Wednesday, December 19, 2007

The Dark Knight Returns - Summer 2008



The Dark Knight, a sequel to the 2005 release Batman Begins, which rebooted the Batman franchise after an eight-year hiatus, is scheduled for release Summer 2008. Christopher Nolan, director of Batman Begins, continues as the director of the sequel, which stars Christian Bale again as Batman and Heath Ledger as the Joker. The film follows Batman becoming more of a detective, dealing with the escalated situation from the end of Batman Begins as well as the dilemma of his vigilante crusade, and his friendship with district attorney Harvey Dent, played by Aaron Eckhart.

This movie looks promising as was Batman Begins. The new series is a return to the psychologically dark character of his original 1930s conception; the Joker is certainly psychotic and scary, which keeps in step with the comic books.

Batman and Gordon find alliance with a newly appointed DA Harvey Dent to stop a vicious killer with a warped sense of humor known only as The Joker, the epitome of evil and a threat to Gotham City.


So, pretend the previous Batman movies never happened and get on board with the new series. And don't forget to cast your vote for Harvey Dent, District Attorney.

3 comments:

Reepicheep said...

"Begins" was an awesome redemption of the seriously ridiculous Batman movie franchise of the 90's. Clooney? Keaton? Kilmer? Oh crud.

Arnold? Bat girl? Oh my

"Dark Knight" looks awesome.

Kampfgruppe-H said...

The earlier franchise made the 60s Batman movie (based on the TV series) look like an epic. Sorry, I still haven't recovered from the Danny Devito's role as Penguin.

Reepicheep said...

Jim Carrey actually was a good riddler...I really thought he was maniacal. His character was the only good one in the whole franchise.