Christopher nolans epic batman series ended on a somewhat confusing note. Why is donald trump obsessed with bane in the dark knight. Batman was essentially dead, bruce wayne retired in italy, and all the villains met a. Now that christopher nolans batman trilogy is complete, its natural to. Dark knight rises deleted scene teases bane origin. Whats up guys, its trev back again to bring you another batman the dark knight rises video. So as bland as the new title may sound to me, im sure it ties into the story presumably it references batmans redemption in the eyes of. Harvey dent, the dark knight sacrificed everything for what he and commissioner. Gods and kings on sirius xm town hall hat tip ew, bale chimed in, essentially echoing what caine said previously in a response to a fan question. For me, the dark knight rises is specifically and definitely the end of the batman story as i wanted to tell it, and the openended nature of the film is simply a very important thematic idea that. Bale and nolans batman even after they ended their trilogy in 2012. There were some criticisms about banes being difficult to understand after the the dark knight rises prologue debuted in december 2011. Batman was a 15chapter serial film released in 1943 by columbia pictures and was the first appearance of the comic book character on film. Why joseph gordonlevitt will never get his robin movie youtube.
However, the dark knight movie felt like an ultimate finale, a satisfying. At the end of the dark knight rises, batman is not only alive but. Donald trump and tom hardy as bane in the dark knight rises. Batman finished his character arc, robin blake was very good, gordon didnt dissapoint and anne hathaway as catwoman stole the show. The serial starred lewis wilson as batman and douglas croft as robin. In the film, and even through the trilogy, bruce states many times, that batman is a. I dont see them getting someone else to direct another one for a while, but perhaps in some years time another director might decide to continue it, or do a reboot, as the dark knight rises was left open for a continuation. So as bland as the new title may sound to me, im sure it ties into the story presumably it references batman s redemption in the eyes of gothams citizens.
The dark knight, released just two months after marvel studios breakout film iron man, is in debt to batman without pandering to any single image or. I feel like theres a general consensus about bruce wayne faking his death at the end of the dark knight rises. Its set one year after the events of the dark knight rises and follows john. Is there another batman film after batman begins and. There have been unconfirmed rumors of another film to be made after the dark knight rises, but it is almost certain that it will not be a direct sequel.
A few ways to reboot the batman movies after the dark. Id even go as far as to say that without a few admittedly poor choices here and there, the movie would be better than the dark knight. Since most of the superhero movies are threemovie deals and the dark knight rises is the last of the three movies. This is not to be confused with the movie that came out in 2008, the dark knight, which is also a batman movie, only with one less word in the title. But in a wideranging twohour talk at the cannes film festival on saturday, the director offered a unique take on his dark knight trilogy. It sounds like pretty much everyone loved the dark knight rises. Ferrari star christian bale reveals that warner bros. It may not be with christopher nolan at the helm or christian bale donning the cape, but we will see another batman film after the dark knight rises is released. So director brett register and other fans of nolans series have created a fan film called the dark knight legacy.
After the fantastic movies that were batman begins and the dark knight, my expectations for the dark knight rises were pretty astronomical. This is due to batman taking the fall for harvey dents murder. Will there be another batman movie after the dark knight. Its been quite a few years since christopher nolans dark knight trilogy came to. Christian bale stars as bruce wayne batman, alongside. We will never see a movie like the dark knight again polygon. But every resolution seemed to bring yet another cliffhanger. But the dark knight rises is a borderline masterpiece. Lets take a look at why joseph gordonlevitt will probably never get to play the boy wonder again. As the final act in christopher nolans batman trilogy, it had a definitive ending and many felt it. Ben affleck debuted as the caped crusader in zack snyders 2016 comic book movie. Based on the dc comics character batman, it is the final installment in nolans the dark knight trilogy, and the sequel to the dark knight 2008.
There will definitely be more batman movies in the future, but one that takes place after the dark knight rises, im not sure. Eight years after the events of the dark knight 2008 find gotham at a time of peace. Shortly after the dark knight rises first came out two years ago, caine himself explained that what we saw was no imagination and bruce was there, in the flesh. Since then, ben affleck has played batman and now robert pattinson has slipped into the batsuit for the highly anticipated 2021 film, the. Now that christopher nolans batman trilogy is complete, its natural to wonder what comes next. While discussing his new film ford v ferrari with the toronto sun, batman portrayer christian bale opened up about his role in the films, revealing why a fourth dark knight movie never came to be. Christian bale reveals why there wasnt a 4th dark knight. While there was talk shortly after the films release about whether the dark. The reason there will be no sequel is simply that nolan ended his batman legend with the dark knight rises and warner bros. Is there going to be another batman movie after the dark. It seems impossible, but its been 11 years since the final christian bale and christopher nolan batman movie hit theaters. The following article contains major spoilers for the ending of the dark knight rises after the release of the dark knight rises, speculation immediately centered around the postfilm escapades of john robin blake played by joseph gordonlevitt. Original motion picture soundtrack is the soundtrack to the film of the same name, the sequel to christopher nolans 2008 film the dark knight.
Did christopher nolan originally intend for the joker to. Why does batman not continue after the dark knight rises. However, a new evil force named bane has arrived in gotham and aims to take over the city and expose the. Being a world war ii era production, the movie serial like many of this period was used as wartime propaganda and had an antijapanese bent with j. It sounds like christian bale really did know when to say goodbye to his role as the dark knight. Ferrari, bale makes it clear that a fourth batman film was 100 percent in the cards. There will not be another film literally set within the same universeworldevents of chris nolans batman trilogy. Another batman movie is in the works called the dark knight rises and it is now known that the riddler is not going to be the villain. It will most likely be a reboot, as dc the comic book company who own the batman franchise, have plans to make a justice league film. After the dark knight trilogy, christian bale and christopher nolan were. Director christopher nolan brought his batman trilogy to a close with this highlyanticipated batman film in the series.
