Tag: The Dark Knight Rises
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Christopher Nolan Doesn’t Think Tom Hardy Gets Enough Respect For The Dark Knight Rises
“The Dark Knight Rises” is the third and final film in director Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, bringing a close to the legend that started in 2005’s “Batman Begins.” Following the massive critical and financial success of the second chapter in the trilogy, “The Dark Knight,” anticipation was at an all time high for the epic…
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Becoming Bane For The Dark Knight Rises Took Its Toll On Tom Hardy
Tom Hardy is no stranger to putting his body through workout hell in order to bulk up for a role. His performances in “Warrior” and “Bronson” are testaments to that, as they are to his ability to wield the physicality in mesmerizing ways in action scenes. It’s one of the reasons why his portrayal of…
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Christopher Nolan Looked To Blade Runner For A Key Part Of Batman Begins
Each of the films in Christopher Nolan’s “Dark Knight” trilogy carved out its own distinct look in terms of Gotham City. The cityscape in Batman’s turf evolved in such a way that it was as if Gotham became every city.Nolan and his crew shot “The Dark Knight” mostly in Chicago, using recognizable landmarks such as the…
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Can ‘The Lost City’ Top ‘The Batman’?
The Batman crossed $300 million domestic on Sunday and $600 million worldwide earlier this week, and it will soon fly past the grosses of Batman v Superman ($330 million) and Joker ($335 million) to become the third highest grossing Batman film domestically behind The Dark Knight ($535 million) and The Dark Knight Rises ($448 million).…
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Zoë Kravitz Addresses ‘Clickbait’ ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Audition Claims: ‘Let’s All Calm Down’
Zoë Kravitz took to Instagram Stories to clarify her previous comments to The Guardian about being told she was too “urban” to audition for “The Dark Knight Rises.”Before being cast as Catwoman in Matt Reeves’ “The Batman,” Kravitz recalled being up against casting discrimination when attempting to audition for a small role in Christopher Nolan’s…
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‘The Batman’ Begins With Promising $57 Million Opening Day at Domestic Box Office
The 2022 box office has its first juggernaut. After years of promotion and more than few delays due to Covid-19, “The Batman” finally hit movie theaters this weekend. The Warner Bros. release grossed a hefty $57 million from 4,417 locations in its opening day, though that’s a sum that includes $21.6 million from Thursday preview…
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How can the Eternals franchise be saved?
Oscar-winner Chloé Zhao’s intergalactic adventure is the lowest-rated Marvel film to date but the series is set to continueWay back in 2008, a little movie named Iron Man introduced us to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Debuting the same year as Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight, it featured many of the same themes as the Batman…
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Christopher Nolan Exits Warner Bros. After Nearly Two Decades, New Film Set Up at Universal
Christopher Nolan is officially leaving Warner Bros. after 19 years. Deadline confirms the director’s next movie, a biographical drama about J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atom bomb, has landed at Universal Pictures. Since 2002’s “Memento” and through 2020’s “Tenet,” Nolan made all of his movies for Warner Bros. Nolan’s…
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‘Tenet’ Gets a B CinemaScore, Christopher Nolan’s Lowest Since ‘The Prestige’
Audience word-of-mouth is in on Christopher Nolan’s time-bending return to screens “Tenet.” According to CinemaScore, which polls audiences to grade films on a scale from F to A+, “Tenet” has received a B rating. That’s not a death knell, but it’s likely below expectations for audience-beloved Nolan and “Tenet” distributor Warner Bros., already fielding mixed…