The Dark Knight Is Returning to Theaters for a 10th Anniversary IMAX Re-Release

Believe it or not, today marks the 10th anniversary of the release of The Dark Knight, the second entry in Christopher Nolan’s game-changing superhero movie trilogy. To mark the occasion, Warner Bros. is bringing the movie back to four IMAX theaters for a limited one-week engagement in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Toronto, beginning on August 24th, Variety reports.

Many people consider The Dark Knight the best film in the Batman franchise (Tim Burton and LEGO-fied movies included). The film currently holds a 94 percent “fresh” rating with both critics and audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, making it the highest-rated movie in the Batman universe.

Much of the film’s acclaim came from Heath Ledger’s brilliant turn as The Joker—a role that won him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar (making him the only actor to win that award posthumously). Even Michael Caine, who plays Bruce Wayne’s ever-dutiful butler and BFF Alfred, admitted that he wasn’t sold on the idea of bringing The Joker back into Batman’s cinematic universe, after the character was so ably played by Jack Nicholson in Burton’s 1989 film, until he found out Ledger would be taking the role.

“You don’t try and top Jack,” was Caine’s original thought. But when Nolan informed the actor that he was casting Ledger, that changed things. “I thought: ‘Now that’s the one guy that could do it!’ My confidence came back,” Caine told Empire Magazine.

The film will be screening at California's AMC Universal Citywalk Imax, New York's AMC Lincoln Square Imax, San Francisco's AMC Metreon Imax, and Toronto's Ontario Place Cinesphere Imax. Tickets for the limited engagement go on sale on Friday, July 20th.

[h/t: Variety]