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One of the full-size, official rubber Batman costumes, worn by Christian Bale during the filming of Batman: The Dark Knight, is currently on display at the Toys R’ Us store in Times Square, NYC … here are a few pics of the exhibit:

This display at Toys ‘R Us also features a scaled down original prop of the Batmobile but I’d be more interested in seeing this full size rubber suit … the suit that Christian Bale had to squeeze his lithe body into day in and day out for months at a time … probably sweating inside all the while. HMMMM. It’s an intriguing notion, don’t you think? I understand that the Arc Light theater here in Hollywood will also feature a Batman costume display which I plan on getting as close to as possible when I see the movie later on this week. Hey, I’m just sayin’.

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Christian Bale and Heath Ledger, in their roles as Batman and The Joker, are featured on the cover and in the pages of this week’s issue of Entertainment Weekly … here is the magazine cover and an excerpt from the coverstory that contains no spoilers but gives you a good understanding of what the article is all about:

With The Dark Knight, Nolan and Bale return to Gotham City for a second, even moodier and more savage installment of the superhero franchise they revamped in 2005 with Batman Begins. The movie delivers on its promise, pitting Batman against the freaky new fiend in psychotic cosmetics who robs banks and blows up hospitals for the sheer anarchic kick of it. Most of the familiar faces (and one new Two-Face) are on board, including wry butler Alfred (Michael Caine), stalwart police detective Gordon (Gary Oldman), and lawyer-slash-love interest Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal, taking over the role from Katie Holmes), as well as a new crusading district attorney named Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart). The Dark Knight has everything fans expect from the series: gizmos like a sleek new ”Bat Pod” motorcycle, eye-popping stunts (most performed the old-fashioned way, with real stuntmen and real explosions), and, of course, the brooding Bale, arguably the best, certainly the most serious actor ever to growl under the cowl. Still, when the film opens July 18, Ledger will be Topic A. His turn in The Dark Knight would have been widely talked about this summer even if the 28-year-old actor hadn’t died of an accidental prescription-drug overdose last January. It might have even earned him another Oscar nomination (it still could, posthumously). Now the performance is shrouded in tragedy, though, and may well be Ledger’s last cinematic testament (it’s unclear what Terry Gilliam will, or can, do with the actor’s unfinished footage from The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus). And that loads The Dark Knight with a poignancy its creators never anticipated. Certainly one they never desired. Along with the grief it caused friends and family, Ledger’s death cast a shadow of uncertainty over the film. It had Warner Bros. reexamining its entire marketing plans for the movie, conducting taste tests on the appropriateness of Ledger’s clown face on publicity stills and in trailers. Hardly the way the studio had hoped it would be launching its biggest summer thrill ride.

To be honest, I haven’t even read the entire coverstory for fear of reading too much about the movie that is still over a week away from release. If you are so inclined, you can read the article online HERE and risk the spoilers for yourself (a new trailer for The Dark Knight ran in front of Hancock last night and I tried to cover my eyes … there’s just so much TDK stuff out there that I don’t want to see any more until the movie comes out on the 18th). Even still … there is a lot of cool stuff that I think we can see safely, without fear of spoiling the movie. After the jump, check out a photo of Heath Ledger wearing The Joker prosthetics on his face but without make-up … it’s kind of an eerie thing to see …

The viral marketing campaign for Batman: The Dark Knight has just unveiled a new poster to promote the movie’s July 18 release:

I love it. I want to see this movie, like NOW. Head on over to Superhero Hype! to download this poster in Hi-Res size.

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Rolling Stone magazine movie critic Peter Travers has reviewed the new Batman sequel The Dark Knight, giving the film 3 1/2 out of 4 stars, and has posted it online for your reading pleasure. I will post only the introductory portion of the review for those of you who do not want to be spoiled:

Heads up: a thunderbolt is about to rip into the blanket of bland we call summer movies. The Dark Knight, director Christopher Nolan’s absolute stunner of a follow-up to 2005′s Batman Begins, is a potent provocation decked out as a comic-book movie. Feverish action? Check. Dazzling spectacle? Check. Devilish fun? Check. But Nolan is just warming up.

Sounds pretty positive thus far … if you want to read the rest of the extensive Rolling Stone review (chock full of plot spoilers) then read on …

The industrious folks who put out the fun viral videos for the upcoming Batman sequel The Dark Knight have unleashed a new short clip for our online viewing fun:

The clip is a teensy bit spoilery but you really can’t see anything. If you do “see” something and get what is implied from the video then you prolly already know enough about what is going to happen in the movie to not be spoiled. We are just about 1 month away from the movie’s release but I suspect that we still have more viral fun to come from the Batman folks.

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Characters from the much-anticipated Batman sequel The Dark Knight are featured on the cover and in the pages of the new issue of Total Film magazine … check it out:

Hee hee … we’re still a little over a month away from the movie’s release and we’ve practically seen the whole movie in pictures already. Actually, nothing that we’ve seen thus far has been all that spoilery … the pics all seem to come from the same scenes in the movie … even still, I’m tired of all the foreplay — I want action already!!! [Source via Source]

Here are a few new stills from the upcoming Batman sequel The Dark Knight which have been posted on WizardUniverse.com:

None of these pics are at all spoilery … I think they mostly come from trailers and video that has already been released to promote the film which opens in July. I can’t believe it’s almost time for another Batman movie! It’s been far too long since we’ve been able to see Christian Bale running around on the big screen in a black rubber suit. As the release date draws near, I grow more anxious to see Heath Ledger in the role of The Joker. It’s hard to believe he’s only been gone for a few months now … I’m hearing that his performance is utterly amazing. I can’t wait to see for myself. [Source]