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Michael Bay's Rejected "The Dark Knight" Script

my.spill.com — Apparently, Michael Bay wrote an unsolicited script for The Dark Knight that was ultimately rejected by Warner Bros. Though this is the first I’ve heard of it, I have the exclusive leaked images to back it up.

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  • dontstaylong, on 07/03/2008, -8/+521which of the internets do we hack?

    all of them.
  • sandersdamnit, on 07/03/2008, -2/+260Buried for Inaccuracy, there were not multiple references to Pepsi Co. trucks and vending machines in the script.
  • yargthepirate, on 07/03/2008, -4/+256Michael Bay probably does include notes like "the biggest ***** missiles you will ever see" in his scripts....
  • fearofsociety, on 07/04/2008, -8/+260Pyrotechnics erupt in the distance. Guitar solo.
  • darkchild82, on 07/03/2008, -1/+185What, Warner Bros. didn't have the budget for 115 explosions?
  • feacesface, on 07/04/2008, -2/+157I pray all these people who are saying "IS THIS REAL???/" are engaging in secret ninja triple-irony.
  • LiberalKid, on 07/03/2008, -2/+156I'd laugh, but the script is just too true to Michael Bay.
  • Vancent, on 07/04/2008, -3/+143"I'm not so sure this script is even real to be honest. But if it were, I would have to assume he's going to recycle this for a Transformers sequel."

    Jesus, some people are so far gone I can't even believe they're able to survive.
  • spaceman84, on 07/04/2008, -1/+139Totally fake. No Michael Bay script was ever more than 10 pages long.
  • TecK415, on 07/04/2008, -3/+137 "an American flag(***** I) Flies proudly in the central courtyard." Wow, lol, Spot on for a Michael Bay film.
  • pretz42, on 07/03/2008, -8/+97That was just bad ass!!! LMAO!!
  • coolcola, on 07/04/2008, -2/+90Explosion within an explosion.

    Had this been done before!?
  • uppedbyhiggins, on 07/03/2008, -3/+83Awesome Batman.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiHsxQJ9ZOo
  • swicken, on 07/04/2008, -2/+74There are no words to describe how awesome that was.
  • gl77, on 07/04/2008, -0/+69yea...not to mention "Michael Bay presents: In association with Michael Bay Productions, and Michael Bay, Director
    MICHAEL BAY'S THE DARK KNIGHT By Michael Bay
    Featuring dialogue scripted by Michael Bay"
    doesnt take a genius to figure out it's not real after reading that.
  • BowieX, on 07/04/2008, -0/+68Exactly. Not enough mention of Michael Bay.
  • thebrinkman, on 07/04/2008, -1/+69I was expecting to see "Then the Batmobile smashes into a building and it's all like GRAHHHLL" somewhere in italics.
  • joemofo214, on 07/04/2008, -6/+73Let me guess, Shia LeBouf to be Robin?

    Perfect pic for a Robin actually
  • amanilaenvelope, on 07/03/2008, -1/+63let alone the explosions within those explosions.
  • sint4x, on 07/03/2008, -2/+62The rejection written in red pen kind of gave it away.
  • TheBigPoppaJW, on 07/03/2008, -17/+71i fell for it the first few pages
  • bmystry, on 07/04/2008, -0/+53Some should just go ahead and make this in flash.
  • RoflCoptah, on 07/04/2008, -0/+49this.needs.to.be.made!
    it has the potential win the oscars...

    all of them.
  • bananabomb, on 07/04/2008, -3/+52Dugg for AC/DC scene. I can actually picture that so vividly.
  • inactive, on 07/04/2008, -0/+49and the tanks that would have to fly out of those explosions.
  • inactive, on 07/04/2008, -0/+48Whoa whoa whoa, Bay is bad, but there's no need to compare him to the Hitler of filmmaking.

    That's like comparing a ***** flu going around the office to the bubonic plague.
  • DarkoKun, on 07/04/2008, -5/+49"She is the hottest women in the world, But she wear glasses because she is also the smartest women in the world."

    XD
  • resetpassword, on 07/04/2008, -0/+44Really hard to film a real flag these days. Costs too much, better make it CGI.
  • BoneheadFarker, on 07/04/2008, -3/+46@drakenlot

    Transformers was a huge ***** orgy of explosions and Megan Fox...right up until the final ***** battle between Megatron and Optimus Prime where all we got to see was that dumbass Shia LeBoeuf running while looking like he's stealing a case of beer from his old man who beats him with a rubber ***** hose everynight. Please...tell me what the ***** was the point of that? ***** Michael Bay...
  • inactive, on 07/04/2008, -0/+40Because his movies make lots of money and Hollywood is a business, that's why.
  • mCanada, on 07/04/2008, -3/+41Scene 1
    Random hermit: Dude you just ***** up your Batmobile.
    Batman: It wasn't mine
    Scene 2
    Batman: Loosers whine about trying their best, winners go home and ***** CATWOMAN!
  • qwertydvorak, on 07/04/2008, -0/+36at least he doesn't mention a giant spider.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgYhLIThTvk
  • chadwalters23, on 07/04/2008, -1/+37http://digg.com/general_sciences/Sarcasm_Seen_as_E ...

