The Dark Knight produced, directed and cowritten by Christopher Nolan is a 2008 British-American superhero film. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, the film is part of Nolan's Batman film series and the second is a sequel to 2005's Batman Begins. Christian Bale small amounts Alfred, Lucius Fox and Morgan Freeman as Gary Oldman as James Gordon, Michael Caine as a returning cast, Bruce Wayne / Batman reprises the lead role. Film Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) introduces the character, Gotham's newly elected District Attorney and a criminal mastermind Batman and the police in combating the new rising threat of Bruce Wayne's childhoofriend who joins Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal), the wife calling himself the "Joker" (Heath Ledger).Nolan's inspiration for the film Joker's comic book debut in 1940, the 1988 graphic novel The Killing Joke, and 1996 series The Long Halloween, which retold Two-Face's origin was. Nicknamed "The Dark Knight" in the first story written by Bill Finger, Batman No. 1 (1940) was applied to the Batman. The Dark Knight was filmed primarily in Chicago, as well as many others in the United States, the United Kingdom, and places in Hong Kong. Nolan's Joker's first appearance in an imax camera to filmsome sequences, including used.. Warner Bros. Ledger

as the Joker in early promotional websites and trailers highlighting screen shots of development, created a viral marketing campaign for The Dark Knight, but after Ledger's death, his campaign studio refocused. The Dark Knight in North America and the UK July 24, 2008 on July 18, 2008, on Australia July 16, 2008 was released. The film received highly positive reviews and has set numerous records during its theatrical run.The film, The film received eight Academy Award nominations;. . It won the award for Best Sound Editing and Best Supporting Actor was awarded posthumously laser The Dark Knight Rises, the final film in the trilogy, July 20, 2012, was released