The Dark Knight

[Tranzlater]

Jan '08? But the movie came out 6 months later... wouldn't they still be filming?

[SuperFireKirby]

No they wouldn't. It takes about half a year after filming the movie to add in special effects, negogiate with theaters, and create trailers and other advertisements.

[SirIngusBingus]

Half the movies you are looking foward to next year are already done filming.

[Tranzlater]

Yeah... but still... premiers, voiceovers... and he did die about six months before the movie came out. They must have missed some scenes.

[SuperFireKirby]

My theory is that the original plan for the next movie was for the Joker to escape, but since Ledger died... well you get the idea.

[kotorfanboy]

Actually I'm fairly sure they just waited for the summer because they wanted Batman to be a "summer blockbuster" of sorts.

Special effects and everything else you listed doesn't take that long for other movies with similar amounts of editing necessary, so I wouldn't think it'd take 6 months for The Dark Knight.

[SuperFireKirby]

That is true.

[Tranzlater]

They finished filming T2 3 months before release, and that had incredible effects.