The Dark Knight

The Joker emerges to wreak havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham

Credits

Director

Christopher Nolan

Producers

Christopher Nolan, Lorne Orleans, Charles Roven, Emma Thomas

Production Companies

Warner Bros., Legendary Entertainment, Syncopy, DC Comics

Studios

Warner Bros.

Dneg VFX Supervisor

Paul Franklin

Dneg VFX Producers

Matt Holben, Matt Plummer

Dneg 2D Supervisors

David Vickery, Pete Bebb, Philippe Leprince

Release Date

18th July 2008

Double Negative was the lead facility for The Dark Knight, delivering 370 final shots, of which 170 were IMAX.

Bale again brilliantly personifies all the deep traumas and misgivings of Batman's alter ego, Bruce Wayne. A bit of Hamlet is in this Batman.THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

Film Background

The follow up to the action hit Batman Begins, The Dark Knight reunites director Christopher Nolan and star Christian Bale, who reprises the role of Batman. In the Dark Knight, Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime, as Gotham City suffers under a reign of terror at the hands of a criminal mastermind known as the Joker (Heath Ledger).

DNEG’s team faced a number of challenges on the film, including recreating Gotham City environments, a CG Batmobile, CG Batpod and digi-doubles. But the biggest challenge by far was working at 5.6K, and sometimes 8K, for IMAX resolution.

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Learn more about our work on The Dark Knight trilogy: 

Batman Begins 

The Dark Knight Rises 

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