Christian bale explains why he didnt make a fourth dark knight film. The dark knight didnt just look cool on a poster it actually meant something when those three words appeared on screen at the end of that film. At the end of the dark knight rises, batman is not only alive but happily drinking wine with anne hathaway. The dark knight rises ending did superman save bruce. Now obviously the dark knight rises isnt a name that was carelessly picked out of a hat.
But you dont need to see batman begins to watch the dark knight. Christian bale explains the dark knight rises ending. Eight years after the jokers reign of anarchy, batman, with the help of the enigmatic catwoman, is forced from his exile to save gotham city from the brutal guerrilla terrorist bane. Who should play batman after the dark knight rises. Heres an explanation of what really went down in the ending of nolans batman series, and what it meant. After the release of the dark knight rises four years ago, batman fans everywhere began fantasizing about a potential sequel in which joseph.
Looper is the goto source for the movies, tv shows and video games we all love. Christian bale could have done a 4th batman movie after. Would the dark knight rises have been better or worse if bruce wayne died at the end. The dark knight rises 2012, following after his own batman begins 2005 and the dark knight 2008. According to the dark knight rises costume designer lindy hemming, christopher nolan shot a scene that showed more of tom hardys villain being injured as. Will there be another film after the dark knight rises. The dark knight rises it has been eight years since batman vanished into the night, turning, in that instant, from hero to fugitive. The dark knight rises is a 2012 superhero film directed by christopher nolan, who cowrote the screenplay with his brother jonathan nolan, and the story with david s.
Nor is it to be confused with tim burtons batman returns, even though two of the first four words that i wrote were batman. Why is there no robin in the nolandirected batman movies. Bane and catwoman will actually be the villains in the. It opened on july 20, 2012 at the height of the summer bigbudget blockbuster season. The prologue voice was mostly changed in the later theatrical cut of the full film. I find it very interesting and with most films, i tend to. The dark knight rises was an outstanding end to what has been the best trilogy i have ever seen. First, lets stipulate that batman does not need another retelling of his origin story. I felt it was a bitter cliffhanger in the dark knight rises related reason link below im assuming dc comics is doing something to batman that marvel usually does to its superhero movies. The dark knight rises would not have been the last christopher. Batman fan film continues story of the dark knight rises. Christian bale turned down fourth christopher nolan batman. Some people mistakenly believe there was actually a story or outline for a third film featuring the joker. Christian bale could have done a 4th batman movie after dark.
The film to me sums up what the batman stands for, the belief that someone can turn their leaf and become better, the belief that the fear that posses a person can be be destroyed or even help that person rise. But i hope that a new director could step in and direct a movie that takes place after the dark knight rises. For those that dont remember, the nuke is set to destroy gotham at the end of the movie, but batman straps it to the batwing and flies it out over the bay to save the city, seemingly sacrificing himself. But later on the actor of alfred said that he wants to play more alfred, he said that alfred at the end couldnt notice bruce and selina, so they can make the dark knight rises 2, besides chris nolan the director said that he had enough batman directing, so he wont direct another batman movie. While there was talk shortly after the film s release about whether the dark knight series could continue, be it in a john blakeled batman movie or a catwoman spinoff, those ideas were quickly. This weekend, batman returns in the most anticipated movie of the year, the dark knight rises. Its entirely conceivable that nolan will include robin in this film as his protege who can help him fight bane. People finally said batman is their saviour and they celebrated him. Christian bale turned down fourth christopher nolan batman movie. Christian bale reveals why there wasnt a fourth dark. Based on the dc comics character batman, the film is the final installment in nolans the dark knight trilogy, and the sequel to the dark knight 2008.
With no other alternative, bruce was forced to attach the core to the bat and fly it. So what exactly happened with the finale of the dark knight rises. Are there plans for another batman movie after the dark. Christopher nolan explains his openended finish to the. Christian bale stars as bruce wayne batman, alongside michael caine, gary. Christopher nolan may have left gotham city behind. While there was talk shortly after the films release about whether the dark knight series could continue, be it in a john blakeled batman movie or a catwoman spinoff, those ideas were quickly. The ending of the dark knight trilogy explained youtube. That was christopher nolans last time directing batman. With christian bale, tom hardy, anne hathaway, gary oldman. The cd edition of the album contains an exclusive code to unlock three bonus tracks, titled bombers over ibiza junkie xl remix, no stone unturned, and risen. The dark knight rises 2012 the dark knight rises 2012. It also features bane, a character who became notorious for eventually breaking batmans back.
What they are talking about, however, is that way before any script or story was written for the dark knight, david goyer had sometime after batman begins drafted an outline of an idea for two films that would involve the joker. The next film, the dark knight rises, supposedly takes place 8 years after the dark knight. Why did the story stop after the dark knight rises. The dark knight rises marks the end of a cinematic era, but not the end of films about batman. Christopher nolan on batman and secrets of dark knight. Would the character takeon the recently vacated role of gothams protector as batman, nightwing, robin, or some. Batmans fate at the end of the dark knight rises reddit. Allstarap t here are many superheroes an ailing american president might choose to associate with in an effort to pick up. When a sequel is acknowledged to be as good as or better than the original film, a third episode is always in danger of falling victim to tryingtoohard syndrome godfather part iii, spiderman 3 but, despite the unavoidable disappearance of the series most memorable character, the dark knight rises wraps up in satisfyingly epic style. However, whether the next batman film is a hard reboot or a softer relaunch, one thing is for certain. The dark knight rises is almost sure to be christopher nolans last batman film.