THE DARK KNIGHT RISES..........
Now that is a great title. Christopher Nolan revealed the title today as well as mentioning a few other tidbits.
Contrary to popular opinion, The Riddler has been confirmed as NOT being the main villain, with Nolan keen to move on with the characters he has already established. What does this mean? A more prominent role for Zsasz? Ra's Al Ghul to return? Talia Al Ghul to show up to avenge her father's murder? Two Face is somehow alive? The Joker to be recast? So many questions come from such a cryptic line. Nolan is a smart guy.
As for the title, it shows the writer-director’s intention to keep his Batman trilogy tightly stitched together. “We’ll use many of the same characters as we have all along, and we’ll be introducing some new ones,” Nolan said cryptically.
The film will also NOT be shot in 3D (Thank god) and will again use IMAX cameras for select scenes.
After all the speculation, it is great to get some official confirmation regarding the projects status. I really dig the name, and again Nolan has the balls to leave Batman out of the title, showing trust in his audience.
July 20th 2012 is looking further and further away.......Until next time........
Nolan never disappoints. :)
ReplyDeleteTBF leaving Batman out of the title means very little when you are just adding a single word on the end of a title that made over a billion dollars worldwide, I think the 'brand' recognition is already there lol
ReplyDeleteTaken another way, "We’ll use many of the same characters as we have all along2 could refer simply to Batman, Alfred, Gordon etc while the new characters could be the villains.
I think it would be impossible to recast the Joker, it's possible they could retain a link to him with Harley Quinn.
I could see Two Face returning, I've never been convinced that he was dead at the end of the last film but I wouldn't be fussed on Scarecrow or Ra's Al Ghul, I don't find them to be particularly interesting characters.
*Disclaimer - All my Batman knowledge comes from the movies, Xbox games and Topps trading cards so this post may be mainly nonsense lol