‘The Dark Knight Rises’ will cost at least $250 million to make

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The Dark Knight Rises has created some tension between Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures. The two companies were 50/50 partners on The Dark Knight, which went on to gross over $1 billion dollars at the box office back in 2008. Now, according to The LA Times, Warner Bros. is hesitant about giving up such a large percent of their most bankable superhero property. More interesting than the controversy though, is that The Dark Knight Rises is expected to cost at least $250 million to produce. According to Box Office Mojo, The Dark Knight had a production budget of $185 million. It seems like Christopher Nolan is going to have even more cash to play with during last visit to Gotham. With all the on-location shooting that is expected to take place, as well as the cost to shoot more of the film with IMAX cameras, the increased budget will be put to good use. Hopefully some of that money will go to a great viral marketing campaign. Those of you who remember The Dark Knight’s viral marketing campaign will probably agree!

SOURCE: The LA Times

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  • Anonymous

    Remember, every early report budget costs are always off by some margin. I’m sure its going to cost more than the previous 2 but that number is not solid.

    • http://batman-news.com Batman-News.com

      Very true. I think Nolan has a reputation of coming in under budget too. Can’t wait to see how he tops The Dark Knight!

      • Anonymous

        yeah, what im thinking is that number is what WB sets out for TDKR. $250 M is the limit WB has set out for Nolan.

  • Anonymous

    You should put a $ sign in that headline. 250 million what?

    • http://batman-news.com Batman-News.com

      I did but for some reason my SEO plugin was stripping it out of the title. I’m working on a fix and will put it back in ASAP.

  • Anonymous

    Holy. Inception’s budget was $160 million. Think what Nolan could do with another $100 million!! I’m excited to know…

  • Bazman05

    Cool

  • http://grauskala.blogspot.com/ One_Eyed_Willie

    Bastards burocrats, slimy, money counters modafuckers, fuckfaces, dickheads from the cinema industry… kill’em’all! Damn, they’re stupid fools… so obvious that TDKR will deliver!The viral stuff – agreed! I hope a totaly different approaching this time! TDK virals was fantastic, so now will be a hell of a challenge.By the way, very nice pic to illustrate the article.

  • Anonymous

    Nolan always comes in under budget anyway.

    Plus, WB are in Nolan’s debt after TDK and Inception, hopefully this means things will be bigger and better.

  • Maxwell Action

    I wonder how much of that they are paying to blow up the Civic Center and reanimating Heath’s body. Hopefully we’ll at least get an amazing Batwing out of this.

  • Anonymous

    Chris is there , any info on actuly how much of the film will be shot in IMAX , I think if Nolan and Physter could have there way it would be 100 % dont know if this is financialy or practicaly viabal , Did anyone see what type of cameras were being used in India ?  Any way 250 m , looks like Bruce is going to have to ReMortgage the BatCave !

    • http://batman-news.com Batman-News.com

      It won’t be 100% in IMAX. The Dark Knight had 28 minutes of IMAX. All we know is there will be “more many minutes” for TDKR.

  • Anonymous

    Take this with a HUGE pinch of salt , because its ComicBook news , but they are reporting a Mad Scientist type has been cast in TDKR . 

  • Anonymous

    Completely OT, but have you guys heard the news about Alon Aboutboul?

    • Anonymous

      Are you talking about the Mad Scinentist type , that has supposedly been cast ? Yeah intresting let the speculation begin !  

      • Anonymous

         Ah, you beat me! Hoping for Hugo, personally. Been a fan of him since Prey, and always thought truly creepy moments like this:

        http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110107215416/marvel_dc/images/e/e4/Hugo_Strange_050.jpg

        Would be great in the Nolanverse.

        • Anonymous

          I dont think he will be Hugo ( not a bigger enoughth name ) , but Hugo would of been cool , i would of liked to see Daniel Day Lewis play him ,  I know Nolan will not be back for a 4th installment but it would be cool if he could leave as many Easter eggs as possible hinting at futuer villians , I realy hope after Nolan finishes he hands over Batman to Duncan Jones ( Moon and Source Code )

  • Simon

     Wow that’s a sh!tload of MONEY!!!!!!!!!! If this is true, then I’m even more exited to see wat Nolan does with this!!!!!!!!!! 

  • Anonymous

    If true, this might explain why WB is pushing for a reboot so soon after The Dark Knight Rises. With each movie, the costs go up, especially actors’ salaries. I wonder if Christian Bale renegotiated his deal after winning an Oscar. So rather than keep paying more and more money, it’s cheaper to just start over and get some new creative people, much like what Sony is doing with the Spiderman series. But with a budget of $250 million, it’s no wonder they were able to get such great actors to sign on. As much as we’d like to think they’re drawn to the quality of the material, a lot of actors take jobs simply for the money and the chance to raise their profile. Also, if you work with Nolan, there’s a good chance you’ll get cast in another of his movies later on.

    I think it’s amazing that this movie is going to cost more than what Batman Begins made at the domestic box office back in 2005. What a turnaround from the disgrace of Batman & Robin when the studio was afraid to produce anything with the Batman name on it.

  • Anonymous

    Oh and very clever of Batman-News.com to put a picture of The Joker burning money to go with this article. Nice.

    • Bazman05

      Agreed. It really sets the mood.

    • http://batman-news.com Batman-News.com

      Thanks guys! I thought it fit the story pretty well :) 

    • Antrozous

      ” It´s not about the money it´s about sending a message! Everything burns…”

  • http://twitter.com/_Corporal Corporal

    Nice Picture. and Viral Marketing is an awesome Idea! i loved the old ones!

  • Antrozous

    A quarter of a billion is something alright but this is a big production with a lot of big Hollywood names and filming it on real locations around the world doesn´t come cheap so…

    I´m guessing a million or two are going straight to the new Batmobile…

  • http://twitter.com/StevtheVirgin39 StevetheVirgin39

    I AM A VIRGIN

    • Bazman05

      Thanks for sharing.

  • http://twitter.com/Buttermaker11 Tyler Durden

    How do you not just give Christopher Nolan a blank check?

  • Mr Chance

    Too late to post this comment, but when I first saw this post in May, accompanied by this photo, it cracked me up. I don’t know what it is you wanted to say by using this pic, but it made me LOL.

    • http://batman-news.com Batman-News.com

      lol, it made me smile too. I don’t know why… but when I read about all that money, and Batman, this picture came to mind.