The Dark Knight: Last News

Heath Ledger as The Joker in The Dark Knight left co-star Sir Michael Caine “terrified”, according to the latter’s memoir.Ledger would play the iconic Batman villain in Christopher Nolan’s 2008 blockbuster, redefining the role in a performance that would win an Oscar. The actor died in January 2008, four months before the release of the film, after overdosing on prescription drugs. He was 28 years old.Caine, who played Bruce Wayne’s butler Alfred in the movie, recalled working with him in his book Don’t Look Back, You’ll Trip Over: My Guide to Life.“The smeared makeup, the weird hair, the strange voice.

Michael Caine is getting candid on the late Heath Ledger.The English actor, 92, released his newest memoir, “Don’t Look Back, You’ll Trip Over: My Guide to Life,” in the US on Tuesday and spoke about his time with the late star.Caine worked with Ledger on the second film in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy — 2008’s “The Dark Knight” — and remembers him as a “lovely guy, very gentle and unassuming.”But when it came to transforming into the role of the Joker, Caine recalled that Ledger could turn it on for the cameras.“It was chilling. Absolutely floored me the first time I saw him in action — I was terrified!” he writes in the memoir.Caine notes that Ledger would go on to be remembered as a “great actor.” The Hollywood star died in New York City in January 2008 from an accidental overdose at age 28.“You think of what he might have gone on to achieve, it’s just heartbreaking.

The Dark Knight Rises.The Oscar-winner played the role of villain Talia al Ghul in the 2012 Christopher Nolan film, which marked the final chapter of his Batman trilogy.However, her demise in a crashed vehicle was seen as somewhat awkward by fans, and Cotillard has said in a new interview with Les rencontres du Papotin (via Variety) that she “didn’t nail that scene”.“I didn’t find the right position,” she added. “I didn’t find the right way… I was stressed.

Gladiator and Dune composer, Hans Zimmer, has been commissioned to write a new interpretation of the national anthem of Saudi Arabia.Turki Alalshikh, chairman of the country’s General Entertainment Authority, announced the news via X (formerly Twitter) ahead of the composer’s live performance in Riyadh on January 24. He shared a picture of himself with Zimmer, and revealed that the title of the piece will be simply ‘Arabia’.Translated from Arabic, the post reads: “Today I met someone who is considered one of the greatest musicians of our time… the legend Hans Zimmer.“We discussed a lot about many future projects that I hope will see the light of day soon… including redistributing the Saudi national anthem with different instruments, as well as making a musical piece called ‘Arabia’ inspired by my dear country, and also making a very large concert with a new idea for the Riyadh season in the coming years”.التقيت اليوم بشخص يعتبر من أعظم الموسيقيين في عصرنا الحاضر…الأسطورة Hans Zimmer …تناقشنا كثيرا في العديد من المشاريع المستقبلية التي أتمنى أن ترى النور قريبا… ومنها إعادة توزيع النشيد الوطني السعودي بآلات مختلفة وأيضا عمل مقطوعة موسيقية بمسمى Arabia مستوحاة من بلدي الغالي… pic.twitter.com/KoI26t4iRl— TURKI ALALSHIKH (@Turki_alalshikh) January 20, 2025Alalshikh also disclosed that Zimmer may be involved in the production of the Saudi film The Battle of Yarmouk, saying they “agreed on the broad outlines of all these projects” and he hoped they “will reach a final agreement on them”.Zimmer is one of the most celebrated film composers of all time, having composed music for over 150 movies including The Dark Knight Trilogy, Interstellar and Dunkirk for Christopher Nolan; as well as animated classic The Lion King.

