It’s been a crazy 48 hours for The Dark Knight Rises advertising campaign. From new posters, to new images from the film, and today massive brand new banners. (click on them to see them in their full size)
It won’t be long now, with new T.V. spots debuting yesterday, along with the simulmtationus promo’s going with the NBA Playoffs – this is a well oiled machine that has just begun revving it’s pistons.
The new banners are pretty bad-ass, very action, and dramatic, I think we will see this blown up and plastered all over movie theaters across the country.
We get a show down between Bane’s army and Batman, Anne Hathaway on the Batpod, and a solo banners of Bane and Batman.
Bane has let us all know that he is “Gotham’s Reckoning” and that “Gotham’s Liberation” I can’t wait to see what he means on July 20th, 2012.
In a new interview with Vulture, Tom Hardy dished on playing Bane in the upcoming The Dark Knight Rises, internet comments directed at him, and his new massive stardom.
Tom Hardy on The Dark Knight Rises:
To me, it’s about the characters, it’s about the film, it’s about the process of making stunning visuals and a huge, epic movie. It doesn’t matter if my head was covered in a black plastic bag and I was bouncing around in a space hopper: That’s the villain of Chris Nolan’s Batman!
On his fame, and what might happen after The Dark Knight Rises comes out:
I hope that every engagement is just as amicable as it normally is. Maybe it’s a little ambitious of me to presume that no matter how big the film is, that I can always go down to the shop to buy a pint of milk. I don’t think that anything should really be allowed to interfere with that, and it would be silly of me not to make the effort to go down to the shop to buy a pint of milk because I thought I was too big or too famous to do that. And it’s certainly not a lesson that I want to give to my son! Fame and stuff like that is all very cool, but at the end of the day, we’re all human beings. Although what I do is incredibly surreal and fun and amazing and I’m really grateful for it, I don’t believe my own press release, do you know what I mean?
Asked if he ever read what people write about him online:
Yeah, ’cause in my head, I’m still not famous. It’s like, “Hey, I’m on this site!” Or [to my fiancée], “Look at what we were wearing last night! And everyone says you look great.” And then someone will say, “Tom Hardy is a c**t because … ” What? WHAT?
And then do you reply anonymously?
Yes, sometimes! Wouldn’t you? Sometimes no one’s defending my corner! And then what you find — I’ve done it before — is that it’s a forest fire that you can’t put out. It’s like [when commenters say], “Is he gay? Isn’t he gay?” Does it matter? Does it actually?
Asked about his commitment to each role, in terms of changing his look at body, and what he did for Lawless?
Well, I wanted to be skinny. Skinny, like I am now — maybe a little skinnier. ButBatman came in, and then I needed to be bigger. I had six months to train, but there was a three-month period where Lawless was being filmed at that time, so I had to train during Lawless, so that’s why I was physically the size that I was. Luckily, Shia was physically big as well so it kind of worked, but I would have preferred to be more Billy Bob Thornton–sized.
Asked if the dramatic body transformations take a toll on him?
Shifting your weight fucks up your liver! You’ve got to be careful. It’s the end of that for me.
Here’s what Hardy said when asked about his role as Al Capone in Cicero…
I’m really excited about it. The thing about me is, I have a job to do right now and I always focus on my next one. The thing I have to do right now is Mad Max, but I’m looking over the top going, “And Al Capone is over there!” And they say, “Tom, you’ve got to do Mad Max first.”
Asked about his career security now that he is a star…
Psychologically, yeah. I’ve got this one here, and that job there, and if that one falls through, then I’ve got this one here. But I can always teach, or just be a dad, you know? Because you know what? My son would really like to see me.
I’ve become a massive Tom Hardy fan, I’ve gone back to watch everything he was in before Inception, when I, like millions of others noticed him. He can play so many characters, and has, from drama, to thriller, to romantic comedy, he seemingly can do it all.
With a loaded plate going forward, next up obviously is his anticipated role as Bane, followed by the western Lawless, he is also scheduled to play Al Capone, as well as reboot Mad Max.
One thing is for sure, Hardy’s star is already bright, but once The Dark Knight Rises hits, he will be in a different stratosphere.
Yesterday, we got seven character posters , today we get seven images from the actual film. It’s clear the marketing campaign is in full force.
In the new pictures, we see Anne Hathaway as Catwoman, Nolan on set, Christian Bale in his full Batman garb, and my favorite image is the one up top of Tom Hardy as Bane, just looks great.
