Is it any surprise that this week’s Fan Art Friday is all about Batman and his friends, enemies, and city? The Dark Knight begins its domination of the box office today, and here’s a tour through some of the coolest artistic talent on the internet to celebrate it. Be sure to follow the links back to the original artists to let them know you like their work!
Microsoft has announced a new contest that has them partnering with Domino’s Pizza to promote the upcoming film The Dark Knight. By ordering the special Batman-themed items from Domino’s, you’ll have a shot at winning a bunch of cool prizes, including a beyond awesome Batman-deco’ed XBox 360 Elite. Here are the official details:
Starting July 7, 2008 if you order The Gotham City Pizza Large pizza for $9.99 or The Dark KnightTM Deal, (Gotham City Pizza plus 10 piece wings and a side of bread for $19.99) you have a chance to win $10,000 delivered to your door.
Order your pizza online or by phone and instantly access The Dark Knight™ Vault for unique content from the movie including an exclusive trailer, wallpapers, and lots more. The vault will be open from June 30 to July 27, 2008.
At www.dominos.com , track your pizza all the way to your door with the Domino’s Pizza Tracker. This is also your key into the Vault. When you receive your pizza, the promotionl pizza box has all the details on entering the “Cards Tell the Tale” Instant Win Promotion. The exclusive The Dark Knight™ Xbox 360 consoles are very limited in quantity and are sure to be a coveted item for any gamer, BATMAN fan, or collector.
Source: XBox via XBox360Fanboy
A new trailer for The Dark Knight premiered with Iron Man screenings this weekend, and now it’s online for you to see. Among other things, this trailer gives us a first glimpse of full-on Two Face. Blink and you’ll miss it.
The trailer: Link
The newest poster for The Dark Knight is online, thanks to the WhySoSerious viral site. If you don’t want to dig through the site yourself, here’s a look at the poster.
Source: WhySoSerious (thanks, anonymous tipster!)
The big gaming news today is the leakage of some info about an upcoming Mortal Kombat game… It has Batman. Not only does it have Batman, but it presumably has a full pantheon of DC superheroes filling out the ranks. The possibilities are mind-blowing, and this first trailer ratchets my hype up on this game quite a bit. Check out some swirly graphics, ominous text, and a few sweet seconds of Bruce Wayne laying the smack down.
Source: Games Radar
The ongoing viral campaign for The Dark Knight continues today with a new mock press statement from the new Rachel Dawes, Maggie Gyllenhaal. Want to see if she can fill the role vacated by Katie Holmes in Batman Begins? Here’s the video:
Source: MovieWeb
The viral marketing of The Dark Knight continues with yet another Joker-induced website popping up. This time the Clown Prince has defaced the recent edition of The Gotham Times with his own wicked twist, The Ha Ha Ha Times. The Joker’s postings tend to hold clues to future viral sites in The Dark Knight’s online campaign, so take a look and see if you can make anything of it.
The Dark Knight is slated for a July 18 release.
Source: SuperheroFlix
