The Dark Knight
Christopher Nolan ’s blockbusterThe Dark KnightTrilogy is follow to select IMAX theatre in honor ofBatman ’s 80th anniversary . Nolan ’s trio ofBatmanfilms , starting with 2005 ’s dealership - revivingBatman Beginsand ending with 2012’sThe Dark Knight Rises , take aim in a total of $ 2.4 billion at the global box office .
Warner Bros. first bring the Caped Crusader to the big projection screen with Tim Burton ’s 1989Batman , but after a drawstring of successful sequels the franchise hit the rocks with 1997 ’s ill-famed flopBatman & Robin . The studio then turned to filmmaker Christopher Nolan to land the franchise back from the dead , which he succeeded in doingwithBatman Begins , a new origin plastic film star Christian Bale as Gotham ’s protector . Nolan then delivered a unfeigned blockbuster with 2008’sThe Dark Knight , asterisk Heath Ledger in a legendary operation as Batman ’s curse The Joker . The series wrapped up withThe Dark Knight Rises , featuringTom Hardy as the menacingbad guy cable Bane .
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In laurels of the first appearing of Batman in comics way back in 1939 , Warner Bros. has announce that the fullDark Knighttrilogy is coming to select IMAX theaters for 70 millimetre screenings . The movies will first shield on March 30 at the Universal Cinema AMC at CityWalk Hollywood , California , together with a special Q&A featuring Nolan himself . The picture show will then screen out on April 13 at AMC Lincoln Square in New York City , New York and AMC Metreon in San Francisco , California , followed by more screenings on April 20 at Cinesphere Ontario Place , Toronto , Ontario , Canada and IMAX Theatre at the Indiana State Museum , Indianapolis , Indiana . Footage of Nolan ’s first night Q&A will be presented along with the later screenings .
Nolan of course was a pioneer in the consumption of IMAX for major lineament moving-picture show when he used the data formatting to film legal action sequences forThe Dark Knight . The director would later expand his consumption of IMAX forDark Knight RisesandInterstellar , and would go even further in apply the engineering science for his 2017 filmDunkirk , whicheven employed handheld IMAX workfor the first metre . All the upcomingDark Knightscreenings will be in IMAX 70 mm , with just the ticket going on sale Wednesday , March 13 , at 9 am PDT . Fans who buy tickets for all three films will also pick up a lanyard and a specialDark Knight Trilogycollectible .
Nolan ’s pioneering use of goods and services of IMAX in theDark Knightfilms of class unfold the door for the format to become more wide used by Hollywood , to the point where now movies like the upcomingAvengers : Endgameare entirely shot with IMAX . Fans ofThe Dark KnightTrilogy who also love IMAX and onetime - fashioned 70 mm , and who encounter to live in one of the lucky cities where the extra screenings are set to happen , are in for a groovy treat indeed .
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