Showing posts with label returns. Show all posts
Showing posts with label returns. Show all posts

Wednesday, 19 September 2012

Wednesday, 25 July 2012

46 Things You Probably Don’t Know About the Batman Films

http://www.vulture.com/2012/07/46-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-batman-films.html
A very good article for all you Bat-fans out there. Some interesting tidbits and somethings we already new. Here are some hi-lights;
  1. Michael Uslan — who, in 1971, convinced Indiana University to let him teach the first ever college-accredited course on comic books — bought the film rights for Batman in 1979. (By that time, Uslan had scored a job at DC Comics.) 
  2.  Jack Nicholson was always the first choice to play the Joker, though others were considered, including Tim Curry, Willem Dafoe, David Bowie, Robin Williams, and James Woods.
  3.  When Billy Dee Williams accepted the role of Harvey Dent in Batman, it was so he could play Two-Face in a future film. But when Schumacher took over the franchise, he had different plans. Tommy Lee Jones was offered the role and took it in part because his son Austin, 11 at the time, said Two-Face was his favorite character.
  4.  Schumacher's most controversial changes in Batman Forever was adding nipples to the Batsuit, an idea he got from statues of Greek gods. The nipples went over poorly with many Batfans. More important, Jim Carrey says the nipples "pissed off Bob Kane," 
  5.  Two weeks after wrapping Batman & Robin, Schumacher began work on a sequel entitled Batman Triumphant. There was a writer, a villain (Scarecrow), and a mid-1999 release date. 
  6.  Nolan shied away from using CGI whenever possible, even attempting to use real bats on the set. That lasted one day.
  7.  Heath Ledger directed both videos sent to the news network GCN by the Joker. Nolan supervised the direction of the first and gave the actor full autonomy to direct the second.
  8.  Hans Zimmer set out to create the Joker's signature sound without retreading stock villain music. He started experimenting with razor blades on piano wire and pencils tapping on the floor. Ultimately the sound he settled on hinged on playing two conflicting notes on a cello then adding in a guitar part played with a piece of metal.

Wednesday, 13 June 2012

Animated Dark Knight Returns preview

This sneak peek doesn’t show much footage from the movies – it will be split into 2 films– but it does go into great detail on how they approached adapting such a beloved work as well as a chance to hear some of the voice work.

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

The Dark Knight Returns Dc Animated Movie Cast Ann...

Gotham Times: Batman News from Legions of Gotham: The Dark Knight Returns Dc Animated Movie Cast Ann...: The Hollywood Reporter had this exclusive story:   Warner Bros. has set the voice cast for its upcoming animated adaptation of Frank Miller's classic.
Peter Weller (Robocop) will star as Batman/Bruce Wayne.

Wednesday, 3 August 2011

Captain America (1990) - on DVD


After seeing Captain America: The First Avenger this past weekend, I really looking forward to this. I can remember renting the 1990 version on VHS back in the day.
On July 19th, the 1990 film version of Captain America is got released on DVD by MGM’s Manufacturing On Demand process. this film has never had an official U.S. release, so a lot of fans are looking forward to it.