The collective might of bookend blockbusters Iron Man and The Dark Knight may have made summer 2008 a memorable movie season, but how does it rate against other hit-heavy summers?
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Batman has only begun. Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures’ “The Dark Knight,” which opened last weekend to a record $158.4 million and piled up big numbers all week, could add on $75 million or more this weekend. “The Dark Knight,” produced for about $180 million, has two box-office marks squarely in sight.
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While THE DARK KNIGHT continues to break all kinds of box-office records, the folks at JoBlo.com have decided to work through some of the figures to try and figure out whether or not the Batman actually has a chance to beat TITANIC’s $600M record. Post your thoughts as well…
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Is the Dark Knight too violent for a PG-13 rating? It’s an interesting question, and one that no one thinks the government needs to think about. Why then, do some many politicians think the government needs to be involved in gaming? Ars Technica looks at content, context, and a recent New York law.
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“I think the big challenge really in doing a sequel is to build on what you’ve done in the first film, but not abandon the characters, the logic, the tone of the world that you created for the first film,” explained Nolan.
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The Dark Knight concept art from legendary comics artist Bill Sienkiewicz shows Heath Ledger’s Joker looking more crazed than ever. Sienkiewicz was the go-to guy for TDK, and it’s no wonder.
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In the final battle the Joker has rigged two ferries carrying people out of Manhattan to explode. One ferry carries mostly civilians with a substantial National Guard presence. The other ferry contains large numbers of prison inmates and some guards. The Joker has rigged both two explode, and he has given the crew on each [...]

You probably walked out of the theater thinking that was a damned good movie. But I wouldn
’t be me if I weren’t two things: handsome and critical. So instead of posting a bunch of pictures of myself, I’m going to give you 10 things I liked about this Batman flick and 5, yes, 5, things [...]

Apparently, Michael Bay wrote an unsolicited script for The Dark Knight that was ultimately rejected by Warner Bros. Though this is the first I
’ve heard of it, I have the exclusive leaked images to back it up.
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