THE DARK KNIGHT RISES - THE BAT VEHICLE Laser-Etched Glass Cube

OK, This is one of those glass cubes you usually see at Truck Stops and Flea Markets where it's a glass cube with some mysterious 3D artwork that is inside. It always amazes me, "How do they do that?" Apparently they use lasers... it's a total mystery but a very cool effect. Anyway, around December, 2012, DC Direct will be releasing a special one that features "THE BAT", Batman's Flying Vehicle from THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Movie. It's gonna measure about 4" high x 4" wide x 4" deep and will have a retail price of $29.95.

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES - BATMAN VS. BANE 1:6 Scale ICON STATUE

After watching your favorite scenes in THE DARK KNIGHT RISES movie you will probably want this brand-new DC Direct BATMAN VS BANE Statue! This hand-painted, cold-cast porcelain statue will be packaged in a 4-color box.It measures approximately 16" tall and was sculpted by Dave Cortes and Paul Harding. Look for it to hit retail stores around November, 2012. It will also have a Suggested Retail Price of $324.95.

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Batman Movie Wallpapers - ANNE HATHAWAY is CATWOMAN!

MEOWWW! To sort of celebrate the midnight showing tonight of THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Movie, and the fact that it officially opens this Friday, I thought I would post these 2 Brand-New CATWOMAN WALLPAPERS featuring my beautiful Wife, Anne Hathaway! Oh man, I can't wait to go see this film!! It feels like I have been waiting 10 years to see it, ha ha!!

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES - New HOT TOYS Batman Movie Figure BANE

"When Gotham is in ashes, then you have my permission to die."

Check out these awesome photos from HOT TOYS. This Toy Company is driving me crazy with all the cool stuff they're coming out with! Now, of course this is the BANE Figure from THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Batman Movie. The clothing here looks great but the head sculpt is even more amazing. I mean, it looks EXACTLY like the Actor, Tom Hardy!! Dang, they do great work. be sure to check out the post down below for pics of the TUMBLER VEHICLE they made for this character, it's crazy too, ha!

HARKINS THEATRES "THE DARK KNIGHT MARATHON" Tickets Giveaway Contest WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT

This post is for the BAT-BLOG.COM to announce the TWO WINNERS of our recent HARKINS THEATRES "Batman Movie Tickets" Contest to win 2 Sets of Tickets to their DARK KNIGHT MARATHON!! Yes, All of the Harkins Theatres locations are having a major event on July 19th where they are showing all three BATMAN Films in the Christopher Nolan Trilogy in a row on the same night. It's pretty cool! You get to see "2005 Batman Begins" and "2008 The Dark Knight" on the big screen again!! Then, at midnight, it's the premier of "2012 The Dark Knight Rises"!! They were nice enough to offer us a few tickets to give away. So here go!

Last night, July 14th, was the official cut-off time for entries. So, at Midnight we checked our email box to include anyone who applied at the last minute & then added them to the list. Then, I had to cut-up a ton of small identical pieces of paper ( that was fun, ha ha ) and write numbers on them that correspond to the number of entries. Long story short, we mixed them up like crazy and put all these entries in a large box & then mixed them up again. Then, we had our friend Dave reach into the box to pick 1 Winner. After he grabbed that we mixed the box up again, just to be safe ( yeah, we're obsessed with "randomness", ha! ), and had him pick another one. OK, Here are the 2 Winners!!

Frank Laudo of Flower Mound, TX

Matthew Mata of Queen Creek, AZ

Congratulations Frank & Matthew!! You guys are total WINNERS!! We will be contacting you very soon with instructions on how you pick-up your tickets. To everyone else that entered we want to thank you & we're sorry you didn't get lucky this time, maybe next time. But everybody made this a very fun event & we really appreciate that. We also wanna thank Harkins Theatres for being so generous to offer tickets for this great giveaway. They have been totally wonderful to deal with & we appreciate them as well.

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Batman, Bane and Catwoman Invade NYC Times Square!

Yesterday we posted some wonderful photos from a BAT-BLOG Fan named "BatMatt" who recently made a trip to New York City, NY. Now, of course, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Batman Movie is promoted there like crazy and he said he saw cool stuff everywhere! Like, for example, the pics we posted previously were ones he shot in Chinatown. 





