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DEKO:
Production Update #1: Forts, and Wells, and IMAX! Oh My!
Principle photography on The Dark Knight Rises officially started last week in Jodhpur, India. Filming began on Friday, May 6th at the Mehrangarh Fort with Christian Bale, and sightings of Josh Pence and others. Helicopters, IMAX cameras, and green screens were in use during the shoot. Our Indian friends tell us that Christopher and his crew worked long 14 hour days in the smouldering Indian heat. A fair share of photos from the shoot have popped up online via Twitter, Facebook, and ComingSoon.net. Photos of a bearded Bale and other odd characters have brought up wild speculation about just what was being filmed there at Mehrangarh Fort. The conversation sparked hundreds of replies on several forums in just a few hours.
As of yesterday, the filming in India had wrapped, and Christopher and his cast and crew flew back to London — according to the Times of India. Filming will likely continue in the UK at the Cardington airship sheds in Bedfordshire before moving to Pittsburgh and Los Angeles later in the summer. Check out the photos below.
^ Pence: The guy in wearing the black shirt: Young Ra's Al Ghul??? :o
DeeezNuuuts83:
Is that supposed to be the Lazarus Pit?
I wonder why they put those green rocks in there... Obviously it's going to be some CGI stuff but it's weird
DEKO:
--- Quote from: DeeezNuuuts83 on May 12, 2011, 09:36:13 PM ---Is that supposed to be the Lazarus Pit?
I wonder why they put those green rocks in there... Obviously it's going to be some CGI stuff but it's weird
--- End quote ---
Yeah it's a green screen... something is probably gonna be added with some CGI-shit!
DEKO:
Holy Quarter Billion Dollar Budget, Batman!
The LA Times posted an article today claiming tension is growing between Warner Bros. and their financing partner Legendary Pictures over The Dark Knight Rises. The two companies started their co-financing and production partnership back in 2005 on Batman Begins, and have since had a rather successful relationship. The deal between the two companies is up in 2013, and according to the article, negotiations over The Dark Knight Rises is causing tension over the renewal.
"While Legendary was a 50/50 partner on 2008's The Dark Knight, which grossed more than $1 billion worldwide and sold 16 million DVDs, the film financing and production company has for months been trying to secure a similar ownership stake in the sequel. The film, which like the last two Batman pictures will be directed by Christopher Nolan and star Christian Bale, is expected to cost at least $250 million to produce."- LA Times
That's right, industry insiders are ball-parking the budget for The Dark Knight Rises in the $250 million area. I suppose this shouldn't be terribly surprising — we all expected a jump up from The Dark Knight‘s budget of $185 million. And Wally Pfister is on record as stating that they're planning on shooting as much IMAX as possible for Rises, which alone can nearly double the budget of a scene. Who's ready to see that budget be put to use?
DEKO:
Alon Aboutboul Cast in The Dark Knight Rises
Alon Aboutboul has been cast in the role of a mad scientist for The Dark Knight Rises, according to an Israeli website. Aboutboul is most known for his role as Al-Saleem, one of the main antagonists in Ridley Scott's 2008 film Body of Lies, but he has been also appearing in small roles in a lot of top level American tv shows the past 2 years. The news of his casting was seemingly confirmed by his wife via Twitter. Some folks on the internet have already leaped to the conclusion that this mad scientist role is that of Hugo Strange, who has been rumored to appear in the movie for many months now. A more likely scenario could be that Aboutboul is playing a scientist who does human scientific experiments on the character Bane, who will be portrayed by Tom Hardy in the film, or possibly the old Batman villain from way back, Doctor Death. What do you guys think?
Holy shit!!! :o Another villain???
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