The Dark Knight Back to Back

[FaT_tONle]

DO they need to film TDK and TDKR or w/e back to back like POTC... I mean it would be nice to keep the actors young just in case they are willing to do more... I doubt it but you never know... also if they end it on Joker getting captured... do we really want to wait another three years for the trial? Now they probably won't have the budget to do this... we'd be looking at 350 million or so... more than the total gross of the original... but you avoid recasting and everything else... I hope WB just has faith and rides it out and just shoves all their chips in the middle of the table on the next two flicks... after all it does have Harry Potter so what is there to lose? Let's keep our fingers crossed... but no way in hell am I gonna be able to wait till 2011... but if they do... I can't blame em cause most trilogies like the three year gap between flicks.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

dude....I couldn't wait that long. I'd go ****ing crazy if it took them that long.

 

["V"]

In a word - No.

You don't want to rush these things - Give them time to concentrate on each film and give it the treatment it deserves.

 

[Batty Belfry]

It is possible, but I'd say no for the fact that I've read how taxing the BB shoot is on director, cast and crew...long shoots, long hours...I'm sure they'd wanna break in between to do other projects. Plus like "V" said, they should take their time and not rush.

 

[Batty Belfry]

Edit-double post. I'm having a lot of connection issues with this forum as of late.

 

[FaT_tONle]

I mean it would be worth the wait if they weren't rushed.... but BB3 by 2011??? I might be married by then... damn...

 

[Batman2008]

Are you implying your wife wouldnt let you go to a movie?

 

[E-Mack]

I'd love for it to be filmed back-to-back, but it doesn't look like it. Surely they would've mentioned it in that press release WB gave out recently.

 

[XCharlieX]

Back to back films are a good idea imo, however as long as you have a plan it doesnt matter imo.

 

[kytrigger]

I mean it would be worth the wait if they weren't rushed.... but BB3 by 2011??? I might be married by then... damn...

face it...less than 1% percent of us on the hype will ever be married if they already aren't...

 

[Steelsheen]

i thought there was a rumour a while back that they ARE intending to film TDK and Batman3 back to back?

 

[Batman2008]

Never heard/read that rumor.

 

[FaT_tONle]

Look they can bring back Ledger and whoever plays Dent... but other minor characters might not be back... they have to keep to a budget since these movies aren't exactly SPiderman type flicks... I just hope they can avoid recasting minor villains... but then again... if these actors end up winning Oscars and demand top notch dollars for the third installment... like that other franchise that ended on a slightly sour note... and if Nolan was to leave... I mean you never know...

 

[CConn]

i thought there was a rumour a while back that they ARE intending to film TDK and Batman3 back to back?

Yeah, that was going around for a while. I sorta doubt it's true there as we haven't heard anything about it for a while.

 

[heypapajinx]

Are you implying your wife wouldnt let you go to a movie?

pfft.
what kind of wife would THAT be!?

on subject:
i'm ready to blow my load as well... but i want the suspense to build the movie up so much that after i'm done watching it i'll need a cigarette, a sandwich and a long nap.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

hahaha.....blow your load.

Seriously, watch the language....we've got kids in the room. No, no.....he meant blow HIS load....no wait, that didn't sound right......

 

[kytrigger]

Look they can bring back Ledger and whoever plays Dent... but other minor characters might not be back... they have to keep to a budget since these movies aren't exactly SPiderman type flicks... I just hope they can avoid recasting minor villains... but then again... if these actors end up winning Oscars and demand top notch dollars for the third installment... like that other franchise that ended on a slightly sour note... and if Nolan was to leave... I mean you never know...

But that's why they have contracts, so that they don't just ask for more money on a whim.

 

[Sane Man]

Back to back sequels are a terrible idea. The Lord of the Rings movies are the only films that have truly done it successfully, but that was the whole trilogy.

The Matrix sequels and Pirates 2 both sucked hard, when the original movies were both pretty damn good.

It's harder to keep focus when filming movies this way because you're constantly thinking about two films instead of one, and budget constraints make the strain even harder.

It's also somewhat anti-climactical when you do it this way. You have one movie come out then the next one in less than a year. There isn't enough time to get truly pumped about the third. I'd much rather wait two or three years for a Batman sequel then have it within a year. The slow revelations about the movies during the build-up to its release makes it all the more exciting; it all adds to the experience. This would largely be gone with them back to back, especially when we started finding things out about the third before we've even seen the second.

So no, basically.

 

[The Shape]

Uhhhhhhhh...No.

 

[superkong 500]

I think that they can do it why not, yes mnay trilogies have rushed and ended up with horrible sequels.However look at starwars ep 1,2,3 lucas had three years in between and look the crap he gave us. LOTR was shot back to back and all were great, so I don't think it has nothing to do with time if the director loves loves the characters and the story it can be done, and even more it will be two movies left to film not three like POTC or LOTR.

 

[xanberkeley]

I want it back to back too. LOTR by New line Cinema a Time Warner Unit was done so and Disney's Pirates starts shooting again this month of August. I know I will be forever a Batman fan but sometimes surprises happen in real life and who knows if my interest is still there so I dont wonna wait forever. Indeed some actors expressed fading interest and that's happening now on Spiderman with Tobey Maguire and even Kristin Dunst is expressing the same. Rumors are also swirling of MJ's death and that this could be among the top secrets by Raimi and Co. Dunst does not want to be stereotype an actress. She is doing the same Margot Kidder did with Superman thus after Superman 2, Lois was rarely onscreen on part 3 and among the disastrous beginnings of the franchise.