IGN recently had actor Aaron Eckhart, who played Harvey Dent/Two-Face in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight, on the Keepin’ It Reel podcast to talk about his new film Erased. During the course of the discussion we touched on his work with Nolan and where he feels that Warner Brothers should take Batman in the post-Nolan era.“I mean, look, Iron Man is so successful and the tone of Iron Man is completely different than the Nolan Batman series. They’re both very successful, right? And both entertaining. You could take Batman that way. You know Chris (Nolan) has done such hard work and created this tone, and Christian (Bale) has, and Heath (Ledger) and everyone who’s been in these movies. I’d hate to see it be trivialized. Batman’s kind of special because it’s one of the last comic books, or only comic books, that’s truly tackling, in my opinion, issues. And relevant issues.”
The tone is the key to Eckhart on bringing the Nolan films to life.
“…You know I said to Gary (Oldman), ‘You know Gary how do you act in one of these things, what’s the tone of it?’ And that’s a conversation I had with Chris. And to see Heath just take this thing deadly serious was exciting, and I feel privileged to have been a part of that, and I would hate to lose that because everybody who comes up to me on the street all over the world, the thing that they inevitably say about The Dark Knight is that it’s about something, it’s serious, it resonates with them. Look, I don’t know because I’m just an actor, but I don’t know that Chris would ever give up total control of this franchise. I can’t see Chris ever letting go of this movie.”
Eckhart also revealed that Johnny Depp, or his son, is the proud owner of the Two-Face coin.
“I did a movie called The Rum Diary in Puerto Rico and Johnny Depp and I were somewhere on the set one day and Johnny said to me, ‘Aaron, what happened to the coin [from The Dark Knight], the coin that Two-Face flipped?’ And I said, ‘Oh, I gave it back and Warner Bros. has it.’ And he goes, ‘Oh, yeah, no, they don’t. I bought it.’ He said,‘My Kid saw The Dark Knight and loved Two-Face so much that I bought him the coin.’ It never occurred to me grab the coin, but I’m glad it’s in good hands.”
Heathus <3
A preview of the Man of Steel tie-in comic that comes with the blu-ray seemingly reveals the fate Supergirl (Kara Zor-El). The comic book is written by screenwriter David S. Goyer so does that mean Supergirl will be introduced into the budding DC Cinematic Universe (DCCU)?
Soon there is going to be a digital comic that ties into the Man of Steel Film and the preview has got some very interesting stuff in it..including what appears to be the story of Kara Zor-El's journey to Earth in the Man of Steel Universe. My guess is that Kara Zor-El is going to appear in Man of Steel 2..
Credit to TheIrishAvenger from SHH forum
I wonder if we will see Lois' apartment in Man of Steel
Even before “Man of Steel” helps set up a “Justice League” movie at Warner Bros., the studio’s consumer products division is already getting consumers — especially kids and families — used to seeing the match up of the superheroes in the retail aisle.
Starting today, Target will exclusively start selling a summer collection of Justice League-themed merchandise themed around Aquaman, Batman, Cyborg, The Flash, Green Lantern, Superman and Wonder Woman.
Warner Bros. Consumer Products, which brokered the deal with Target, said the look of the merchandise is inspired by “the New 52,” DC Comics’ relaunch of all of its monthly comicbooks in 2011.
But the look goes a little more pop-culture retro, with vintage and nostalgic designs that resemble the merchandise WBCP recently launched around the campy 1960s “Batman” TV show.
The more than 50 products cover the home, stationery, sporting goods, and lawn and garden categories and include folding chairs with capes; melamine dinnerware; an apron that transforms the cook into Batman; sand toys that will help beach-goers create Gotham City; and children’s Batman, Wonder Woman and The Flash beach towels that double as capes.
The earliest a “Justice League” movie will get to the bigscreen won’t be until 2015, but the summer licensing deal with Target — and plans to roll out even more Justice League merchandise at other big box chains later this year — signals WBCP’s eagerness to not only promote DC’s characters together as various divisions around WB launch projects featuring the superheroes — from videogames to films and animated TV series and direct-to-homevideo movies, but monetize their various appearances, as well.
Retailers like to back familiar properties, and getting stores used to carrying Justice League merchandise beyond the traditional toy aisle could create a boon for WB once the “Justice League” film bows years from now. It’s already scored with “Man of Steel” merchandise, whose products are appearing on store shelves now. Target deal could highlight which products consumers gravitate toward more before the full “Justice League” movie line debuts.
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If Supergirl is in MoS 2, who would you cast?
What do you think the future is for Batman films? Personally I would like to see a World's Finest film with a new Batman :D