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The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan recently spoke with The New York Times about his upcoming sequel to 2005's fan-favorite film, Batman Begins; and the online news publication has a featured article on this summer's tentpole DC project. Believed to cost $180 million, The Dark Knight features a slew of Gotham's heavy hitters including Bruce Wayne, Jim Gordon, Harvey Dent, and the villainous Joker.
According to the NYT article, Nolan is not using second units for shooting on the film, ensuring his creative stamp on each and every shot. After his success with Begins in 2005, the director moved from indie hitmaker to a bankable creative force, giving Warner Bros. its first successful superhero movie since Batman Forever in the mid 1990s. Nolan's take on Gotham's guardian has been a dark one more akin to Frank Miller's work on the character than any other incarnation, and the films' harsh tone is tied to the director's own interpretation of the comics. He told the The New York Times,
“As we looked through the comics, there was this fascinating idea that Batman’s presence in Gotham actually attracts criminals to Gotham, attracts lunacy, ...When you’re dealing with questionable notions like people taking the law into their own hands, you have to really ask, where does that lead? That’s what makes the character so dark, because he expresses a vengeful desire.”
The article goes on to also quote Christian Bale (who plays Batman), Michael Caine (who plays Alfred), and Aaron Eckhart (who plays Harvey Dent) about their work on The Dark Knight, and Ledger's death and its effect on the movie is explored as well.
Check out the full article, which may contain possible "spoilers" at the following New York Times link.
