Tag: Batman

Is There a Dark Knight Curse?

Tags: batman + the Dark Knight + Curse + Morgan Freeman + Heath Ledger

oxana
Posted by oxana 1 year 3 months ago; via community.tvguide.com/blo...

The Dark Knight is a bleak and jittery bad dream of a summer blockbuster – but the movie has nothing on real life.

Morgan Freeman’s car accident, which left the Oscar-winning actor with serious injuries, was only the latest stroke of bad luck to make audiences wonder if there was a curse of The Dark Knight similar to the tragic aura surrounding the films Poltergeist and Rosemary’s Baby.

Talk of a curse started with the deaths of Heath Ledger and Conway Wickliffe, a special effects technician who was killed while performing a...

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Katie turns down Batman sequel

Tags: katie holms + batman + tom cruise

Esther
Posted by Esther 2 years 10 months ago; via usmagazine.com/kate_holme...

Katie Holmes, 28, has decided not to reprise her role as assistant district attorney Rachel Dawes in The Dark Knight, the sequel to Batman Begins.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the studio is now searching for an actress to replace Holmes in the big budget picture, the salary for which will likely be in the $1 million to $2 million range.

"Katie was offered [Dark Knight] but was unable to accept the role because of scheduling conflicts,” Julie Polkes, a spokeswoman for Holmes, tells the WSJ.

“She was in the process of...

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