The Dark Knight: Trailer Debut

The Dark Knight: Trailer Debut

LONDON, December 14/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

- Warner Bros. Pictures is Pleased to Offer Exciting New Footage From the Highly Anticipated July 2008 Release of The Dark Knight

The follow-up to the action hit "Batman Begins," "The Dark Knight" reunites director Christopher Nolan and star Christian Bale, who reprises the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne.

In "The Dark Knight," Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the city streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as The Joker.

Academy Award nominee Heath Ledger ("Brokeback Mountain") stars as arch-villain The Joker, and Aaron Eckhart plays District Attorney Harvey Dent. Maggie Gyllenhaal joins the cast in the role of Rachel Dawes. Returning from "Batman Begins" are Gary Oldman as Lieutenant Jim Gordon; Oscar winner Michael Caine ("The Cider House Rules") as Alfred; and Oscar winner Morgan Freeman ("Million Dollar Baby") as Lucius Fox.

Warner Bros. Pictures presents, in association with Legendary Pictures, a Syncopy Production, a Christopher Nolan film, "The Dark Knight." Nolan is directing the film from a screenplay written by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan, story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer. Charles Roven, Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan are producing the film, with Kevin De La Noy, Benjamin Melniker and Michael Uslan serving as executive producers. "The Dark Knight" is based upon characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. Batman was created by Bob Kane.

"The Dark Knight" will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.

http://www.thedarkknightmovie.co.uk

          In Cinemas July 2008      EUROPE     1st Feed:     Date: 17th December 2007     Time: 0500-0515 GMT      2nd Feed:     Date: 17th December 2007     Time: 0900-0915 GMT      Satellite: Eutelsat W1 TXP B4 CH-2     Downlink Frequency: 11088.5 V     FEC: 3/4     Symbol: 5.632     Color: PAL     Uplink: Arqiva Winchester +44(0)1962-823000  

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