Warner Bros. Pictures has launched a “For Your Consideration” website for The Dark Knight which includes the full script for the film!
In related news, Variety says the major of an oil-producing city in southeastern Turkey named “Batman” is suing director Christopher Nolan and Warner Bros. for royalties from The Dark Knight.
Huseyin Kalkan, the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party mayor of Batman, has accused the film’s producers of using the city’s name without permission.
“There is only one Batman in the world,” Kalkan said. “The American producers used the name of our city without informing us.”
We wish him the best of luck. More details here.
Also, The Dark Knight has reached a worldwide total of $997.6 million ($528.6 million domestically, $469 million internationally) and should be able to cross the $1 billion mark with the re-release in January.
