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Bale Talks DARK KNIGHT

The fellow comic fanatics over at Superhero Hype will be on the set of THE DARK KNIGHT later this week and when they publish the information from it, I'll happily pass it along for everyone. For now, though, they had a chance to talk with the leading star Christian Bale on the circumstances of filming the caped crusader this time around as compared to last time. Obviously, the Nolans and Bale had a lot more pressure in the pre-BATMAN BEGINS days when so many people had nightmares from the  BATMAN & ROBIN fiasco.

"It's been a lot easier because of that," he told us. "People aren't questioning, 'Are they going to do it or not?' There's been an acceptance of, 'Yes, these guys know what they're doing' and also, because we got so familiar with each other... it's now the third movie that I made with Chris (Nolan) and Michael Caine. I've gotten to know everybody. We all know how we all work. It's like my 5th movie with the D.P. It just flies along because there's no question in trying to sort of work each other out at all. We all know how we like to do it, and there's a nice shorthand between us all in terms of communication."

On the THE DARK KNIGHT surpassing the success of BATMAN BEGINS?

"Yes, you must, you have to do that. If we're just doing the same, then what's the point? There are people who should demand that, but it does get better, so we have to do that. That would be the death knell, wouldn't it? If we all got complacent, just said, 'Oh, we just have to bang out the same thing we did before.' Sure, we use the strengths, and we're not going to discard the things that worked, but we've got to move forward as well."

The next installment of the BATMAN franchise hits theaters everywhere next summer. The cast for TDK is Christian Bale (Batman), Heath Ledger (The Joker), Morgan Freeman (Lucius Fox), Michael Caine (Alfred), Gary Oldman(Gordon), Aaron Eckhart (District Attorney Harvey Dent), Maggie Gyllenhaal (Rachel Dawes), Eric Roberts, Anthony Michael Hall & Nestor Carbonell.

Update (6:34 am CST): A scooper has informed Superhero Hype that the production team has been working around the old Post Office building in Chicago once again yesterday and today. They've also put up the Gotham City Bank sign as well. Maybe this translates into "reshoots" for the Nolans.