DVD/Blu-Ray Release News For The Dark Knight

Source: HCC Magazine

Warner Bros. hints that "The Dark Knight" could be the first release on Blu-ray to feature BD-Live.

With the enormous success of the movie Warner will no doubt make something special out of its DVD and Blu-ray releases and it could make the studio go for BD-Live.

The studio has hinted that a group of people will be able to start the movie simultaneously allowing for chat under and after the movie. Other possible features include library access and more."

It is also reported that The Dark Knight could come out on DVD and Blu-ray by November or December with December 9th targeted as a release date for the Blue-Ray Version and Novemeber 1st for the DVD version.

Both are expected to be huge sellers during the year end holiday season.

We will keep you updated regularly on the release in the near future as more news is released. We'll Also Have A Review Of The "Batman Begins" DVD/Blu-Ray This Coming Week.

What would you like to see included in the DVD and Blu Ray version of The Dark Knight? Share with us your thoughts in the comments section.

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Curse Of The Dark Knight?

Lately the question has come up around the new Batman movie. Several observers have pointed out what's been increasing suspected— that The Dark Knight seems blighted.

Evidence: Star-on-the-rise Heath Ledger, who portrays The Joker, died of an overdose of prescription drugs in January. Christian Bale, who plays Batman, was arrested on assault charges after a dust-up with his mother and sister around the time of the film's premiere in London.

And there's more. This past week, Morgan Freeman, who plays Bruce Wayne's friend Lucius Fox, was seriously injured in an accident in Mississippi. A special effects technician was killed in a truck accident in September.

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Barbara Gordon (Batgirl/Oracle) Profile

The original Batgirl, Barbara "Babs" Gordon is the daughter of Police Commissioner James "Jim" Gordon. In Alan Moore's acclaimed graphic novel The Killing Joke, the Joker shot Babs in the spinal cord. Babs had to quit her role as Batgirl but continued to help Batman as Oracle, the informer broker.

In No Man's Land, both Batman and Babs (as Oracle) agreed to let Cassandra Cain, daughter of assassin Cain, wear the Batgirl costume and become Oracle's ward. Cassandra Cain goes on to become the present Batgirl.

Babs continues to help Batman as Oracle and also becomes the leader of a female crimefighting team Birds of Prey. Babs is also known to be in love with Dick Grayson, the original Robin, who quit his role as the boy wonder to become solo crimefighter, Nightwing.

Barbara Gordon is highly intelligent and is trained in the martial art of eskrima. Oracle is listed in BusinessWeek's top ten most intelligent fictional characters in American comics as the only female character on the list, joining the likes of Bruce Wayne, Tony Stark and Charles Xavier.
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The Dark Knight beats Spidey at the Box-Office

Warner Bros. Pictures' The Dark Knight, directed by Christopher Nolan, surpassed the first Spider-man movie to 7th place on the all-time domestic blockbuster list on Tuesday, making it the biggest comic book movie of all-time in North America.

After just 19 days, The Dark Knight's box-office total stands at $405.7 million and counting . Spider-man took its entire run in 2002 to reach $403.7million domestically. It is possible for The Dark Knight to catch Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, which sits at 6th place with $423.3 million.

Director Christopher Nolan feels that Heath Ledger, who plays the Joker in The Dark Knight, deserves all the credit for the movie's massive box-office success, "He was what the Joker in our film needs to be. We were looking for an actor with the fierceness, excitment and teeth to do our version of the Joker."

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