There arent that many films, after all, that could sell out shows six months before the movie debuts. Eight years after the events of the dark knight, merciless revolutionary bane forces. At the end of the dark knight rises, batman is not only alive but happily drinking wine with anne hathaway. Now that christopher nolans batman trilogy has come to a conclusion with the dark knight rises, everyone is talking and debating the meaning of. The real reason marvel wont give black widow a movie. The dark knight rises is just another excellent superhero film and also slightly more enjoyable than its predecessor, the dark knight, perhaps because its totally about batman and his rise after a major fall. 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. Its been seven years since the dark knight rises hit theaters and. This is what a sequel to the dark knight rises could look like. The first two films in the series batman begins and the dark knight are relatively straightforward superhero tales, with a clear beginning, middle and end that leave little up for debate. Lastly, there was great action in both movies, although i think the dark knight rises fares better in that category since towards the end of batman begins it suffered from shaky cam. 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. Tickets to new batman movie, the dark knight rises. The dark knight trilogy being rereleased in theaters overseas.
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. Bale became the actor to have portrayed batman on film for the lengthiest period. Christian bale reveals why there wasnt a fourth dark. The first would have been the joker rampaging in gotham and. Christian bale stars as bruce wayne batman, alongside michael caine, gary. A psychopathic criminal mastermind and mass murderer with a warped, sadistic sense of humor, the joker is hired by gotham citys mob bosses to kill the vigilante batman. There are some who believe that the final scenes of the dark knight rises, in which alfred spies bruce wayne alive and well despite his apparent death, are a mere figment of his grieving imagination. 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. The serial starred lewis wilson as batman and douglas croft as robin. The next film, the dark knight rises, supposedly takes place 8 years after the dark knight. Christian bale turned down fourth christopher nolan batman movie. Christian bale turned down request for fourth batman movie. Christopher nolans epic batman series ended on a somewhat confusing note.
Jonathan cranethe scarecrow the villain he played in batman begins and the. The dark knight rises is a 2012 superhero film directed by christopher nolan, who cowrote. The film earned much more than the original 2005 film, but underperformed compared to its direct predecessor which remains the highest grossing film centered around the batman character. The meaning of joseph gordonlevitts fate in the dark. Christian bale reveals why there wasnt a 4th dark knight. Find out where the joker was during the dark knight rises. Following the shooting at a midnight showing of the dark knight rises, he visited survivors of the movie theater in. I find it very interesting and with most films, i tend to. As the final act in christopher nolans batman trilogy, it had a definitive ending and many felt it was what the franchise deserved. Christian bale explains why he didnt want to make fourth. After the release of the dark knight rises four years ago, batman fans everywhere began fantasizing about a potential sequel in which joseph gordonlevitts john blake a. Cillian murphy cillian murphy in dark knight rises. So there are believers that batman sent the bat into autopilot for the bomb to go off over the water, letting the residents of gotham believe that batman died a hero, and bruce wayne escaped to another country with selina kyle to live happily ever after. Ben affleck debuted as the caped crusader in zack snyders 2016 comic book movie.
To kick things off, we dig into the much talked about finale to the dark knight rises, christopher nolans final installment in his magnum opus. The dark knight rises concluded bruce waynes story, but it set up a new one for a new hero. There have been a number of controversies about the upcoming dark knight rises. In fact i really enjoyed it, though not as much as the dark. Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available.
With christian bale, tom hardy, anne hathaway, gary oldman. Bale has stated that the dark knight rises will be his final batman film. After all, the dark knight rises made a billion dollars and has so many tangibly good moments within it. There will be more batman films after the dark knight rises, though its too lucrative a franchise to abandon. Cillian murphy is reportedly returning to the batman franchise. We will never see a movie like the dark knight again polygon. That was christopher nolans last time directing batman.
Now that christopher nolans batman trilogy is complete, its natural to. Ferrari star christian bale reveals that warner bros. However, the ending for the dark knight rises was the subject of many theories, with some believing bruce waynes ultimate fate was still in question. 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 comic arc. Fans of christopher nolans batman movie trilogy will be happy to hear that all three films batman begins, the dark knight, and the dark knight rises will be seeing a rerelease in. Will there be another batman movie after the dark knight. Christian bale was not interested in continuing forward and he is now explaining why.
Christian bale explains why he didnt make a fourth dark knight film. Now im not saying that i hated this movie in any way. After the dark knight trilogy, christian bale and christopher nolan were offered. When the dark knight rises was filmed, the occupy wall street movement was in full force in new york and around the country, so the heavy thread of. Batman begins is pitch perfect, even if the fight scenes left much to be desired.
It seems impossible, but its been 11 years since the final christian bale and christopher nolan batman movie hit theaters. Christian bale explains the dark knight rises ending youtube. And after posthumously winning the oscar for his haunting portrayal of the joker and becoming the best batman movie. The new batman sequel, the dark knight rises, is easily one of the years most heavily anticipated movies. 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. The dark knight rises marks the end of a cinematic era, but not the end of films about batman. But before getting into the more inscrutable elements, its worth establishing exactly. So what exactly happened with the finale of the dark knight rises. 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. 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. Why is there no robin in the nolandirected batman movies. Why did the story stop after the dark knight rises.
Movie endings explained the dark knight rises 2012. However, the dark knight movie felt like an ultimate finale, a satisfying. Christian bale, who plays batman in the dark knight rises, explains the ending of the film from him perspective during an interview on siriusxm. The ending of the dark knight trilogy explained youtube. He reprised the role again for the sequel the dark knight rises, released on july 20, 2012. It sounds like pretty much everyone loved the dark knight rises. Since most of the superhero movies are three movie deals and the dark knight rises is the last of the three movies. Its entirely conceivable that nolan will include robin in this film as his protege who can help him fight bane. Christian bale could have done a 4th batman movie after dark. The dark knight rises officially hits theaters on july 20.
Why does batman not continue after the dark knight rises. Following the dark knight rises, nolan went on to direct his space epic interstellar and his world war ii survival thriller dunkirk. After their defeat, the film would have ended with bruce wayne traveling to. I was actually somewhat surprised to learn that there was some debate over whether the end of the dark knight rises was real. 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 dark knight rises is the highestgrossing batman movie, grossing. 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. Now that christopher nolans batman trilogy is complete, its natural to wonder what comes next. Christian bale could have done a 4th batman movie after. 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. Since most of the superhero movies are threemovie deals and the dark knight rises is the last of the three movies. Somehow, though, the rush to buy tickets is already well underway. Did christopher nolan originally intend for the joker to.
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. 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. The dark knight rises is the third and final installment in the dark knight trilogy after batman begins and the dark knight. Since then, ben affleck has played batman and now robert pattinson has slipped into the batsuit for the highly anticipated 2021 film, the batman. Does batman live at the end in the dark knight rises. 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 most famous of course being the whole controversy about. John blake was a young and ambitious police officer who was a firm believer in batman. Batman finished his character arc, robin blake was very good, gordon didnt. Christian bale, who plays batman in the dark knight rises, explains. The fictional superhero batman, who appears in american comic books published by dc. Some people mistakenly believe there was actually a story or outline for a third film featuring the joker. It also features bane, a character who became notorious for eventually breaking batmans back.