    "So what? I mean really, who cares? Oh for God's sake. Don't you have anything better to do that read this column?
    According to Dr. Rankin, if you didn't get the sarcastic tone of the previous sentences you must have some damage to your parahippocampal gyrus which is located in the right brain. People with dementia, or head injuries in that area, often lose the ability to pick up on sarcasm, and so they don't respond in a socially appropriate ways."
  • sup34dog, on 07/04/2008, -1/+35I really hate Michael Bay, but I do love that commercial.

    The extended version is better, though...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXRCf9LbLM0
  • monkbot1, on 07/04/2008, -0/+31you know if M. Bay saw that script he'd say
    "Hey, I don't remember writing this...but it totally ***** Rocks (Unexplained guitar solo), Get my agent on the phone"
  • feacesface, on 07/04/2008, -2/+32And this, people, is why situation comedies have laugh tracks.
  • inactive, on 07/04/2008, -2/+31Bruce Wayne risks his life as Batman at night, but by day he recuperates with an ice cold Pepsi Zero!

    feel better now?
  • bmystry, on 07/04/2008, -0/+28I don't think you understand how bad Uwe Boll actually is, his movies don't even have explosions.
  • insomniac8400, on 07/04/2008, -0/+28Raarsh, Whrooooaaaa, raarsssssh, whroaaa, whroaaa, shhhpsh!
  • zaxang, on 07/04/2008, -0/+28that was so ridiculously hilarious.
  • RocketGib, on 07/04/2008, -1/+26"No one's ever hacked the Internet before."
  • feacesface, on 07/04/2008, -2/+27Oh..the pain my brain is experiencing reading this...the beautiful, hilarious pain.
  • Midou, on 07/04/2008, -0/+24When I saw the flag with (CGI) in brackets I knew for sure. :P
  • ZodiacKiller, on 07/04/2008, -3/+27The Dark Knight

    A Screenplay by Michael Bay

    EXT - GOTHAM CITY - NIGHT

    BATMAN
    Did you hear that? Sounded like someone just launched like six long range high explosive missiles at us...

    OPTIMUS PRIME
    Yeah I did hear that...
    Remember that 5000 pounds of TNT I put in the abandoned building over there for absolutely no reason? You think I should detonate it now? It might topple those two buildings and block the impact of the missles... Plus after the initial gigantic explosion of the TNT, we'll get six more explosions from the missiles hitting the freshly demolished buildings.

    BATMAN
    Good ***** thinking Prime! I think there's a gas line somewhere in there also, that's good for at least 3 or 4 massive fire balls!

    OPTIMUS PRIME
    ***** Yeah.. Wanna douse ourselves in kerosene before we do all of this?

    BATMAN
    Do you even have to ask negro?
  • gannondork, on 07/04/2008, -0/+24batman: Ok Robin, we will need you to jump on this rocket propelled surfboard and get the joker, now that he is on his massive floating island.
    (robin is on his rocket surfboard, that is basically a tomahawk cruise missle with a surfboard duct taped to it, it starts to veer off course and do barrel rolls while wizzing around aimlessly)

    robin: no no no no noooooo no nooooo no no no no no no no nooo no no no no no noooo no no noooooo nooo no no nooooo no no no nnnnnnnnooooooooooooooooo.

    batman: i'll save you
    (batman throws a grenade at the ground, the explosion launches him into the air at over 9000 miles per hour, he flies upwards with his arms outspread like a hawk, he passes inches from a airplane, the pilots remark)
    pilots: hey frank, that was one big buzzard.
    (the plane explodes giving batman another boost towards robin)
  • Darksoul, on 07/04/2008, -1/+24Dude I freaking busted up on the AC/DC Back in Black song I pictured it in my head and just started laughing my ass off. And I can't believe people are thinking this is a real script. And to the people thinking this is real I have a bridge I want to sell you.........
  • pe5t1lence, on 07/04/2008, -2/+25Sorry, had to bury because Shia is only perfect for sitting at home, away from any cameras, eating Cheetos and watching movies.
  • drakenlot, on 07/04/2008, -0/+22High tech CGI for explosions?

    Just imagine how much Internets you need to use to make that flag in the opening scene. You need over 9000 of them, and 8000 of those would explode.
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