The Dark Knight

[Sir Jig-A-Lot]

Source: Bloomberg
March 31, 2008


Composer Hans Zimmer talked to Bloomberg about working on The Dark Knight score with fellow composer James Newton Howard. Here are several clips from the interview:

Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer was struggling to find the right music to represent the Joker in "The Dark Knight," the new Batman movie scheduled for release this summer.

Zimmer, who wrote the scores for "The Lion King," "Gladiator" and more than 100 other films, had already composed a two-note signature for the fiendish character, played by the late Heath Ledger. But he wanted to expand that sound to symbolize the Joker's penchant for anarchy.

"I've been sitting here all night trying to find out what else to do with those two notes," Zimmer said during an interview last month at his Santa Monica, California, studio.

Zimmer, who collaborated on the score with James Newton Howard, said Ledger's death from an accidental drug overdose in January wouldn't change his musical approach to the Joker. The composer said the best tribute would be an accurate reflection of Ledger's portrayal.

"The worst thing I can do is stray from that course and not be rigorous about his performance," the tall, balding composer said in a German accent that reflects his native country.

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[ne0knight]

Great new pics. Can't fuckin' wait for this movie! Thanks, Jig. :)

[Sir Jig-A-Lot]

were u bein' sarcastic? cos the pix i tried to post from the original site disappeared.
i re-upped them now though. ;)

[ne0knight]

Leaked Joker Pics

Warning: Minor spoilers revealed.

Spoiler:

[ne0knight]

were u bein' sarcastic? cos the pix i tried to post from the original site disappeared.
i re-upped them now though. ;)

Nah, I clicked "View Image" on the pics. :)

[Sir Jig-A-Lot]

Niiiiiiiice work sir. on the leaked shots i mean.

[ne0knight]

No problem. :thumbs:

[darklighter1]

Great job to all you guys on the pics. This looks intense. This is MY most anticipated movie of the summer. Then Indy, IronMan, and Hulk. A little more skeptical on the last two only because of the disaster Marvel let Spiderman 3 become but we'll see.

[Sir Jig-A-Lot]

Source: Edward Douglas
March 24, 2008

One of the surprises from last week's ShoWest Convention in Las Vegas was Warner Bros.' star-studded "The Big Picture" presentation which featured some of the cast and filmmakers of the studio's big summer movies including Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight. One person who showed up unannounced was actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, who replaces Katie Holmes as Rachel Dawes in the upcoming sequel, and Superhero Hype! had a chance to talk to her briefly on the red carpet for the event.

Despite being the new girl in the franchise, Gyllenhaal was gracious towards her predecessor when asked whether her portrayal was inspired by Holmes' version or would be completely different. "I think she's a wonderful actress and I really admired the work that she did in the first Batman, but I don't think it would have worked if I tried to imitate her. I think the only way to do it is to do it like myself," Gyllenhaal told us.

"They just (expect you to) suspend your disbelief," she continued when pressed about whether there'd be any sort of nod or mention of the fact that Rachel Dawes looks and acts completely different in the movie. "I'm Rachel Dawes now. I mean, how many Batmen have there been? Lots of them!"

Even though Gyllenhaal has become a name actress in recent years, she's continued to do smaller independent films with only a few exceptions, so we asked her whether joining a blockbuster franchise like Batman has made her life any crazier. "It hasn't really started yet, that craziness," she admitted to us. "I imagine it will and I'll just take it as it comes, that kind of thing, and in terms of the actual making of it, I anticipated it was going to be much different than making a small movie, and in the end, it didn't feel that way, and I think it was because I was working with really good actors like Gary Oldman and Michael Caine and Christian Bale, Aaron Eckhart and Heath Ledger. It felt like making any other movie, and I think Chris Nolan has a lot to do with that, and also because he really likes and respects actors, so it felt like doing good scenes in any movie."

Before she was whisked off to the presentation, we asked whether she'd been getting into any of the action in the new movie and how that had been. "Somewhat," she responded. "They took really good care of me. I thought I might get bruised up but in fact, I didn't. They really knew what they were doing. I was scared to do some of the action stuff I had to do, and I did it once, and I was like, 'Oh, this is a blast!'"

Next up for Gyllenhaal is Rebecca Miller's adaptation of her own novel The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, but we hope to have more with the vibrant young actress closer to the release of The Dark Knight on July 18.