The 2009 Oscar nominations are in, and they include a gratifying number of comic book adaptations and other geekly delights. First and most obvious is The Dark Knight. In addition to Heath Ledger’s highly anticipated posthumous Best Supporting Actor nod for his reinvention of the Joker, The Dark Knight has also gathered a slew of…
The Dark Knight won a total of five People’s Choice awards last night, including favorite movie, favorite action movie, and favorite cast. Christian Bale was named favorite superhero and won, along with the late Heath Ledger, the favorite on-screen match up category.The film also was nominated yesterday for outstanding achievement in writing for the screen…
Yes, yes. Highest grossing movie of 2008. Second highest of all time. A billion dollars in box office when all is said and done. And yet– it could have made even more money, if only they’d worked with the studio with the best batting average in the business… We all know it’s about the toys…
With The Dark Knight earning $465 million overseas, it’s hard to imagine that the world’s most populous country has yet to see the movie. According to Variety, Warner Bros. has decided not to open the film there at all. "Based on a number of pre-release conditions that are being attached to The Dark Knight as…
The Hollywood Reporter says sales are so brisk on The Dark Knight DVD in both standard and Blu-ray format that it will top the sales charts for both categories when the books for 2008 are closed. The DVD sold in excess of 10 million discs after one week in stores according to Warner Home Video….
The Dark Knight stunned movie audiences by taking the mature themes and tone of its predecessor, [[[Batman Begins]]], and amping things up by a factor of 10. The movie was hailed by critics for around the world and theatres packed in the crowds to the tune of $1 billion in box office (or thereabouts). In…
On Sunday, the American Film Institute joined the growing list of top 10 lists, naming the best films of the year. Both Iron Man and The Dark Knight made the list, a first for the super-hero genre. The Dark Knight was also named the year’s best film by novelist Stephen King in the current issue…
Deadline Hollywood reports that the Blu-ray edition of The Dark Knight sold 600,000 copies on Tuesday, its first day of release. “By contrast, Marvel/Paramount’s Iron Man sold 250,000 Blu-ray discs when it premiered on September 30th and ended up selling 400,000 Blu-ray units in its first week,” Nikki Finke wrote. The film had already been…
In a reversal that recognized modern day sensibilities, the executive committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ music branch has decided to allow the score to The Dark Knight be considered for Best Original Score. Initially, they disqualified the score, as they did Batman Begins, citing too many names attached to the…
Chances are if you are serious about comics or pop culture, you’ll be buying Dark Knight on DVD today or soon, but this week’s haul at the comic shop has some other things worthy of your wallet’s attention including that little goodie to the right. We preview them, plus: Classic Star Trek comics come to…
With The Dark Knight arriving on DVD today, director Christopher Nolan has been making the rounds of interviews and of course, everyone wants to know about the third film. Slash Film reports that Nolan is interested in filming the entire third film in IMAX after having success with several sequences shot that way for the…
We swing over to DC’s Zuda Comics site for a talk with the guys who brought The Black Cherry Bombshells on line and to the top of Zuda’s Must Read List, plus: Dark Knight already the best selling movie and it isn’t out yet NY ComicCon salutes more comic greats Judge Dredd lives on as…
