “The Dark Knight”…

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We’re not the only ones surprised of the huge success of “The Dark Knight”, even Christopher Nolan himself is surprised and didn’t even think the film would be this much of a hit.

More on it here:

http://uk.reuters.com/article/burningIssues/idUKSP11985620080729

Heath Ledger being gone is not the reason for “The Dark Knight’s” success, the reason for the Dark Knight’s success is because it’s the best Batman film ever made, a film with perfection.

While I’m sure everyone went to see it just to see Heath as the Joker, I’m sure people saw it because Batman is such a popular comic superhero character. There’s millions of Batman fans out there.

Kev

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Thought: Is the “Dark Knight” Oscar worthy for Best Picture?

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Yes, I know, another “The Dark Knight” post. I can not help myself. The movie is amazing. I love the movie so much, it’s a film with perfection. Everything about the movie is perfect. While everyone is wanting Heath Ledger to get Oscar nominated for “The Dark Knight”, I think the film deserves a lot more nominations.

I think the film is worthy enough for these nominations here: “The Dark Knight” for Best Picture, Christopher Nolan for Best Director, Christopher and Jonathan Nolan for Best Adapted Screenplay, Heath Ledger for Best Actor in a Leading Role (yes, The Joker is the leading villain), Gary Oldman for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Michael Caine for Best Actor in Supporting Role (two way tie), James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer for Best Musical Score, Lindy Hemming for Best Costume Design, “The Dark Knight” for Best Sound and Best Cinematography.

Notice I never listed Christian Bale for anything. His acting was good for Bruce Wayne/Batman but definitely not Oscar worthy. Not only Heath Ledger deserves to be Oscar nominated for this film, the rest of the film does too.

This could possibly be the first Oscar award winning Batman film. This movie is so amazing that I want to see it in theater again and again.

Kev

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Thought: 5 Favorite scenes from “The Dark Knight” MAJOR SPOILERS!!!!…

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Just got back from the 2nd viewing of “The Dark Knight” in theater, and I still think it’s the best film all year long. Here are my 5 favorite scenes from the film in no particular order, spoiler warning of course, so if you haven’t seen the movie yet, do not read this blog entry…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • The opening bank robbery sequence, intro to the Joker. This is when the Joker first shows in the film. The opening bank robbery sequence had me at the edge of my seat.
  • The SWAT police van chase…this is the scene where the Joker is going after Harvey Dent who is in the back of the SWAT police van. Batman tries to chase after them to try and rescue and save Harvey’s life. Amazing camera work during sequence and the pacing of this scene is just spellbinding.
  • Batman confronts the Joker in the police station after the Joker’s been arrested and been taking into custody. This is a pretty moving scene.
  • After Harvey Dent been turned into “Two Face”, he goes around trying to kill people for revenge at the people responsible for trying to kill him and killed his girlfriend Rachael. Batman comes and tries to talk Harvey out of it. Chris Nolan does a great job at getting the audience thinking that Harvey was going to really kill Commissioner Gordon’s family, but of course, Batman to the rescue.
  • The Joker threatens to make plans by sending out two large ferries, one which holds prisoners and the other holds innocent civilians. This is just the Joker’s way of trying to get Batman to reveal himself and turn himself in, Joker orders the people on one of the boats to destroy the other one, if they refuse, Joker will destroy both of them himself by midnight. Nothing happened that night because Batman came to the rescue once again and messed up the Joker’s plans.

While the Joker does indeed survive at the end of the movie, looks like Nolan is saving the Joker for another film so the Joker can team up with other Batman villains. Who should the next Batman villain be in the third one if Nolan does one? It’s probably gonna be the Catwoman because she was also one of the earlier Batman villains after the Joker.

 

 

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There you have it. Feel free to discuss, like I said don’t read this entry if you haven’t seen the film yet and don’t even read the comments if people are replying because they could possibly be talking about the film too.

Kev