Well, these photos here are the ones he documented from Times Square! This must have been totally amazing to see & we wanna thank him for sharing these great pics. Also, please be sure to CLICK HERE to see the "Chinatown" pics. They're really fun too!

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES - BATMAN MOVIE Funny Humor Photos!

This is just a quick post to share some totally hilarious photos that are all related to the next Batman Movie, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES. 



Two of them are parodies of the classic promo graphic that's floating around and one is a shot of an extremely cool TUMBLER BATMOBILE Custom Golf Cart. OK, the last pic isn't real but I made it as a shameless promo graphic to hype the BAT-BLOG.COM. 



Remember: Please tell ALL your fiends about this website, thanks!

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Video - Making the 2012 TOY FAIR Batman Food Truck

Grand Central Marketing and Warner Bros. Consumer Products teamed-up together to create a special Food Truck for the 2012 Toy
Fair in New York City a few months ago. Here are 2 videos that show the creation of the vehicle and another showing it in action. This thing was BEAUTIFUL!!



They created it, of course, to hype the highly anticipated film, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES. Also, one
of the truck's graphics premiered a first look at the Caped Crusader's
newest flying vehicle, "The Bat."

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES - New Billboard Ads Spotted in New York City!

In our ongoing coverage of all THE DARK KNIGHT RISES advertising efforts here are 2 really cool photos submitted by our friend Chip Kidd. He recently spotted these really awesome BATMAN/BANE advertisements for the new Batman movie while walking around NYC. The 1st one is a painted wall mural on the side of a building and the 2nd photo shows a Transit Bus Billboard Banner that flew by!! Have YOU seen any cool new ads? If so then please send us your photos, Thanks! ( Also, Thank You Chip )

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES - Kaspersky Lab Offers “The People of Gotham City Sweepstakes”

Batman’s newest partner? It can be you! Now you can help Batman stop the villain Bane’s newest threat and protect the people of Gotham City, and at the same time have a chance to win exclusive prizes.  Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content and threat management solutions, has partnered with THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Batman film to launch “The People of Gotham City Sweepstakes.” Entering the sweepstakes is the only way to help the Dark Knight in his latest quest, and it begins today.  

It’s easy to enter, and no purchase is necessary.  More than 50 prizes will be awarded over the 7 week sweepstakes, while one grand prize winner will receive a customized “Batman New York City Experience,” a package which includes a helicopter tour of New York, a personal hand-to-hand mixed martial arts training session, a True Crime tour of New York, a two-year subscription to Kaspersky ONE internet security and more.

As silent protectors, the Dark Knight and Kaspersky Lab both fight against the cunning threats posed by, among others, Bane and cyber-criminals from around the world.

For more information on sweepstakes rules, prizes and how to take part, just click HERE!

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES - New Batman Movie Promo Photos!

OK, I have had some major issues in my life that I had to deal with for the last few days so that's the reason I have not been posting on my regular OCD schedule. But, that mess seems to have cleared up a little bit so now I'm back, ha!

I have been meaning to get these new DARK KNIGHT RISES movie promo pics up for awhile. Yeah, better late than never! They feature Christian Bale as Batman, Anne Hathaway as Catwoman, and Tom Hardy as Bane.

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES - GREYHOUND ANNOUNCES "GO GREYHOUND TO GOTHAM CITY" CONTEST

DALLAS, TEXAS - Greyhound recently announced it is giving one lucky person and their guest the chance to "Go Greyhound to Gotham City." The contest is in partnership with Warner Bros. Pictures' and Legendary Pictures' THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Movie, the epic conclusion to filmmaker Christopher Nolan's Batman  trilogy, hitting theaters July 20. From June 22 to Aug. 3, Dark Knight enthusiasts can enter to win a trip for two to New York and live like Bruce Wayne, the billionaire industrialist and philanthropist.
 

"Elevating the typical travel experience is what Greyhound proudly offers every day, so we're pleased to offer Batman fans a chance to live like a Billionaire in partnership with Warner Bros. Studios," said Dave Leach, President and CEO, Greyhound Lines, Inc. "Although there will only be one winner, everyone can travel in style and enjoy great service when they ride our new fleet of buses, which offer express routes between major cities and luxurious amenities - such as Wi-Fi, leather seats and extra legroom - typically found on more expensive travel options."
 

