Wally Pfister wants to shoot all of Batman 3 in IMAX

[Great Rumbler]

Early on in the "Inception" preproduction process, director Christopher Nolan and director of photography Wally Pfister had a conversation that dragged on for weeks: After shooting a portion of "The Dark Knight" in IMAX, would they also shoot their Leonardo DiCaprio-starring thriller in the large-scale film format?

"Finally I had to tell Chris that the way he was describing the film, so much of it wanted to be with a handheld camera and kind of running around," Pfister told MTV News. "That's just not physically possible with the IMAX camera. We ruled out shooting in IMAX."

Their thinking on how to shoot "Batman 3," however, might turn out to be vastly different. "I can't say until I read the script, but it would certainly be my preferred, amazing goal to shoot the whole movie in IMAX," Pfister said.

That sentiment jibes with rumors from last summer that suggested the next "Batman" could indeed be shot all in IMAX. At this point, though, Pfister is waiting to get his hands on the script and to find out when the threequel will shift into production. When it does, he's hoping to work with IMAX cameras and hoping to avoid 3-D ones.

"I must say I'm a huge IMAX fan. I like IMAX more than I like 3-D," he explained. "Chris' films are so densely layered and have so much going on visually in every way that IMAX helps enhance that because of the scope and the scale of it — it becomes a much larger canvas to paint on. That's what we found on 'Dark Knight.'

"I'm not a big fan of 3-D," he continued. "I liken it to my View-Master I had 40 years ago. Are you really getting more out of the story with 3-D? When you separate those different planes and you're creating artificial depth, it looks phony to me."

Nolan hasn't jumped on the 3-D bandwagon either, saying in June, "I'm not a huge fan of 3-D." Still, any decisions about how to shoot "Batman 3" will ultimately involve Warner Bros. and will certainly wait until Nolan and Pfister sit down and have a discussion similar to the one they had in the run-up to "Inception."

"We usually have lunch and he asks me, 'Tell me what your thoughts are,' " Pfister said. "It's very casual. It's not very technical. And then we start to build toward, 'How are we going to shoot this? Where are we going to shoot this?' My preproduction is about four months long before principal photography begins.

"I can't imagine how we're going to step it up [after 'Inception']," he added. "But we will."

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1644026/20100720/story.jhtml



It would be so awesome if this actually happened.

[bagofeyes]

I'm bored of batman now 

[Great Rumbler]

It's probably two years away.

[Bildi]

Does IMAX automatically mean a 1.78 ratio for the home release?  I hope so because I like that ratio for home viewing.

"I'm not a big fan of 3-D," he continued. "I liken it to my View-Master I had 40 years ago. Are you really getting more out of the story with 3-D? When you separate those different planes and you're creating artificial depth, it looks phony to me."

Nolan hasn't jumped on the 3-D bandwagon either, saying in June, "I'm not a huge fan of 3-D."

[Great Rumbler]

Does IMAX automatically mean a 1.78 ratio for the home release?  I hope so because I like that ratio for home viewing.

Yeah, I think so.

[Ichirou]

I would bet that the next Batman will be available in 3D, even if it's just a converted version.

[Cheebs]

I would bet that the next Batman will be available in 3D, even if it's just a converted version.

Yeah because Nolan is a director for hire studio goon with no control over this sort of thing. Won't shoot in 3D, he is a big time devotee of shooting on film and has trashed converted 3D.

[Phoenix Dark]

Inception bombed. Nolan has no more control, Cheebs. I'm expecting 3D, a bat cave, and multiple Batman suits to help sell toys.

[Cheebs]

Inception bombed. Nolan has no more control, Cheebs. I'm expecting 3D, a bat cave, and multiple Batman suits to help sell toys.

Your sat morning trolls based on Friday numbers kind of collapsed after the freakishly strong word of mouth.

[Joe Molotov]

PD's just pulling a Wilco.

[Cheebs]

PD's just pulling a Wilco.

PD should pick his own movie to pull that on.

[Phoenix Dark]

Actually Willco jumped on my dodge caravan. I told everyone Inception would bomb ages ago.

