Warner plans to release the movie as planned in July. Usually, after filming is completed, actors do looping sessions—that is, they record and perfect their lines in a studio. It would be unusual for Nolan to have all the sound that he wants at this early stage but a producer—not associated with this project—tells us that it’s not impossible. “I can’t think of a movie where there were no looped lines whatsoever, but I can think of movies where a main character was not looped,” he says. On a big-budget franchise picture like The Dark Knight, he adds, looping would be the norm. “When you are doing a movie like Batman, as opposed to The Savages, you loop,” he explains. “You are a perfectionist because you have the money to do it and the studio gives you whatever you want. You go through 17 takes of Heath Ledger saying, ‘I’m the Joker,’ and if it isn’t just right, you loop it.” - Blog@Newsarama, 2/1/08 [link]
"Harvey Dent is a tragic figure, and his story is the backbone of this film,” says Christopher Nolan, the director of the acclaimed franchise-rejuvenating 2005 film “Batman Begins,” who returns with Christian Bale again playing the caped crusader. “The Joker, he sort of cuts through the film — he’s got no story arc, he’s just a force of nature tearing through. Heath has given an amazing performance in the role, it’s really extraordinary.” - Blog@Newsarama, 1/16/08 [link]
“The whole thing is not ‘Joker Begins’, because we did not tell how the Joker became what he is”, says director Christopher Nolan. “During these five minutes it is shown how the joker of the small crook becomes the most-dreaded gangster of the city - it is more of a “The Rise of the Joker” - Christopher Nolan, Batman Movie News, 10/22/07 [link]
The challenge for us here, and this is something I spoke to David [Goyer] and Jonah [Nolan] a lot about, was more that there were lots of characters and more of an epic scope to this film. The storytelling is very much conventional drama. The challenge was in juggling a fat story. - Christopher Nolan, Wizard, 10/8/07 [link]
The film crew will be here [Hong Kong] in November and filming in Central and Western District. They are going to close entire roads in Mid-Levels to do this shooting, but of course to keep the filming low-key the movie district council hasn’t made which roads those will be public. Besides Hong Kong, the movie is being shot in London and Chicago. A local production company has been hired to co-ordinate the shooting and will employ around 200 people and at least 80 coming in from the US. Christian Bale and Michael Caine will be here!!! We also heard Morgan Freeman will be here too. No mention of Heath Ledger (The Joker) though. One of the background shots will be the Symphony of Lights fireworks display, with helicopter shots over the harbour. - Kung Fu Rodeo, 9/21x07 [link]
