There are so many Batman- and Dark Knight-related items floating around, it’s tough to know where to begin:
• With 700 showings already sold out in North America, The Dark Knight looks to be heading toward a $130 million-plus opening weekend. As of last night, it had sold two times as many advance tickets that Spider-Man 3 on MovieTickets.com. [Deadline Hollywood Daily]
• The Dark Knight could dethrone Spider-Man as the highest-grossing comic-book movie of all time — and mark a turning point for superhero films. [The Miami Herald]
• Is The Dark Knight film noir? “The Dark Knight is a crime story, and not all crime stories are film noir,” says director Christopher Nolan. “But I think you’re seeing a desire in storytelling to have moral ambiguity, and that’s been the basis of film noir.” [Newsday, via The Boston Herald]
• Frank Miller’s 1986 The Dark Knight Returns reinvigorated the Batman comic-book franchise. [New York Daily News]
• Jeet Heer delves into those decades-old rumors about the relationship between Batman and Robin, while Steve Murray (aka Chip Zdarsky) points out the ridiculousness of debating the Dynamic Duo’s sexuality. Zdarsky also created the illustration (above) for Heer’s article. [The National Post, The National Post]
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