We even get our first image of Joseph Gordon-Levitt as police officer John Blake
I’m sure we will be getting tons of new looks, as we’re only 58 days away from the theatrical release of The Dark Knight Rises on July 20th, 2012.
The one above is the new theatrical poster, and a very lazy one at that. Very disappointing in the lack of effort made here, they took the first ever teaser poster, and threw in some red/orange and a picture of Batman.
Really? Can we get some creativity? Just a little.
Then today, we got six (better) character posters – two each of Batman played by Christian Bale, Bane played by Tom Hardy, and Catwoman played by Anne Hathaway.
I like the character posters a lot, they have a good feel to them, even showcasing snow, which we know Christopher Nolan likes, and I’m sure we will see a cold Gotham in The Dark Knight Rises on July 20th, 2012.
The film also stars Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Marion Cotillard, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
Synopsis:
Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ “The Dark Knight Rises” is the epic conclusion to filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, Leading an all-star international cast, Oscar winner Christian Bale again plays the dual role of Bruce Wayne/Batman. The film also stars Anne Hathaway, as Selina Kyle; Tom Hardy, as Bane; Oscar winner Marion Cotillard, as Miranda Tate; and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, as John Blake. Returning to the main cast, Oscar winner Michael Caine plays Alfred; Gary Oldman is Commissioner Gordon; and Oscar winner Morgan Freeman reprises the role of Lucius Fox. The screenplay is written by Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan, story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer. The film is produced by Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan and Charles Roven, who previously teamed on Batman Begins and the record-breaking blockbuster The Dark Knight.
I’m sure you remember in Middle School, or High School, being assigned F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel, and it’s been adapted into a film two times already; once in 1949, and again in 1974.
This time, Baz Luhrmann will adapt the novel, providing the same dramatic romance touch that he did with Moulin Rouge and Romeo + Juliet.
As you can see from the trailer, this Gatsby will not slack on the flair or pomp and circumstance.
But I’m not buying it.
First of all using No Church in the Wild by Jay-Z and Kanye West for a film like this…REALLY?!?
Overall the musical choices in the trailer were awful, and the film just doesn’t feel special, or different, or exciting. And while there is a superb cast centering around Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, and Isla Fisher, I’m not wowed.
Leo looks like he’s going to coast through another role, Maguire is bland, so I suppose you can only bank on Mulligan to shine in this film, as she previously has in Shame, Drive, and Never Let Me Go.
Oh and let’s not forget this piece of bad news…The Great Gatsbyopens in 3D – on December 25th, 2012.
Synopsis:
The Great Gatsby follows Fitzgerald-like, would-be writer Nick Carraway as he leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922, an era of loosening morals, glittering jazz and bootleg kings. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick lands next door to a mysterious, party-giving millionaire, Jay Gatsby, and across the bay from his cousin, Daisy, and her philandering, blue-blooded husband, Tom Buchanan. It is thus that Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the super rich, their illusions, loves and deceits. As Nick bears witness, within and without the world he inhabits, he pens a tale of impossible love, incorruptible dreams and high-octane tragedy, and holds a mirror to our own modern times and struggles.
Anthony Mackie is one of my favorite actors in Hollywood today, and is slowly building quite the impressive resume.
Now Mackie is joining Ben Affleck, Justin Timberlake, and Project X standout Oliver Cooper in Runner Runner, a gambling film coming from the director of The Lincoln Lawyer, Brad Furman.
The film “revolves around the world of offshore online gaming and an increasingly tense relationship between a business founder and his protege.”
We haven’t had a great film that touched on the world of gambling in a long time, much less the modern, internet age of gambling, so this should be great.
Not to mention the guys writing the script are the same that wrote the great poker movie, Rounders.
Natalie Portman, who has taken a break from acting due to the birth of her child recently, is apparently circling roles, and getting ready to get in front of the camera again. She can next be seen in two projects by Terrence Malick – Lawless and Knight of Cups.
Lynne Ramsay, who directed the 2011 thriller We Need to Talk About Kevin, has recruited Portman for Jane Got a Gun, a western that found itself on the Black List at the end of 2011.
Here’s how Jane Got a Gun was summarized a while ago:
“After her outlaw husband returns home barely alive with eight bullet wounds, Jane reluctantly reaches out to an ex-lover whom she hasn’t seen in over 10 years to help her defend her farm when the time comes that her husband’s gang eventually tracks him down to finish the job.”
Portman in a western, blasting guns left and right, I hope so, sign me up.