[Cheebs]

Actually Willco jumped on my dodge caravan. I told everyone Inception would bomb ages ago.

You guys need to arrange who will troll what in advance.

[Phoenix Dark]

You wouldn't know how the front seat smelled, much less felt. Let the experts do the driving, hun

[EvilBoris]

this should be a headache... Nolan's temperament isn't really suited for the enveloping visual possibilites of IMAX. All propulsive editing and exhaustion... 'composition' isn't really his game.  good luck anyway Pfister has come a long way since softcore

 

[Phoenix Dark]

Hopefully the exposition flashbacks will be in 3D

[Ichirou]

I would bet that the next Batman will be available in 3D, even if it's just a converted version.

Yeah because Nolan is a director for hire studio goon with no control over this sort of thing. Won't shoot in 3D, he is a big time devotee of shooting on film and has trashed converted 3D.

Doesn't matter, Warner Bros. will make bank from a converted 3D version.  They'll put out IMAX and regular theatrical 2D versions.

STFU CHEEBS YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE INDUSTRY, IT IS RUN BY MONEY

[Great Rumbler]

Inception bombed. Nolan has no more control, Cheebs. I'm expecting 3D, a bat cave, and multiple Batman suits to help sell toys.

Inception will probably be sitting at $140-$150 million after ten days. And that's a bomb? Okay. 

[Cheebs]

I would bet that the next Batman will be available in 3D, even if it's just a converted version.

Yeah because Nolan is a director for hire studio goon with no control over this sort of thing. Won't shoot in 3D, he is a big time devotee of shooting on film and has trashed converted 3D.

Doesn't matter, Warner Bros. will make bank from a converted 3D version.  They'll put out IMAX and regular theatrical 2D versions.

STFU CHEEBS YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE INDUSTRY, IT IS RUN BY MONEY

If it's in 3D and on IMAX screens it will be IMAX 3D. Industry is run by money but Nolan is likely the most powerful director working in the studio system today at Warners after all the hits he has done for Warners. They won't mess with what he wants, and if he doesn't like how it is looks converted it won't be released converted.

Which is what happened on Inception. WB wanted it to be in 3D so they converted part of it. Nolan viewed it and didn't like it so he axed it.

Inception bombed. Nolan has no more control, Cheebs. I'm expecting 3D, a bat cave, and multiple Batman suits to help sell toys.

Inception will probably be sitting at $140-$150 million after ten days. And that's a bomb? Okay. 

He is trolling, Inception is a gigantic hit thanks to the holds. It will be one of the biggest earners in 2010. He knows this lol. He is pulling a Willco.

[Ichirou]

What's the difference between pulling a Willco and pulling a Mupepe?

[The Fake Shemp]

I don't steal all your shit.

[Great Rumbler]

I don't steal all your shit.

You steal the happiness from our SOULS.

[Solo]

Cold-blooded Willco

[Brehvolution]

But will he fist her?

[Diunx]

Batman 3 will definitely be in 3d, warner already said all of their upcoming blockbusters would be I don't see them making their biggest one an exception.

[Stoney Mason]

Pfister?

I hardly knew her!

[Cheebs]

Batman 3 will definitely be in 3d, warner already said all of their upcoming blockbusters would be I don't see them making their biggest one an exception.

In that announcement they included Batman 3 as IMAX but not under 3D however. The sole movie in that press release NOT listed as 3D if I recall. They wanted Inception in 3D but Nolan said no. If Nolan says no this time again they won't do it. They want to keep him in the fold doing his movies for Warners. Nolan said he offered Inception to Warners before any other studio due to the creative control they allowed him on the Batman films after all.

[Mupepe]

 

[fistfulofmetal]

can't wait until the eventual trilogy blu-ray
they can sell it at batmanbatmanbatman.com

[Cravis]

can't wait until the eventual trilogy blu-ray
they can sell it at batmanbatmanbatman.com

Call it the "I'm the goddamn Batman box"

[Powerslave]

Thanks for the updated info, wrath.

Wrath's a dumbass

[Flannel Boy]

I don't steal all your shit.

[Ichirou]

I don't steal all your shit.

At least Willco is now acknowledging that that's what Mupepe actually did.