But that doesnt mean itll be any easier of an act to follow. The dark knight rises is the most ambitious superhero movie. Now that christopher nolans batman trilogy is complete, its natural to. Mar 03, 2015 based on the dc comics character batman, the film is the second part of nolans batman film series and a sequel to 2005s batman begins. 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. After all, the dark knight rises made a billion dollars and has so many tangibly good moments within it. Jul 18, 2012 batman begins needed the league of shadows, and the dark knight rises needed bruces loss and suffering and rising, whereas the dark knight didnt need or have either of those things. I feel like theres a general consensus about bruce wayne faking his death at the end of the dark knight rises. 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.
He had a solid seven year run and now feels that it is time to move on. After the dark knight rises, the studio is left with two choices if they want the franchise to carry on. At the end of the dark knight rises, batman is not only alive but happily. Christian bale explains why he didnt make a fourth dark knight film. The dark knight rises takes place eight years after the end of the dark knight. 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. John blake was a young and ambitious police officer who was a firm believer in batman. Aug 01, 2012 after the fantastic movies that were batman begins and the dark knight, my expectations for the dark knight rises were pretty astronomical. 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. After the dark knight rises, whats next for batman.
We will never see a movie like the dark knight again polygon. When his parents are killed, billionaire playboy bruce wayne relocates to asia where he is. Christopher nolans epic batman series ended on a somewhat confusing note. In the end, the movie is a bit like batman himself. Bruce wayne, aged 55, has given up the mantle of batman after the death of jason todd ten years prior, and now lives as a bored bachelor. Imagine a bladerunneresque gotham city, some 4050 years after the dark knight rises. First, lets stipulate that batman does not need another retelling of his origin story. The dark knight rises was an outstanding end to what has been the best trilogy i have ever seen. Will there be another batman movie after the dark knight.
Why the dark knights batman wont be in any other superhero. 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. After the release of the dark knight rises, speculation immediately centered around the postfilm escapades of john robin blake played by joseph gordonlevitt. Why the dark knights batman wont be in any other superhero movies dec. The dark knight rises joins the long list of finales that dont measure up to whats gone immediately before. Bale first donned the cape in 2005 for batman begins, relinquishing the costume last year after the dark knight rises. As the dark knight rises brings a close to christopher nolans staggeringly ambitious batman trilogy, its worth remembering that director chose the scarecrow as his first villainnot necessarily the most popular among the comics gallery of rogues, but the one who set the tone for entire series. Jan 02, 2020 after all, the dark knight rises made a billion dollars and has so many tangibly good moments within it. Trump tower, 725 fifth avenue, new york the views over the city are, of course, the skyscrapers of manhattan and, with a sly nod to waynes celebrity businessman status, the entrance to wayne enterprises is trump tower, 725. Batmans fate at the end of the dark knight rises reddit. Anne hathaway thought she was auditioning for harley quinn. This is what a sequel to the dark knight rises could look like. During the film, set eight years after dark knight, the arrival of new foe bane forces bruce to return to his old role as batman, only to find himself overpowered and captured by bane as gotham is cut off from the rest of the world with a stolen wayne enterprises fusion generator prototype set to go off in a few months. However, yes there will eventually be a new batman movie.
But every resolution seemed to bring yet another cliffhanger. The release of the dark knight rises was highly anticipated after the successes of the first two films in the trilogy. It sounds like pretty much everyone loved the dark knight rises. Jul 20, 2012 the dark knight rises is almost as violent and even more starkly dissonant than its predecessor, the dark knighta movie that many believed shouldve been rated r. Christopher nolan is about to make his final trip into gotham city with the dark knight rises a film that will bring closure to a trilogy that started with batman begins in 2005 and continued with the massively successful the dark knight in 2008. The reason there will be no sequel is simply that nolan ended his batman legend with the dark knight rises and warner bros. After the fantastic movies that were batman begins and the dark knight, my expectations for the dark knight rises were pretty astronomical. At the end of the dark knight rises, batman is not only alive but happily drinking wine with anne hathaway. Though it introduces another round of new characters, including two antagonists in bane and catwoman, the dark knight rises impresses most in the way it integrates the mythology of batman begins and the dark knight into a larger whole.
The dark knight rises, the final film in the trilogy. The ending of the dark knight trilogy explained youtube. As the final act in christopher nolans batman trilogy, it had a definitive ending and many felt it. As a result, crime is running rampant throughout the city and a gang calling themselves the mutants has begun terrorizing the people of gotham.
The dark knight rises is a brilliant final chapter to christopher nolans batman trilogy, bringing new characters, a great story, amazing visual effects, and fantastic performances. 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 dark knight rises marks the end of a cinematic era, but not the end of films about batman. The dark knight rises concluded bruce waynes story, but it set up a new one for a new hero. Batman was a 15chapter serial film released in 1943 by columbia pictures and was the first appearance of the comic book character on film. Find out everything empire knows about dark knight rises, the.
Burton and keaton returned for the 1992 sequel batman returns, and in. 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. The dark knight rises 2012 the dark knight rises 2012. 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. But before getting into the more inscrutable elements, its worth establishing exactly. 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. Nov 19, 2019 at the end of the dark knight rises, batman is not only alive but happily drinking wine with anne hathaway. 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. Are there plans for another batman movie after the dark. So what exactly happened with the finale of the dark knight rises. Why did the story stop after 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.
