Either way, Labor Day is often seen as a catch-up weekend for people to see the movies they’ve missed over the summer, so we can probably see highly-touted movies like The Dark Knight and Tropic Thunder picking up some extra business. Maybe a smart studio like Disney will even re-release some of their earlier summer movies for those who missed them, like WALL•E, which can certainly capitalize on the long weekend.

Source: Coming Soon/Thanks Lola for the news

While the internet is going crazy with casting rumors that aren’t true for Christopher Nolan’s possible third Batman movie, the director himself is on vacation as The Dark Knight approaches $500 million domestically.

The Hollywood Reporter has published an interesting article about the film’s marketing and the deaths of both Heath Ledger and Conway Wickliffe before the film’s release. The piece ends with a bit on the third installment. Read the rest of this entry »

Sue Kroll had been in her job as Warner Bros. president of worldwide marketing for less than a week when her office phone rang. A friend implored her to look at the news online immediately.

“At first I thought it was a rumor,” recalls Kroll of that tragic afternoon in January. “I didn’t believe it was true.”

Heath Ledger, co-star of the studio’s highly anticipated summer tentpole “The Dark Knight” and the centerpiece of Warners’ meticulously planned marketing campaign, had been found dead in his New York apartment. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve uploaded more scans & tabloids to the gallery. Thanks to Maria for sending them in!

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- Scans in 2008: Clarin - July
- Last uploaded tabloids

Batman star Christian Bale has put his successful acting career down to skills he learned riding horses.

The actor is a keen horse rider and insists he has gained his most vital acting technique from the activity - confidence.

He says, “I love horses. I’ve learned from them.

“Once you master a horse - but it also masters you - you gain more confidence in yourself.

“When you can mount it and move it and move along with it, that is a hard-won and very real accomplishment.”

Source: Wenn / Thanks to Lola for the news

Our favorite man, Mr Christian Bale has been officially nominated for AskMen.com’s Top 49 Most Influential Men of 2008 reader’s poll. Click here to vote for our man now!

The latest Batman movie “The Dark Knight” was Britain’s favourite film for a fourth week, just pipping “Mamma Mia!” for the top box office spot over the weekend.

Starring Christian Bale and the late Heath Ledger as the Joker, and directed by Englishman Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight took 2.3 million pounds, according to Screen International, for a four-week total of 40 million.

Mamma Mia, the film of the show based on Swedish supergroup Abba, took 2.2 million pounds for a 45 million pound six-week total and edged back up to second spot from third. Read the rest of this entry »

I have uploaded some old movie stills of young Christian starred in the movie of Mio min Mio. How adorable! Enjoy viewing the movie stills.

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- Mio min Mio: Stills

Ever since “Terminator Salvation” was announced, and before any footage was even shown at Comic-Con, fans of the first three movies have been scrambling over themselves to find the right comparisons for the project. Director McG has even joined in the game himself, with recent statements along the lines of “T4″ is like “Batman Begins” or James Cameron’s “Aliens.”

Those are good projects to emulate, and to fans they signal an adult approach to the material perhaps lacking in “Terminator 3.” But fans are fans. If they asked, what did McG tell the ACTORS the project would be like?

Would you believe he told them to hit “The Road”? Read the rest of this entry »

It’s still early, but it’s official.

My friend Angelique Brunsman, director of marketing and public relations for Hollywood Blvd. Cinema in Woodridge, Ill. couldn’t wait to share the official industry-wide announcement that came this month from Universal Studios heralding the July 1, 2009 big screen arrival of the much-anticipated Johnny Depp as John Dillinger flick “Public Enemies.”

Of course, we’re all more than just a little anxious to see the final results of nearly four months of filming with local shoots that spanned from Madison, Wis. and Aurora, Ill. to Downtown Chicago, Crown Point and the Indiana Dunes. Read the rest of this entry »

Time Warner Inc.’s Batman saga “The Dark Knight” is set today, a month after it was released, to surpass the original “Star Wars” as the second highest- grossing domestic film of all time.

“Star Wars” earned $461 million for News Corp.’s 20th Century Fox studio in the domestic — U.S. and Canadian — market after its May 1977 release, box-office tracker Media By Numbers LLC said in an e-mailed statement. As of yesterday, “Dark Knight” had $459.6 million in receipts since its July 18 debut. Read the rest of this entry »

Batman star Christian Bale will not face charges relating to an alleged assault last month on his mother and sister, prosecutors said Thursday, suggesting their decision was based in part on the family members’ wishes.

Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service said there was insufficient evidence to afford a “realistic prospect of conviction,” and ordered police not to take any further action.

The service said in a statement that while it “treats all incidents which take place in a domestic context seriously, it is important that the views of complainants are also taken into account when making decisions in such cases.” Read the rest of this entry »

The latest in the revolving door of celebrity couples expecting babies: Christian Bale and his wife Sandra “Sibi” Blazic. A source spotted Blazic, whom Bale met when he was filming “Little Women,” perusing nursery items in Los Angeles, and then she bought an ivory-colored changing pad from the plainmary.com company.

“People buy items for friends all the time,” says a Bale source. “Doesn’t mean you should read into it.”

Source: MSN

The Dark Knight has become the third-highest grossing film of all time in the US.

The latest instalment in the Batman series, which stars Christian Bale and the late Heath Ledger, sits atop the American charts for the fourth successive week after taking another $26.1m (£13.7m) at the weekend.

The widely acclaimed film, which has attracted controversy in Britain for its being awarded a 12A certificate despite containing depictions of graphic violence, is the first to enjoy a month-long stint in the American top slot since The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in late 2003. Read the rest of this entry »

Batman blockbuster “The Dark Knight” reigned over the North American box office for the fourth week in a row, according to industry projections Sunday, with its record-smashing haul topping 441 million dollars.

