CHICAGO – Excelsior! Comic book legend Stan Lee’s famous exclamation puts a fine point on the third and final play of Mark Pracht’s FOUR COLOR TRILOGY, “The House of Ideas,” presented by and staged at City Lit Theater in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. For tickets/details, click HOUSE OF IDEAS.
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Film News: Will Chicago Make ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Cut as Third Filming City?
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on January 4, 2011 - 4:06pmCHICAGO – With shooting expected to begin in May 2011 for “The Dark Knight Rises,” Warner Bros. is currently busy scouting filming locations. While rumors have been running rampant for the last six months about which cities make the lucky cut, we now have two confirmed: Los Angeles and somewhere in the United Kingdom.
Blu-Ray Review: Christopher Nolan’s ‘Inception’ Rewards Repeat Viewing
Submitted by BrianTT on December 7, 2010 - 11:52amCHICAGO – Summer 2010 was filled with some of the laziest mainstream product in the history of the blockbuster season. Creative bankruptcy ruled almost every weekend and audiences wisely turned away from most of it.
Film News: Christopher Nolan to Cast Two Female Leads For ‘The Dark Knight Rises’
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on November 11, 2010 - 10:35pmCHICAGO – Six strong female contenders are up for two leading female roles in “The Dark Knight” follow-up film “The Dark Knight Rises,” according to Deadline New York on Thursday.
Film News: ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ is Christopher Nolan’s Third Batman Film; Villain Isn’t The Riddler
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on October 27, 2010 - 3:53pmCHICAGO – “The Dark Knight” and “Batman Begins” mastermind Christopher Nolan made big Batman news today with two items that can now be confirmed: “The Dark Knight Rises” is the name of his third Batman film and The Riddler won’t be his villain in it.
Blu-Ray Review: ‘Insomnia’ From ‘Inception’ Director Christopher Nolan
Submitted by BrianTT on July 19, 2010 - 2:33pmCHICAGO – In many ways, Christopher Nolan’s “Insomnia,” recently released on beautiful Blu-ray, is the perfect companion piece to his new masterpiece, “Inception,” now playing in theaters. The film may not get the international attention of “The Dark Knight” but it stands as further proof that this man is one of our best living directors.
Film Review: Following ‘The Dark Knight,’ Nolan’s ‘Inception’ is a Mind-Stupefying Masterpiece
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on July 15, 2010 - 10:11amCHICAGO – After thinking it’d take “a couple months” to ink, director Christopher Nolan (of “The Dark Knight” fame) took eight years to painstakingly write the “Inception” script. And you can tell. It’s his first pure masterpiece.
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 40 Chicago Passes to VIP ‘Inception’ Screening With Dinner, Drinks
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on July 7, 2010 - 3:38pmCHICAGO – Exclusive! In our latest VIP edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 40 admit-one passes up for grabs for our own movie theater screening of “Inception,” which is one of the most-anticipated films of 2010 from the director of “The Dark Knight”!
Official Release Date of July 20, 2012 Set For ‘The Dark Knight’ Sequel ‘The Dark Knight Rises’
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on May 2, 2010 - 12:44pmCHICAGO – While the highly anticipated sequel to the box office-obliterating film “The Dark Knight” is already known by many tentative names (“Batman 3,” “Untitled Batman Project,” “The Dark Knight Returns,” etc.), one fact is now true as of April 30, 2010: its release date on July 20, 2012, according to an announcement by Warner Bros. on that day.
Fan-Made, Fake Posters For ‘The Dark Knight Returns’ or ‘Untitled Batman Project’
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on September 12, 2009 - 3:50amCHICAGO – There was talk of a sequel even before “The Dark Knight” hit theaters and obliterated box-office records. That’s all we still have at this point, but we also have a pair of decent, fan-made posters for “The Dark Knight” sequel.
Video: ‘Inception’ Teaser Trailer From ‘The Dark Knight’ Director Christopher Nolan With Leonardo DiCaprio
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on September 12, 2009 - 3:10amCHICAGO – Riding off the ravenous wave of the explosively successful “The Dark Knight,” Warner Bros. has released a new teaser trailer you’ve got to see.