Call Me By Your Name star Armie Hammer has been cast in vigilante thriller The Dark Knight, continuing a comeback for the actor who has been away from the film industry since 2021.As reported by Variety, the film is about a character called Sanders, who takes to the streets looking to take justice into his own hands hunting criminals. He becomes a social media sensation, with his public status as a hero contrasting with the opinion of a police chief, who sees him as a scourge to society.The film will be written and directed by German filmmaker Uwe Boll, best known for 2005 video game adaptation Alone In The Dark.The title of the film, as well as the broad subject matter, is reminiscent of the Batman franchise, with Christopher Nolan’s 2008 film The Dark Knight having the same name.

Joaquin Phoenix has revealed that he was once approached by Christopher Nolan about playing the Joker in The Dark Knight.The actor, who went on to win an Oscar for playing the same character in Todd Phillips’ 2019 film Joker, and returned for its maligned 2024 sequel Joker: Folie à Deux, opened up about his previous close encounter with the Batman villain in a new interview with Rick Rubin.During an appearance on Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin, he recalled a meeting with Nolan as the director was preparing to cast the beloved 2008 film.“I remember I talked to Chris Nolan about The Dark Knight and that didn’t happen for whatever reason,” he said. “I wasn’t ready then.

Christopher Nolan, Quentin Tarantino and Steven Spielberg among the favourites.The conversation was prompted by a Reddit user, who cited the opening of this year’s Deadpool & Wolverine as a standout. In that scene, Ryan Reynolds’ character resurrects his corpse to fight off a squadron of Time Variance Authority officers, set to *NSYNC’s ‘Bye Bye Bye’.The comment opened up a discussion that took in countless classic movies, many of which have opening sequences that linger long in the memory.One of the most popular replies came from a user who selected Tarantino’s 2009 World War II drama Inglourious Basterds.

DC, according to reports.The villain was previously seen in Christopher Nolan’s 2021 movie, The Dark Knight Rises and was portrayed in that by Tom Hardy.Sources have told The Hollywood Reporter that Bane, along with another supervillain Deathstroke, are being put together for a new DC movie.The outlet reports that the James Gunn and Peter Safran-led DC Studios are developing a script from Matthew Orton, who was a writer on the upcoming Captain America: Brave New World movie. They report that as yet, there is no director attached to the project.NME has reached out to DC for comment.It’s been a busy few weeks for DC with the new Joker movie, Joker: Folie à Deux arriving in cinemas this week, starring Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn and Joaquin Phoenix as the titular villain.

The Dark Knight fans have taken to social media to celebrate the film’s 16-year anniversary, praising it as the “the greatest superhero movie” of all time.The second film in Christopher Nolan‘s Batman trilogy was released on Jul 18, 2008 and went on to gross over $1billion at the global box office from a production budget $185million.Starring Christian Bale as the titular vigilante, The Dark Knight sees Batman come face to with Heath Ledger’s sadistic Joker, who threatens to throw Gotham City into total chaos with a number of elaborate terrorist acts.Ledger, who passed away before the film’s release, received strong acclaim for his performance as The Joker, winning the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.On The Dark Knight‘s 16th anniversary, fans have been taking to social media to pay tribute to the film, which many consider to be the greatest superhero movie of all time.“The first comic book film to ever receive major Academy Awards recognition as well as the first comic book film to ever cross the $1B mark at the global box office,” one person posted on X. “The film completely revolutionised the superhero genre & modern day blockbuster filmmaking overall, becoming a massive critical, financial, & cultural phenomenon.“It is considered one of the greatest comic book films of all time, one of the greatest sequels ever made, & one of the best films of the 21st Century.

Christopher Nolan was initially “hesitant” to make The Dark Knight, the director’s brother has revealed.In 2003, Warner Bros. Pictures tapped Memento director Christopher Nolan to helm an untitled Batman film, which was released in 2005 titled Batman Begins.