The winner and one guest will receive round trip airfare for two to New York City, limousine service on a custom Greyhound VIP coach between the airport and hotel, a three-night hotel stay at a four-star or higher hotel, a sunset champagne helicopter tour over Manhattan and dinner at the three Michelin-starred Jean-Georges restaurant.
 

The grand prize winner will be selected by random drawing and notified by telephone and mail by Sept. 7. To enter the "Go Greyhound to Gotham City" contest and to review restrictions, official rules and details, please visit www.greyhound.com/thedarkknightrises in the United States. Canadian residents can enter and view official rules at www.greyhound.ca/thedarkknightrises
 

To promote the sweepstakes, Greyhound is launching a major campaign featuring key art elements from The Dark Knight Rises, using online advertising, a promotional website, in-terminal materials and signage, and social media. Most notably, the company has installed the film's title treatment on the windows of more than 500 of its new buses across the country, as well as fully wrapped 14 buses that showcase the film's main characters, Batman and Bane, in a stand-off. The wrapped buses can be seen in some of Greyhound's biggest markets including New York, Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago and Atlanta.

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES - Holy Billboard Advertising, Batman!

It looks like Warner Bros and DC Entertainment are finally busting loose and going crazy with the Batman Billboards that advertise THE DARK KNIGHT RISES film, that's cool! Here's a few pics and I'm wondering if any other BAT-BLOG Readers out there have seen any different ones? If so, then please send us a pic! Our email button is always on the top right-hand side of this page. Thanks.

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Batman Movie - Humor Photos

Just a quick post to share some totally hilarious Batman Humor Photos that are all related to THE DARK KNIGHT RISES movie. Enjoy & Share!

THE TUMBLER TOUR Hits Montreal Canada!

I have been meaning to post these photos for a few days but just keep getting side-tracked. But I'm happy to be finally posting them now. These were sent to us a few days ago by a major Batman Fan named Paul who lives in Canada. Paul was lucky enough to get to see the TUMBLER TOUR while it was in Montreal and he shot us these incredible photos at the event. As you can see they had the original Tumbler Batmobile Car AND the Bat-Pod Motorcycle, both of which can be seen in THE DARK KNIGHT Batman Movie. These vehicles will also make an appearance in the next "RISES" film. ( We can't wait to see that! ) Oh yeah, he had a great time and it's funny, he wore his Classic 1966 Batmobile T-Shirt. Heck yeah Paul, Representin'!! Also, Thanks for sharing your fun pics, I appreciate that very much.

WACKY BATMAN WALLPAPER DAY On Thursday!

OK, Here at the Bat-Blog we have one gimmick where we post some FREE Batman Backgrounds on a certain day of the week and we call it, "Wacky Wallpaper Wednesday"! Which was yesterday, but I was so busy I didn't have time to post so, here we go! Now, I really did want to post these because I'm actually very proud of them. They are all really interesting images for a desktop background but the main reason I like them so much is because they were all contributed by Loyal Bat-Blog Fans who wanted to share some fun pics and their love of the character. So to me, that is very very cool.

The 1st Wallpaper is an AWESOME photo sent-in by our Friend Paul. He recently went to THE TUMBLER TOUR at the National Harbor in Maryland, during the DC tour. In his hand is "The Gotham Times" Newspaper that was sent out during THE DARK KNIGHT 2008 Movie Viral campaign. ( Hey, that's pretty clever! It's like he's a Citizen of Gotham City, ha! ).

Next up is a GREAT Photo all the way from Berlin! It was sent to us from a Friend named "Zerokewl" and it's sort of an Advertising Billboard  for THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Movie he saw at a local German Cinema near him. It's a GIANT-SIZE Wall Poster Mural for the upcoming film, which will start in Germany on July 26th, 2012.

Then, There's this really great image which represents the 1966 Batmobile Car and two other Batman Vehicles. Yeah, the 1960's Bat-Cycle and Bat-Copter! All three of these were at the recent Mega-Show Expo thing in New Jersey and our Friend BatDave got this excellent shot of all 3!

Wow! All 3 of these pictures are totally great and if the Bat-Blog is any good at all then it's because of the wonderful input from Fans & Readers. This post was just a small way for me to say that and also say, "THANKS!"