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03Oct2008

'Dark Knight' Sequel Not in Pre-Production

DateFriday, October 3, 2008 at 3:04AM
Our position on the next Batman movie has been the same since whenever the rumors started: Don't put much stock in anything you hear. It's easy to understand, because there's never been a franchise movie that's been as big as The Dark Knight. I'd actually argue that there's never been a movie of any kind bigger than The Dark Knight, when you factor in the competitive marketplace, both in terms of theatrical releases and in various forms of other entertainment previous phenomena simply didn't have to deal with.

We've reported these rumors, which I guess promotes the phony news, but we have also argued against every rumor vociferously. Whether it's casting or character development, or in the case of the most recent headlines, that the movie was heading into pre-production in a handful of months, we've said not to buy the hype.

The most recent report was being circulated earlier this week, and we listed several reasons why we didn't think it was true. Turns out it wasn't true, so we kind of wasted our breath, or validated our own position.

IESB talked to some Warner Bros. executives who confirm that there have not even been discussions with Christopher Nolan about a third film yet. He apparently just got back from a month-long vacation, and while the studio would love to make that third movie, it's nowhere close to commencing.

So, if you thought we were down on the notion just to be contrary, just realize how many rumors there have been about this movie already, and realize how stunningly fast the turnaround would be between Batman movies. It's still a couple years away, probably three.

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AuthorColin Boyd | | in , , , , | Print ArticlePrint Article | | Comment1 Comment |

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Re. "there's never been a franchise movie that's been as big as The Dark Knight."
What about Lord of the Rings:Return of the King & Pirates of the Caribbean:Dead Man's Chest? Their worldwide grosses are $1.12 billion & $1.07B respectively. Dark Knight is still under the $1B mark. Or are you talking about domestic BO?

Saturday, October 4, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterKrystal

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