Box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations estimated the hit film, which stars Christian Bale as Batman and the late Heath Ledger in a widely acclaimed turn as the villainous Joker, took in another 26 million dollars on the Friday-Sunday period.

Over its first four weeks the Warner Brothers film has broken a slew of records including best opening and second weekends, at 158.4 million dollars and 75.2 million dollars respectively. Read the rest of this entry »

As some of you might know Christian & The Dark Knight is nominated on National Movie Awards, the voting has open! We still have until August 17, 2008 to vote, so please vote for Christian and The Dark Knight over here now! The ceremony will be air on ITV1 in September.

I’ve uploaded scans of Christian on The Dark Knight from Luz & La Cosa Cine Fantastico - November, both are from year 2007 & 2008. Thanks to Caro for sending them in!

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A Charity for deaf people is hoping the new Batman film The Dark Knight – starring Welsh-born actor Christian Bale – will inspire people to register for a skydiving fundraiser. RNID Scotland, which represents Scotland’s 758,000 deaf and hard of hearing people, is holding the event at an airfield near St Andrews.

Those taking part will be safely strapped to their instructor for the jump, allowing them to enjoy the breathtaking views. Volunteers who raise a minimum of £390 will have the chance to fall through the sky from approximately 10,000 feet.

Caroline Jupe, RNID events and community fundraising manager, said: “You’d be batty to miss out on the chance to fly through the air like your favourite superhero.”

Source: Scotsman

I have uploaded some tabloids of Christian from random magazines. Thanks to Becca for some of the recent scans.

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- Magazine Scans: Tabloids

I’ve uploaded new promo shoots & stills from The Dark Knight to the gallery! Enjoy!

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- The Dark Knight: Shoots
- The Dark Knight: Stills

McG talks Terminator 4 with us and spills the beans on the film, its rating and making an epic Terminator film! The Comic Con mayhem continues as we settle back from our trip to San Diego and start to deliver on the many interviews we did in San Diego. We already gave you a taste of McG but now we have the complete interview for your enjoyment. McG has had some controvery from fans about his appointment as director of Terminator 4 but without question he is passionate about the film and the films before it and is determined to please us fans.

Can you talk about working with Christian Bale over the last few weeks as he came onto the film?

MCG: I’m delighted to speak about Christian because I think everybody up here can talk about it. He’s the most professional, passionate actor you’re ever going to find. I mean it’s just that simple. You’re looking at some professional actors sitting here now, and Bale is just all about the work. He loves his wife, he loves his child, he loves being an actor. He’s not interested in materialistic things. He wants to come to work prepared. I can’t go, “Okay, Christian, you go off camera left.” Christian is going to talk to me, “What went into the decision to go off camera left?” which is wonderful. It’s the elegant opposition you want.

You don’t want people just going, “Yeah, whatever, tell me what to do and we’ll do it.” Everybody up here challenges all the time. She (Moon Bloodgood) got shot in the leg. She wanted to know the degree to which her limp should take place. She (Bryce Dallas Howard) plays a doctor in the film, so we’ve got doctors all over the place trying to tell us how to perform properly so it’s credible to the medical community. Look at Common, the gun training these guys had to go through, so these guys that work for, what is it, Blackwater, in all these secret spots, come in and tell us how to take down a house and carry a gun properly and when you swing through your own people you break the axis of the rifle. Just such focused acting to honor the story we’re telling and make it look credible, and Christian sets an excellent example in that way. Just for the record, he’s a big hearted, good guy. And I’ve worked with a lot of people and that’s just simply who he is.

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‘The Dark Knight’ star Christian Bale is among the nominees for the National Movie Awards in the UK.

Bale is joined in the Best Male performance category by the stars of three other superhero films: Robert Downey Jr (’Iron Man’), Edward Norton (’The Incredible Hulk’) and Will Smith (’Hancock’).

Other nominees include Pierce Brosnan (’Mamma Mia!’), Patrick Dempsey (’Enchanted’) and Johnny Depp (’Sweeney Todd: The Demon of Fleet Street’). Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve uploaded russia scans of The Dark Knight from Total DVD August #8 & Total Film #8. Thanks soo much to Faith for sending them in!

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- Scans in 2008: Total Film #8 [Russia]
- Scans in 2008: Total DVD [Russia] - August

I’ve uploaded a new still for Terminator: Salvation to the gallery. Below is the article related to Terminator: Salvation. May contain spoiler

Sam Worthington is a bad mutha (shut yo mouth). Can you dig it? But seriously, after watching steely eyed Worthington stare down the press at the Terminator: Salvation panel, I now believe that he could take down our beloved Christian Bale in the bad-assery department. How can this be? Click through to find out my reasons, including some T4 speculation.

First of all, you know that Christian Bale will nail the gritty reality that is John Connor in a world torn apart by robots. (He even grew a goatee!) But what they won’t see coming is Sam Worthington playing Marcus, he’s got the element of surprise, you don’t know what to make of him. Worthington has beaucoup respect for his adversary Bale, which makes me want to root for him even more.

In the trailer that was played at Con, you get to see Marcus and Connor do a fantastic back and forth (pictured above). As far as I can tell they’re both holding their own, but Marcus has totally unnerved Connor and you can see the man struggle to decide what to do, while Marcus tells Connor he doesn’t give a fuck who he is. It’s a tough call on who’s better in this amazing game of angry bantering gay chicken, but I like that Marcus gets Connor so unhinged.

If the T4 spoilers are correct Worthington’s role should eclipse the John Connor story, opening the door for Worthington to walk out of T4 as the biggest bad-ass the Terminator story line has ever seen. But of course McG denies that those spoilers are even remotely true.

I guess it will all come down to who will make you squee more when you see them punch a robot in the face.

Source: IO9