Read up on the latest The Dark Knight news, reviews, and features from the ScreenAge Wasteland team.

Directed by Christopher Nolan from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jonathan Nolan, The Dark Knight is the second installment in The Dark Knight trilogy. The movie follows the vigilante Batman (Christian Bale), police lieutenant James Gordon (Gary Oldman), and district attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), who form an alliance to dismantle organized crime in Gotham City. Their efforts are derailed by the Joker (Heath Ledger), an anarchistic mastermind who seeks to test how far Batman will go to save the city from chaos.

The Dark Knight was released on July 18, 2008, by Warner Bros. Pictures. The superhero movie earned over $1 billion, becoming the highest-grossing film of the year. It was considered the “blueprint” for many modern superhero films.

The Dark Knight has appeared on the following “greatest” lists assembled by ScreenAge Wasteland:

• #1 on The 50 Greatest Superhero Movies of All Time
• #3 (The Interrogation), #17 (Transport Chase), #64 (Pencil Trick), and #80 (Delayed Explosion) on The 100 Best Superhero Movie Moments
• #4 on The 25 Best Movies of the Last 25 Years
• #7 on The 100 Greatest and Worst Sequels of All Time
• #8 (Heath Ledger as The Joker) on The 50 Greatest Comic Book Castings of All Time
• #10 on The 100 Greatest Movies of the 2000s
• #10 on The Greatest Movie Teaser Trailers
• #14 (The Joker) on The 100 Greatest 2000s Movie Characters
• #18 on The 50 Greatest Summer Blockbusters of All Time
• #23 on The 100 Greatest Warner Bros. Movies