The Dark Knight BOF: Harvey Dent Already Cast?

[Van Petrol]

Harvey Dent Already Cast?
Author: Jett
Friday, October 6, 2006 - 12:54 PM: Let me start out by saying that I don’t have a name for Dent, so if that’s all you want, then I don’t know if I have something that’ll interest you. Hey, it’s like Ft. Knox with THE DARK KNIGHT right now! But what I do feel very confident in saying that the role of Harvey Dent has been cast -- or they know whom they want and it's down to formalities. And unless someone doesn’t care about their job and/or position and leaks it, we’re going to find out who the guy is in the trades. I also feel secure in telling you that an announcement is imminent -- like real soon. FYI y’all.

This is really starting to drag on.....

 

[StorminNorman]

To be fair this report is different from his last few posts that have basically been the same message over and over again. If he is correct and Harvey has already been cast - that is big news.

 

[Van Petrol]

Yeah I know dude, but it is starting to get a bit tedious, lol.....

 

[kytrigger]

At least he is admitting that he doesn't know, and probably won't know until it's in the trades. All he's doing is telling us to be on the lookout for news.

 

[Van Petrol]

^ Which we have been.....

 

[The Only Woj]

he has multiple sources that he trusts, and from what I understand he's heard multiple names. but this is interesting news.

 

[StorminNorman]

Would WB be smarter announcing the news right before the weekend, during the weekend or the start of a new week?

 

[Van Petrol]

^ I was just gonna' ask when everyone reckons the announcement will come, lol.....

 

[Excel]

itll probably be leaked this weekend, followed by press announcement monday

 

[Retroman]

It took WB almost 2 weeks to announce Ledger, i hope we don't have to wait that long.

 

[Boom]

I'm not expecting anything until after The Prestige releases.

 

[vibeke_T]

hugh.jackman.

 

[Cinemaman]

I'm not expecting anything until after The Prestige releases.

I'm not so sure about critical success of this movie There are 2 reviews, one positive and another negative (this one from LR). And this isn't so good.

 

[StorminNorman]

Well that would be two weeks - which (as someone mentioned earlier) is how long it took for them to announce Ledger. Coincidence? I hope so.

 

[Cinemaman]

hugh.jackman.

He is my #1

 

[Retroman]

From IGN FilmForce:

IGN Dents Bat-Rumors

We investigate the Two-Face casting buzz.
by Stax

October 6, 2006 - IGN has been playing detective again. We've been busy looking into the rumors about who might play Harvey Dent in The Dark Knight now that director Christopher Nolan confirmed for IGN that the man who would be Two-Face is definitely in the sequel to Batman Begins. The rumor mill has long suggested that there would be major casting news on The Dark Knight around the time that Nolan's The Prestige debuts Oct. 20.

Two actors in particular have been said to be the frontrunners for the part during the last few weeks: Jake Gyllenhaal and Ryan Phillippe. Liev Schreiber and Guy Pearce have also been mentioned but Gyllenhaal and Phillippe are the most hotly rumored contenders.

After getting firm and official denials from both CAA and his reps at Management 360, IGN can shoot down the Gyllenhaal rumor. Gyllenhaal's rep even quipped, "No, the other guy from Brokeback Mountain is in it if you haven't heard." That's a reference to Heath Ledger being cast as The Joker.

CAA also shot down the recently resurrected rumor that Guy Pearce was up for the role. Schreiber's reps and publicist, however, had not called back by publishing time.

Is this one of the faces of Harvey Dent?


The most curious responses came from Phillippe's camp. His management, The Schiff Company, had no comment. The actor's lawyer, David Weber, advised IGN that he didn't know the answer. Warner Bros. reps did not return calls for comment.

Phillippe's agency, UTA, initially insisted that, "We cannot comment on that." But during a follow-up call, a UTA agent advised IGN, "We've not been contacted by anyone. There's not a script yet. ... There's no story here."

Phillippe's publicist, Nanci Ryder, told us flatly, "No, he's not in it. No Batman. Official denial."

While there's always the chance that we could be getting our leg pulled by reps – Batman-on-Film.com reports that Dent has indeed been cast and that an announcement will be made shortly in the trades – there's also the possibility that the actor playing Dent will be someone who, like Ledger, has not even been mentioned for the role prior to an announcement.

Finally, CAA also advised IGN that, as far as Katie Holmes reprising her role as Rachel Dawes is concerned, "nothing's happening right now" because the script's not in, a fact that Nolan confirmed this week. That's not to say Holmes will or will not be in it; there's simply no movement on that front right now.

Source: http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/737/737440p1.html

 

[Retroman]

hugh.jackman.

He is my #1

Jackman starts shooting that big Baz Luhrman epic with Nicole Kidman in February (expected to shoot 6 months) and after that he may head straight into Wolverine. So theres a big chance he might not even have time to do TDK.

 

[Excel]

*gasps*

 

[Cinemaman]

Phillipe is out of Dent casting run? Great news

 

[BatMatt]

I'm not so sure about critical success of this movie There are 2 reviews, one positive and another negative (this one from LR). And this isn't so good.

C+ isn't that bad and the marketing has been fairly decent imo for a movie like this. I think its first weekend will be fairly strong, Saw III will put a dent in its stride the following week

 

[Superwoman Prime]

Great news indeed, Cine.

 

[Cinemaman]

C+ isn't that bad and the marketing has been fairly decent imo for a movie like this. I think its first weekend will be fairly strong, Saw III will put a dent in its stride the following week

Box office doesn't matter. I think movie like The Prestige will be able to get $70m domesticly.

But critics can be negative or just cold to this movie (Hollywoodland, The Black Dahlia, The Fountain). And I have worries about the reviews

The Prestige should have gotten it's 1st negative review only after the movie was released. But if it had it now, then I doubt critics will be positive to it.

 

[Cinemaman]

Great news indeed, Cine.

Yep, my friend

 

[Excel]

my official rpediction-

jetts wrong. dent has not been cast yet; philippe reps no theres no script as hes probably on a list of actors who will try out once there is

 

[Cinemaman]

I would be happy with Cusack, Pearce or Jackman