The folks at IMAX have recently started a new tradition of giving away limited, specially made posters at midnight screenings of some of the year’s major films. They did one for Prometheus, they did one for The Amazing Spider-Man, and you bet your ass they’re doing one for The Dark Knight Rises. The IMAX poster for director Christopher Nolan’s third and final Batman film features Bats confidently floating over the burning city of Gotham with the help of his newfound levitation abilities. By now you’re probably aware that Nolan shot nearly an hour of footage with IMAX cameras, and the gold standard viewing experience for The Dark Knight Rises is apparently 70mm IMAX. If you’re attending a midnight screening of the film in the large format, you’ve got a good shot at nabbing one of these posters for yourself.
Hit the jump to check out the poster. The film stars Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway,Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Marion Cotillard and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. The Dark Knight Rises opens on July 20th.
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Here’s the official synopsis for The Dark Knight Rises:
Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ “The Dark Knight Rises” is the epic conclusion to filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy.
It has been eight years since Batman vanished into the night, turning, in that instant, from hero to fugitive. Assuming the blame for the death of D.A. Harvey Dent, the Dark Knight sacrificed everything for what he and Commissioner Gordon both hoped was the greater good. For a time the lie worked, as criminal activity in Gotham City was crushed under the weight of the anti-crime Dent Act.
But everything will change with the arrival of a cunning cat burglar with a mysterious agenda. Far more dangerous, however, is the emergence of Bane, a masked terrorist whose ruthless plans for Gotham drive Bruce out of his self-imposed exile. But even if he dons the cape and cowl again, Batman may be no match for Bane.
Leading an all-star international cast, Oscar(R) winner Christian Bale (“The Fighter”) again plays the dual role of Bruce Wayne/Batman. The film also stars Anne Hathaway, as Selina Kyle; Tom Hardy, as Bane; Oscar(R) winner Marion Cotillard (“La Vie en Rose”), as Miranda Tate; and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, as John Blake. Returning to the main cast, Oscar(R) winner Michael Caine (“The Cider House Rules”) plays Alfred; Gary Oldman is Commissioner Gordon; and Oscar(R) winner Morgan Freeman (“Million Dollar Baby”) reprises the role of Lucius Fox. The screenplay is written by Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan, story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer. The film is produced by Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan and Charles Roven, who previously teamed on “Batman Begins” and the record-breaking blockbuster “The Dark Knight.” The executive producers are Benjamin Melniker, Michael E. Uslan, Kevin De La Noy and Thomas Tull, with Jordan Goldberg serving as co-producer. The film is based upon characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. Batman was created by Bob Kane.
Click here for all of our previous coverage or browse the links below:
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- Fan-Made The Dark Knight Rises Banner
- Viral Campaign’s Gotham Observer
- New Promo Posters
- Newest TV Spot for The Dark Knight Rises
- Create Your Own Dark Knight Rises TV Spot for Christopher Nolan to Judge
- New Footage Galore in Latest TV Spot
- New Images of The Bat
- Listen to Samples of Hans Zimmer’s Score from The Dark Knight Rises
- First Teaser Trailer for The Dark Knight RisesMobile Game
- Batman Begins to Be Converted to Digital IMAX for Trilogy Marathon
- Soundtrack Listing and New TV Spot
- Advance Tickets Now On Sale
- New footage from the MTV Movie Awards
- Trailer 1, Trailer 2, Trailer 3, Trailer 4
- Warner Bros. Initially Wanted Leonardo DiCaprio as The Riddler for The Dark Knight Rises
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- Christopher Nolan Says He Was “Nervous” to Include Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises; Christian Bale Talks the Future of the Franchise
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- TV Spot, Banners, Images, SDCC Action Figure, and Promo Posters
- Mega Gallery featuring 50 Images and 15 Posters
- Catwoman Poster
- New Footage to Premiere During the MTV Movie Awards
- Set Visit Preview and Four New Banners
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This should’ve been the theatrical poster. It’s way better than that hack-photoshop job in the actual one.
you are funny, this poster seems to be a photoshop too, they just took the batman from the poster where he is standing on a police car’s rooftop and placed it over a new background.
well yeah, it is photoshopped, but not in the stupid, incompetent, rush-job way where they literally took the teaser from last year and stuck fire and Batman on it.
HELL. YES.
I was gonna buy a poster, but none of the ones on sale appealed to me. A free one definitely works for me. Especially since this is easily the best poster released so far.
Sigh…legends don’t end. That’s what makes them legends.
STORIES end…perhaps that’s what they mean.
Sigh… nit-picky people… Always need to complain about something.
@ J.
agree.
don’t listen to others (i.e. alex), they’ll say it’s a penalty, not a tax.
~ p
Sigh… that’s not how you bait someone.
Don’t listen to others. They’ll say vote yes on the Jello Bicycle bill.
~O
this might be the greatest movie ever.
You can tell that from a poster.
These posters are becoming more and more disappointing. (And not just that they don’t give them out at IMAX in Australia.) The Prometheus one was great, the John Carter one was great, this one and the Spider-Man one are just dull.
…WTF is Batman supposed to be standing on? The Bat symbol in the clouds is cool, but the rest of the poster is amateurish.
A tall building. Perhaps the tallest of buildings.
Personally, I think it looks amazing. This one has an awe and power that was absent from any of the others. I feel no need to nitpick and judge every little detail on a poster; if I did, then I’d hate everything. This one’s a winner
You guys are gonna sprain your mouths.
Wow Warner Bros. I’m very disappointed in you.
Cromulent use of a Simpsons word! Embiggen. Ha!
There are good posters and not good posters. This is not a good poster.
They could’ve just removed batman from this poster. Would’ve been more effective and symbolic.
I kind of like the poster, but he’s really not standing on anything, is he? It’s distracting. Looks like he’s floating above the city on a hoverboard from Back To The Future.
this is the best poster, but the movie has had the worst marketing i have ever seen
awful: building is angling one way, batman another
been too much mediocre promotional material for this instalment… not cool and not a good omen
usually a sign that they expect a big drop-off after the opening weekend
i’ll be relieved when this nolan mess ends
Not the most flattering pic of batman used here, they coulda got a wind machine on his cape so he looks less like a banana! Needs more Bat-iconography, ie ie flowing cape etc..
This poster is the best one. Why do people always have something to cry about?
IT’S BLOODY BAT-JESUS ! ! ! ! hahaha
It kind of has a Paradise Lost vibe to it. That is what popped into my head upon seeing it for the first time.
Got my ticks!