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Hurry! Tickets For The Dark Knight Rises Are Already On Sale, Screenings Are Selling Out

Written on January 10, 2012 by Brendon Connelly in Film, Recent Updates

Without any kind of fanfare at all, tickets for The Dark Knight Rises have already gone on sale, over six months ahead of opening night.

At the moment, only certain AMC cinemas across the US are selling seats, via Fandango, and only for the midnight screenings as July 19th becomes July 20th. Nonetheless, this particular booking will be the real hot ticket for fans, and so it’s no surprise that the cinemas are already selling out.

At the time of writing, only the Lincoln Square, New York IMAX is completely full, but Los Angeles is well on the way to packing out too.

While there’s no indication when tickets for other cinemas or other screening times will go on sale it’s worth remembering that there was also no indication that these tickets were going to come up.

EW reached out to Warner Bros., who had no comment, and Fandango, who had a completely useless comment:

Damn right it is.

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Bale Says Goodbye to Batman

Christian Bale has arguably given us the best onscreen portrayal of Bruce Wayne/Batman in Christopher Nolan’s Batman films, that we have ever seen.

His Batman voice notwithstanding, Bale has put his considerable acting talent to great use in portraying Wayne/Batman. He has given the character a depth not seen in previous Batman films. One of the reasons for this is that Nolan’s films give more attention to the inner turmoil of Bruce Wayne than any of the earlier films.

Given the success (both commercially and critically) of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight and having wrapped his third Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises, its no surprise Bale has decided to remove the famous cowl for good.

Here’s what he said to The New York Daily News regarding his time as the Caped Crusader coming to an end:

“We need different rhythms in our life, don’t we, and to me it would be the wrong rhythm to jump into a franchise at this point. For now, no, I’d be looking for new experiences.”

And on what initially drew him to the character:

“I wasn’t a 12-year-old that gave a damn about comics. I had never been someone into comic books, it just didn’t interest me. It wasn’t my thing.

“Suddenly [after reading Batman: Year One], I found Batman has so many issues, he’s not a healthy individual, this is somebody that is doing good, but he’s right on the verge of doing bad.

“He’s got that killer within him that he’s desperately not trying to let off his leash. And that’s what I always return to.”

I’m glad he’s decided not to play Batman again. As much as I like him in the role, I don’t want him becoming apathetic about the character and just phoning in his performance.

We all know the Batman franchise will not die with Nolan and Bale’s departure. Warner Brothers will no doubt reboot the series and probably in only a couple of years time. So, who would you like to see take over the role of Bruce Wayne/Batman? Who would you like to see behind the camera?

http://latino-review.com/2012/01/24/...oodbye-batman/

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Toy line:

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86267

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