The Dark Knight Rises - Pre-release Discussion [** NO SPOILERS PLEASE **]

Mellor

The chanting in the promo.
People could go online and record their version of it. Then they sample it to make the chants that appear in the movie (im assuming it appears in scene somewhere)

The Master

Here's the link

http://www.ujam.com/campaigns/darkknightrises/introduction

You have till the end of the month to add your voice to the chant

paddy kerins

It has beguunn!!

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/Wolvie09/news/?a=50837

The King of Moo

An interesting snippet from an interview with Gary Oldman, nothing too spoilery.

http://io9.com/5866162/the-latest-top-choices-to-play-the-main-villain-in-the-star-trek-sequel-plus-crucial-details-about-peter-wellers-character

Gary Oldman talks some more about Jim Gordon's role in the movie, in the process revealing how Harvey Dent will have at least a small presence in the film:

"We find [Gordon] — obviously I can't give too much away because I'm sworn to secrecy — but when we meet him, things are calmer in Gotham. It's reminiscent of the Gordon that we met in the first one. There's a world-weariness to him, and even though things on the surface are now calmer, he's cleaned up Gotham with the Harvey Dent Act, it's seething underneath."

He doesn't elaborate on exactly what the Harvey Dent Act is, but I think it's safe to assume it's some way of beefing up the city's law enforcement powers. [Moviefone]

I wonder what the Harvey Dent Act is? I think some kind of anti-organised crime act.

krudler

The King of Moo wrote: »

I wonder what the Harvey Dent Act is? I think some kind of anti-organised crime act.

Dent is still alive and performing a one man show off broadway?

Sad Professor

It lends credence to the idea that things are relatively peaceful during the 8 year gap before Bane arrives on the scene. So it's possible Batman will be in a state of semi-retirement at the start of the film. Personally I really like this idea as it means the end of TDK (Batman taking the fall for Harvey, etc) really meant something in the long-run.

And I actually think if you really listen to what Gordon says in the TDK epilogue it supports the idea that Batman is going away and isn't needed anymore.

hawesome145

Who is Dr Leonid Pavel....

paddy kerins

Extra died on set during Wall Street filming

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/NerdyGeek/news/?a=50865

RIP


EDIT: Also it looks like a trailer could be released later today if this countdown is anything to go by

Handsome Bob

*PROLOGUE DESCRIPTION SPOILERS*

After a brief introduction by director Christopher Nolan, Warner Bros. screened roughly the first seven minutes of The Dark Knight Rises for an eager collection of media at the Universal City IMAX theater. The prologue begins where The Dark Knight left off, with Commissioner Gordon's public eulogy of the late District Attorney Harvey Dent before segueing to a massive action set-piece set somewhere in the Central Asian wilderness.

The prologue ties directly in with the viral marketing campaign "Operation Early Bird" and the "leaked CIA memos" about missing Russian nuclear physicist Dr. Leonid Pavel (Alon Abutbul). As the viral marketing materials have established, the CIA is making a deal with local militia to turn Dr. Pavel over to them. Needless to say, Bane throws a wrench into the CIA's machine. Consider yourself warned about reading on from here, but per the studio we're forbidden from giving you a blow-by-blow account of the IMAX prologue.

The CIA picks up their prisoner, Dr. Pavel, from some local militia who also offer the spies a bonus: Three prisoners with ties to the notorious masked mercenary known as "Bane." As the CIA's black ops flight soars over the countryside (this was the sequence shot over Scotland that included a stuntman plunging into a local's roof!), we soon realize the CIA agent (played by The Wire and Game of Thrones' Aidan Gillen) is not as in control as he believes.

Long story short and no real surprise: One of the masked prisoners is in fact Bane. The CIA are, in fact, his prisoner. The CIA agents learn the hard way not to mess with Bane in a mid-air action sequence that could only be more Bond-like if it ended with a Carly Simon song playing over the opening credits.