Billie Eilish credits Christian Bale for helping her realize her boyfriend wasn’t meeting her superhero standards. In a new interview with “Chicken Shop Date” host Amelia Dimoldenberg, the 22-year-old “Bad Guy” singer and her brother and collaborator Finneas, 26, got on the topic of superheroes. Eilish admitted she doesn’t “know much” about the genre but claimed Bale in “The Dark Knight” is “the one” and her “favorite.” “I gotta be real,” she confessed, “A couple years ago, I had a dream about Christian Bale, and it was in a little cafe in the sunlight, and it made me realize I had to break up with my boyfriend at the time,” Eilish said as they all burst into laughter.

Christopher Nolan has revealed that there is a line of dialogue in his 2008 film The Dark Knight that continues to “plague” him to this day.The director made the admission in a new interview with Deadline, where he found himself discussing how the real Robert Oppenheimer was treated poorly by the US government after his role in the Second World War.In Nolan’s Oppenheimer, the real-life American physicist who played a pivotal role in the creation of the atomic bomb in World War II is played by Cillian Murphy.Often dubbed ‘the father of the atomic bomb’, Oppenheimer was instrumental in the development of the nuclear weapons that were used in the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, the only use of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict in human history.And yet, as Nolan explains, it is a line from The Dark Knight that he feels resonates with the real Oppenheimer’s plight.“I’m plagued by a line from The Dark Knight, and I’m plagued by it because I didn’t write it,” Nolan said. “My brother [Jonathan] wrote it.

“The Drew Barrymore Show” to promote his AppleTV+ series, “Slow Horses,” Oldman, 65 – who is father to sons Alfie, Gulliver and Charlie and step-son William – said that he was cast in the “Harry Potter” movies shortly after divorcing his ex-wife, Donya Fiorentino, in 2001.“At 42 years old, I woke up divorced and I had custody of these boys and so that, in itself, was hard because there was a shift in the industry where a lot of productions were being [filmed in], it was Hungary, Budapest, Prague, Australia, you know, all of these places,” he told Drew Barrymore, 48. Barrymore interjected to explain that global filming locations shifted because of “tax reasons.” As a result, Oldman said he “turned down a lot of work” in order to be with his children.“Thank God for ‘Harry Potter,’” he said.

How does a filmmaker figure out which villain to use a superhero film? Sometimes, it feels as if the studio mandates that a certain villain is included. But in the creation of the three ‘Dark Knight’ films, filmmaker Christopher Nolan and writer David S.

Rotten Tomatoes has marked its 25th anniversary by asking users to submit their top films of the past quarter-century. Filmmaker Christopher Nolan has reigned supreme, with movies including Inception clinching the high positions.At Number One is Nolan’s 2008 film The Dark Knight, followed by his 2014 movie Interstellar and 2010 film Inception.Another director who has more than one film in the Top 10 is Peter Jackson, with two installments of his The Lord Of The Rings movies landing in the list.Top 10 – greatest films of the last 25 years:01. The Dark Knight02. Interstellar03. Inception04. The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King05. Avengers: Endgame06. The Matrix07. The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring08. Parasite09. Everything Everywhere All At Once10. The Lord Of The Rings: The Two TowersDropping just outside the Top 10 is Saving Private Ryan (1998) and Fight Club (1999).

Is 2023 the year Jonathan Majors becomes a household name? With “Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania” and “Creed III” in theaters soon and “Magazine Dreams” doing well with critics at Sundance last month, it sure looks that way. And for Majors, it’s the fruition of a dream whose inspiration comes from a seminal moment as a high-school senior, when he watched Heath Ledger‘s legendary performance as The Joker in Christopher Nolan‘s “The Dark Knight.” READ MORE: ‘Magazine Dreams’ Review: Jonathan Majors Shoulders The Weight Of This Incel, Bodybuilder Drama [Sundance] IndieWire (via EW) reports that Majors’ first viewing of Ledger in Nolan’s 2008 film fueled his ambition to become an actor.

Even though Matt Damon has appeared in a number of high-profile roles in massive box office hits and awards-worthy features, he’s probably turned down just as many. And in a recent interview, he details a few of those roles, including a couple of superhero-y ones.