At the end of the dark knight rises, with the help of gotham citys remaining police force, batman was able to get control of the city back from bane and finally defeated the breathingimpaired supervillain manoamano though it was catwoman who delivered the killing shot. The dark knight rises is the third and final installment in the dark knight trilogy after batman begins and the dark knight. There is no mention of venom that he is taking through the mask. Why does batman not continue after the dark knight rises. Christian bale could have done a 4th batman movie after dark. The real reason marvel wont give black widow a movie. Dec 06, 2014 why the dark knights batman wont be in any other superhero movies dec. Batman and robin was another 15chapter serial film released in 1949 by. Bruce wayne, having faked his death in tdkr, is now an old man of almost 90, who has changed his identity and become the caretaker and sole inhabitant of. Batman christian bale has not been seen since being framed for the murder of harvey dent, and commissioner gordon gary oldman and batmans plan to make a martyr out of dent resulted in new laws and severe penalties that cleaned up the streets of gotham while filling its prisons. The serial starred lewis wilson as batman and douglas croft as robin. Aug 06, 2012 the dark knight rises marks the end of a cinematic era, but not the end of films about batman. Were just thirteen and a half weeks from the release of the dark knight rises, the final batman film in director christopher nolans critically acclaimed blockbuster franchise. 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.
Dark as night and nearly as long, christopher nolans new batman movie feels like a beginning and something of an end. The dark knight rises is almost as violent and even more starkly dissonant than its predecessor, the dark knighta movie that many believed shouldve been rated r. The dark knight rises would not have been the last christopher. There will not be another film literally set within the same universeworldevents of chris nolans batman trilogy.
When his parents are killed, billionaire playboy bruce wayne relocates to asia where he is mentored by henri ducard and ras al ghul in how. Jul 20, 2012 after seven years and two films that have pushed batman ever deeper into the dark, the director christopher nolan has completed his postmodern, postsept. Whatever one might think of tdkr, there can be little argument that it is by far a more fitting capper to the batman. Based on the dc comics character batman, the film is the second part of nolans batman film series and a sequel to 2005s batman begins. Christian bale turned down fourth christopher nolan batman movie. Would the character takeon the recently vacated role of gothams protector as batman, nightwing, robin, or some combination of the three. Christian bale could have done a 4th batman movie after. Monday 23rd july 2012 after the dark knight rises, whats next for batman. Incredibly, its fast closing in on a decade since we last saw catwoman on the big screen, and with zoe kravitz preparing her new take on selina kyle for matt reeves the batman, the dark knight.
Jul 23, 2012 it sounds like pretty much everyone loved the dark knight rises. Jul 16, 2018 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. There will definitely be more batman movies in the future, but one that takes place after the dark knight rises, im not sure. After seven years and two films that have pushed batman ever deeper into the dark, the director christopher nolan has completed his postmodern, post. With nolans departure from the batman franchise likely on the horizon, this would actually be a logical time to use the dark knight returns as a template of sorts for subsequent batman sequels. Jul 24, 2012 there will definitely be more batman movies in the future, but one that takes place after the dark knight rises, im not sure. 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.
Now that christopher nolans batman trilogy is complete, its natural to wonder what comes next. It will be a brand new actor, playing a brand new version of batman, in a brand new world. With christian bale, tom hardy, anne hathaway, gary oldman. A few ways to reboot the batman movies after the dark. It seems impossible, but its been 11 years since the final christian bale and christopher nolan batman movie hit theaters. A few ways to reboot the batman movies after the dark knight. Oct 28, 2010 with nolans departure from the batman franchise likely on the horizon, this would actually be a logical time to use the dark knight returns as a template of sorts for subsequent batman sequels. The dark knight rises informs us that gotham city has become a much safer place since the passing of the dent act named after another popular gotham hero, the deceased prosecutor harvey dent, a. Since most of the superhero movies are three movie deals and the dark knight rises is the last of the three movies. So christopher nolan has finished his batman saga with this past weekends release of the dark knight rises, accomplishing what is arguably the best and most satisfying super hero movie trilogy ever. For most of us, though, 2012s the dark knight rises is still a fresh memory. The dark knight rises is the most ambitious superhero. The dark knight rises the worldwide guide to movie locations. After being profoundly disappointed by the way batman begins turned out, and after really enjoying most of the dark knight, the dark knight rises evokes no strong feelings in me.
Spoilers for the dark knight rises from here on out. With his crude potatosack mask and fearinducing toxins, the scarecrow, a. But i hope that a new director could step in and direct a movie that takes place after the dark knight rises. During the film, set eight years after dark knight, the arrival of new foe bane. Since then, ben affleck has played batman and now robert pattinson has slipped into the batsuit for the highly anticipated 2021 film, the batman. How did catwoman find batmanbruce wayne after the bomb went off in the dark knight rises. Will there be another batman movie after the dark knight rises. Christopher nolans dark knight rises is a camp masterpiece. The dark knight returns is set in a dystopian version of gotham city in 1986. The fictional superhero batman, who appears in american comic books published by dc.
Jul 17, 2012 the dark knight rises takes place eight years after the end of the dark knight. The dark knight rises is almost sure to be christopher nolans last batman film. 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. Bruce waynes time as the dark knight has come to an end. Aug 30, 2016 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. Batman begins needed the league of shadows, and the dark knight rises needed bruces loss and suffering and rising, whereas the dark knight didnt need or have either of those things. However, the dark knight movie felt like an ultimate finale, a satisfying.
Where the previous two might have seemed like separate but related units, the third reveals a master plan that goes beyond just another expensive mission for. As the final act in christopher nolans batman trilogy, it had a definitive ending and many felt it was what the franchise deserved. 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. Top ten directors to take over batman after the dark. After the dark knight trilogy, christian bale and christopher nolan were. Ferrari star christian bale reveals that warner bros. Christian bale stars as bruce wayne batman, alongside michael caine, gary.
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