Overall, this was a very sweet action set-piece (accomplished using mostly practical effects) that hearkened back to The Dark Knight in a couple of key ways: It opens with introducing the main villain already established and in mid-crime, and uses a set-piece that nods to the CIA "Skyhook" extraction maneuver Batman borrowed for his Hong Kong mission in the last film.

We have one major gripe with this otherwise very cool action-packed opening: No one could understand what Bane was saying! I spoke to a number of people afterward and we all had trouble making out what Bane was saying. I understand wanting the audience to pay close attention, but Bane's voice is muffled by his mask. Bane's words are important to the plot and help explain why he and his henchmen are willing to sacrifice themselves to accomplish their mission. Hardy's Bane voice sounded distinct and cool, but again it's pretty important that we hear exactly what he's saying! Here's hoping they dub Hardy's voice to a higher decibel level in post so that nothing's left to chance.

The prologue ended with a brief sizzle reel (not all of which, we learned after, will make it into the upcoming new Dark Knight Rises trailer). There was brief new footage of Anne Hathaway as Catwoman and Selina Kyle, Christian Bale as Batman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt's John Blake, the new Bat-aerial assault vehicle, massive brawling on the streets of wintry Gotham, and, of course, Hardy as Bane. The final awesome shot of Bane will send a chill up the spine of every Bat-fan!

http://ie.movies.ign.com/articles/121/1214310p1.html

Awfully disappointing about the alleged issues with the voice, I'm sure Nolan will fix it post production, but jesus I would have hoped that he would have already had the time to properly dub 6 minutes of footage.

hawesome145

www.operationearlybird.com
referred to in one of the viral CIA documents, go here and there is a counter counting down, should reach zero at 6 this eve. Speculation as to what it might be but internet sites (as per IMDB) reckon its either the prologue or trailer.

Temaz

hawesome145 wrote: »

www.operationearlybird.com
referred to in one of the viral CIA documents, go here and there is a counter counting down, should reach zero at 6 this eve. Speculation as to what it might be but internet sites (as per IMDB) reckon its either the prologue or trailer.

Not long to go!!

ricero

what do you think it will be ? hope its a trailer or prologue

Elessar

Aaaaand it's down.

Handsome Bob

Lol, too many peeps on the site I imagine.

ricero

yup its down for me aswell. anyway have a clue to what it is

Temaz

Nothing:mad:

Boo Radley

Elessar wrote: »

Aaaaand it's down.

If at first you don't succeed, refresh and refresh again.

ricero

Boo Radley wrote: »

If at first you don't succeed, refresh and refresh again.

what is it have you seen it ?

Average-Ro

Well the address seems to indicate it's some kind of map...

Average-Ro

Got it there:

It's a map of America with 7 points marked on it; each with the time 10pm and date 13/12/2011.

cursai

???????

cursai

Its like a bad grand theft auto map!!!!

Boo Radley

Average-Ro wrote: »

Got it there:

It's a map of America with 7 points marked on it; each with the time 10pm and date 13/12/2011.

I presume that these locations will probably show the first screening of the prologues. Early bird and all that.

Average-Ro

Sorry, 9 points on a map. Shows the locations of 9 differrent IMAX theatres. Probably when and where they will be showing the prolouge or trailer.

Should I even be spoilering this? It's there for all to see.

Sasquatch76

Average-Ro wrote: »

Sorry, 9 points on a map. Shows the locations of 9 differrent IMAX theatres. Probably when and where they will be showing the prolouge or trailer.

Any of them points in Raheny by any chance? :pac:

First showings of the prologue?

Boo Radley

More lights added. Some in the UK now.

Boo Radley

Select buy tickets when zoomed in and you see:

"A special preview screening showing the six-minute opening sequence of The Dark Knight Rises, the final instalment of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy"

ricero

major letdown

Boo Radley

ricero wrote: »

major letdown

Aye. Mind you I entered the longitude and latitude of the cinema in London and got 'invalid coordinates' returned.

Perhaps the correct coordinates reveals something else.