The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)

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Who's really left that isn't ruined or unfeasible besides the Riddler and Catwoman?

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Big Announcements!

Anne Hathaway is playing Selina Kyle (and presumably Catwoman)

Tom Hardy is playing Bane

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/113998-anne-hathaway-to-play-selina-kyle-in-the-dark-knight-rises

Kind of surprising. I hope there's at least one other major villain in it.

I'm hoping for a calculating villain to be in it....Bane just seems too....brute strength to me to fill that role.

And I find it funny that the title of the film seems to be the exact opposite of the word Knightfall.  Nolan certainly has some twisted sense of humour.

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Some news and rumors:

JGL is apparently going to be in the movie... but as who?
http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/125364-joseph-gordon-levitt-joining-the-dark-knight-rises-

I'm going with either Riddler or Robin....just because those would make me happy.

Levitt would work well as a villain though, one positive aspect of GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra was Levitt's portrayal of the Doctor/Cobra Commander.

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I got a feeling this movie is going to be the Batman and Robin of the Nolan movies.

It's not like Nolan really wanted to do a third film anyways.

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So now apparently Josh Pence is playing the Ra's al-Ghul. (30 years before Liam Neeson) His Lazarus Pit was found being filmed in India.

So yeah....

http://www.cinemaspy.com/movie-news/the-dark-knight-rises-purported-lazarus-pit-raises-questions-about-verisimilitude-5954/

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Still sorta hoping that this is one huge red herring and there's still going to be a calculating villain.  It just doesn't seem that strong of a story yet.

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Still sorta hoping that this is one huge red herring and there's still going to be a calculating villain.  It just doesn't seem that strong of a story yet.

I have a sneaking suspicion (which some would call a horrible apocalyptic vision) of Batman being seen as the calculated villain for most of the movie (based of the ending TDK), Joseph Gordon-Levitt to be a complex Robin character who takes credit for all the Batman deeds (this fact being hidden so fans won't commit suicide), and the ensemble of other official villains just being plot filler.

If this happens I have lost respect for Nolan.  Seriously, how the hell do you screw this up that badly?  Well, then again, he hates third films so maybe he's just doing this to screw over WB.

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http://www.411mania.com/movies/news/186043

Another one.  lol.

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Well... we now have our first look at Tom Hardy as Bane!

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/167341-activity-on-the-official-the-dark-knight-rises-site

I'm guessing this means Bane is going to the main villain then with that kind of marketing strategy.

I wouldn't know who else could be the main villain at his point.

But does this mean Azrael makes an appearance?

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Bane's backstory in the comics is actually kind of vague so I'm guessing Nolan is going to have some fun with it.

Also I'm far from convinced that Bane is the main villain. In fact, I'm really starting to think that it might be Ra's al Ghul again.

How would that possibly work though?  I mean, sure, it brings things full circle, but it seems very disjointed.

I am becoming convinced that Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays Azrael...though I don't get how any of this makes sense considering that Robin isn't even in the story.

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I'm really starting to believe everyone in this film will only get 10 min of screen time.  Each.

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One thing that might help is I don't think Nolan will settle on a happy ending to this.  Building plots that lead to cheesy George Lucas whimsical endings are what doom most of these third part trilogies.

The death of the Jedi, Padme, Yoda failing and the rise of the Empire was a whimsical ending?

That being said, Revenge of the Sith was the best prequel film.

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Potentially huge news (this could be considered spoilerish so fair warning):

http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/news/14644/film-news-liam-neeson-spotted-on-the-dark-knight-rises-set

I had personally suspected this might happen.

I was hoping he wouldn't rehash him.

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So eight years into the future and no sign of a Robin. I am disappoint.

Does anyone have new links to the trailer/prologue? The FB links are dead.

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Not too surprising, although Nolan's response is also quite predictable.

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Finally watched this. I thought that Anne Hathaway was fantastic as Catwoman, and really the entire cast was brilliant. My only qualm was that while they tied in Dent and Ra's (TDK and BB), they didn't make a reference to the Joker directly. Yes, I know that there's the respect issue, but in terms of storytelling, I felt that they should've tied in something for continuity's sake.

Anyways, best third movie ever, and the perfect way to end the series.