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/Bruce
Wayne.
In
The
Dark
Knight,
Batman
raises
the
stakes
in
his
war
on
crime.
With
the
help
of
Lieutenant
Jim
Gordon
and
District
Attorney
Harvey
Dent,
Batman
sets
out
to
dismantle
the
remaining
criminal
organizations
that
plague
the
city
streets.
The
partnership
proves
to
be
effective,
but
they
soon
find
themselves
prey
to
a
reign
of
chaos
unleashed
by
a
rising
criminal
mastermind
known
to
the
terrified
citizens
of
Gotham
as
the
Joker.
Academy
Award
nominee
Heath
Ledger
(Brokeback
Mountain)
stars
as
arch-villain
The
Joker,
and
Aaron
Eckhart
plays
District
Attorney
Harvey
Dent.
Maggie
Gyllenhaal
joins
the
cast
in
the
role
of
Rachel
Dawes.
Returning
from
Batman
Begins
are
Gary
Oldman
as
Lieutenant
Jim
Gordon,
Oscar
winner
Michael
Caine
(The
Cider
House
Rules)
as
Alfred,
and
Oscar
winner
Morgan
Freeman
(Million
Dollar
Baby)
as
Lucius
Fox.
Warner
Bros.
Pictures
presents,
in
association
with
Legendary
Pictures,
a
Syncopy
Production,
a
Christopher
Nolan
film,
The
Dark
Knight.
Nolan
is
directing
the
film
from
a
screenplay
written
by
Jonathan
Nolan
and
Christopher
Nolan,
story
by
David
S.
Goyer&Christopher
Nolan.
Charles
Roven,
Emma
Thomas
and
Christopher
Nolan
are
producing
the
film,
with
Kevin
De
La
Noy,
Benjamin
Melniker
and
Michael
Uslan
serving
as
executive
producers.
The
Dark
Knight
is
based
upon
characters
appearing
in
comic
books
published
by
DC
Comics.
Batman
was
created
by
Bob
Kane.
The
behind-the-scenes
creative
team
includes
two-time
Oscar-nominated
director
of
photography
Wally
Pfister
(The
Prestige,
Batman
Begins),
Oscar-nominated
production
designer
Nathan
Crowley
(The
Prestige),
Oscar-nominated
editor
Lee
Smith
(Master
and
Commander:
The
Far
Side
of
the
World)
and
Oscar-winning
costume
designer
Lindy
Hemming
(Topsy-Turvy).
The
Dark
Knight
will
be
distributed
worldwide
by
Warner
Bros.
Pictures,
a
Warner
Bros.
Entertainment
Compan,
the
joker,
citizens
of
Gotham.