The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Pre-Production

• The Dark Knight Rises is a reboot of all the former Batman movies, reaching as far back as to the 1960's.
• The Dark Knight Rises was directed by Christopher Nolan.
• The Dark Knight Rises was made by the studio Warner Bros.
• The Dark Knight Rises had a budget of $250 million - $300 million.
• The Dark Knight Rises had many stars, including: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Morgan Freeman etc.

Production

• The Dark Knight Rises was filmed in numerous locations: Jodhpur, London, Nottingham, Glasgow, Los Angeles, New York City, Newark and Pittsburgh.
• The Dark Knight Rises had interesting filming due to the fact that Nolan elected for the film not to be in 3D but focus on quality with IMAX. Nolan also bypassed the use of digital intermediate for the film, resulting in less movement but higher resolution of the filmed image.
• The Dark Knight Rises had only one problem that it was faced (or at least the only one I could find) with the technical difficulties from the IMAX screening for critics and reporters which resorted in the screening to be postponed by a day.

Post Production

• The Dark Knight Rises does not rely on special effects, even though they attempted to do production solely with IMAX cameras alone.
• The Dark Knight Rises mainly used practical effects meaning things were physically made instead of computer generated.
• The Dark Knight Rises was NOT shown in 3D after filming.
• The Dark Knight Rises did NOT need any re-shoots.

Marketing

• The Dark Knight Rises began marketing campaigns while in production. Warner Bros. developed promotional websites, releasing the first six minutes of the film, screening theatrical trailers and sending out information regarding the film's plot. Also, the marketing continued as magazines were sent "CIA documents" concerning "Dr Leonid Pavel", with a mugshot connected to the actor Alon Abutbul. Action Figures of numerous characters and vehicles were also presented weeks before the films release.
• The Dark Knight Rises was premiered in New York City on July 16th 2012.