The Dark Knight Rises (Official Third Nolan Batman Thread)

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Damnit.  The Riddler was supposed to be Eddie Murphy's comeback.

But please no Mr. Freeze.  Batman & Robin killed that character.

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Anne Hathaway as Catwoman!?!

Potential miscast, but we'll see

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Robin has pretty much been written off as the Cousin Oliver of the comic book world.  I doubt any serious film will ever include him.

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http://movies.ign.com/articles/115/1156585p1.html

Jason Gordon-Levitt is going to play Alberto Falcone.

Joseph.

So I guess we'll be seeing him in Nolan movies from now on.  The scary part in the article is this:

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Indie street-smart Gotham girl is potential shark jumping territory, if Anne Hathaway and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as villains weren't already.

[King]

NOT SO FAST

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/03/21/joseph-gordon-levitt-dark-knight-rises/

Good. I hope this means he's somebody more interesting than Falcone is.

Wait, Tom Wilkinson is in it, too?

Either this movie is going to be 6 hours long or most of these guys are just going to have 1-2 lines of dialogue.

[King]

Is this movie going to be 5 hours long?  There's a new character added every week.

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This movie really isn't sounding very good...

I don't know if it's bad, but it feels more like Batman Begins "forgettable good" than Dark Knight "instant classic."

[King]

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.

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$250+ million dollar budget.

http://batman-news.com/

Didn't Wally Pfister want to shoot the whole thing in IMAX?  Is that still going down?

[King]

I don't have an IMAX near me I believe so I won't get to see it's supposed beauty, but it's better than a movie shot in crapmospheric 3D.

Also $250 mil, if they build things like this on $160 mil for Inception, should at least include some bad ass special effects.

[King]

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.

Rumors suggest I am wrong, so don't worry.

[King]

This is Nolan's secret scheme to win his Oscars.  He's going to cast as many members of the Academy as possible in this thing.

[King]

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.

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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?

Anne Hathaway as Catwoman?  Though I guess that's not really much of a villain as opposed to a bitch.

I'm not really familiar with the Bane story, is there a reason the twitter feed was called TheFireRises?

[King]

Nolan woke up again this morning and decided he needed more characters: A judge and a priest.

[King]

TDKR was getting a little boring, so let's get Matthew Modine in here, too.  http://www.avclub.com/articles/matthew-modine-is-the-nowobligatory-80s-actor-in-t,56492/

[King]

I was just thinking, I wonder if Nolan will finally be able to overcome the curse of the third superhero movie?

I mean, has there ever been a third superhero film in a series that critics and fans have greatly enjoyed? Think of what has come before... Superman III, Batman Forever, Blade: Trinity, X-Men: The Last Stand, Spider-man 3, etc.

That is quite the rogues gallery.

I think he can.  Critics rarely enjoy Superhero movies to begin with.  The 2000s Spiderman and Batman sagas are the only ones that received the acclaim of "real movies" and not just "kinda sucks, but is a superhero flick so 3.5 stars."

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.  It wouldn't surprise me if Wayne dies or something less uplifting, but conclusive.

[King]

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.

Revenge of the Sith couldn't have a whimsical ending because it was trying to bridge the gap to the original Star Wars.  A real third piece like Return of the Jedi had freaking Ewoks.

[King]

The teaser poster:

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/167817-the-teaser-poster-for-the-dark-knight-rises

The first trailer will be attached to Harry Potter.

Likely to be a 30 second trailer of muddled sentences that make no sense to anybody but will we'll all look back on it years of now as "awwwesome trailerrr"

[King]

The teaser poster:

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/167817-the-teaser-poster-for-the-dark-knight-rises

The first trailer will be attached to Harry Potter.

Likely to be a 30 second trailer of muddled sentences that make no sense to anybody but will we'll all look back on it years of now as "awwwesome trailerrr"

It is confirmed to be 1 minute and 26 seconds. That is significantly longer than even Batman Begins first trailer which contained quite a bit of actual footage. I think we will get something serious.

They're still filming though... what could they possibly have to show this weekend?  Definitely no fight scenes without any post production.   Probably just a conversation between Bale and Caine/Oldman.

[King]

So who's the villain in this? Is it really cat woman? I'm sure it'll be a good film, but I'd be shocked if it outdid the Dark Night.

Bane is the main villain.  Catwoman appears to be the Harvey Dent/Two Face of this story.

I just hope Anne Hathaway doesn't chew the scenery too much.  She seems dangerously capable in that regard.

[King]

omg omg omg omg http://www.aintitcool.com/node/50347

So, a cheap clip of Bale and Oldman talking and rehashed footage from the first two movies?  I was close in my prediction.

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Trailer has leaked. Fair warning: it is a bootleg an the quality is awful. You may want to wait for the
official release.

http://www.pinkisthenewblog.com/2011/07/first-look-the-batman-the-dark-knight-rises-trailer-leaks-to-the-internets/

This is the first blog I found where the video hadn't been ripped down already.

Doesn't exist anymore, huh?

I hope Bruce Wayne doesn't go all emo Peter in this one like SM3.

[King]

Trailer has leaked. Fair warning: it is a bootleg an the quality is awful. You may want to wait for the
official release.

http://www.pinkisthenewblog.com/2011/07/first-look-the-batman-the-dark-knight-rises-trailer-leaks-to-the-internets/

This is the first blog I found where the video hadn't been ripped down already.

Doesn't exist anymore, huh?

I hope Bruce Wayne doesn't go all emo Peter in this one like SM3.

It's par for the course in the third comic book hero film for the hero to take a break for a little.

Let's remember that the line is probably taken out of context. He could be referring to Harvey.

Well, if Ra's Ah Ghul can come back to life, maybe Batman can take Dent's body to the same indian burial grounds.

[King]

So I saw the teaser in wonderful HD... I think Catwoman was shown for a millisecond behind Bane.  But I'm not sure.