The Dark Knight (and Heath Ledger) just might get the Oscar, after all...

...because if Warner Bros. can have it their way, they'll be re-releasing The Dark Knight back on IMAX screens come January next year.

"Why January," you say? Well, because that's the peak of the Academy Awards voting season. Perfect timing, really, for a film that's been a huge commercial AND critical success.

And if you consider the fact that the DVDs will be coming out in December of this year, stoking the fires of the DVD buyers who'd like to watch it on the giant-screen soon after they see it in their home theater, as well as attracting those who missed out on the film's initial IMAX run, that certainly means more big bucks to be milked from what is already the second-highest-grossing-movie ever.

Also, if the film scores an Oscar nod or two (or maybe even more) and, if the Oscar gods favor it by letting The Dark Knight win one or two awards and maybe, just maybe, even letting Heath Ledger win a posthumous golden statue, then it's practically a given for the film to top $1 billion worldwide.


Now the question is, can even the Batman go up against Titanic's nigh-unsinkable $1.84 billion for box-office supermacy?