Its set one year after the events of the dark knight rises and follows john. The dark knight rises voted best film of the decade. The dark knight rises 2012 1080p bluray x264 yify mp4 vidlink. Finally, in 2012s the grand finale, the dark knight rises, costarring tom hardy, nolan envisioned this historical epic. Dark knight legacy is a fancrowdsourcingfunded film imaging a gotham city one year after the events of the dark knight rises, centered on a. Batman finished his character arc, robin blake was very good, gordon didnt dissapoint and anne hathaway.
When that happened, bale and nolan stuck to their guns. Despite his tarnished reputation after the events of the dark knight, in which he took the rap for dents crimes, batman feels compelled to intervene to assist the city and its police force which is struggling to cope with banes plans to destroy the city. 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. The dark knight rises picks up eight years after the events of the dark knight. Mar 25, 2016 the dark knight rises 2012 if you like your batman arcs to go from retired to really retired, then this disappointing entry in nolans batfranchise is for you. After the release of the dark knight rises four years ago, batman fans everywhere began fantasizing about a potential sequel in which joseph gordonlevitts. 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 resigning from the gotham police department, he gets a package from master wayne. The dark knight rises 2012 joseph gordonlevitt is robin. In the film, and even through the trilogy, bruce states many times, that batman is a symbol. Batman finished his character arc, robin blake was very good, gordon didnt dissapoint and anne hathaway as catwoman stole the show. Nightwing is robins identity after he realized being robin was lame. And, by ending dark knight rises with batmans death, nolan ensured that the next film cannot simply begin where the trilogy ends, since fans. Why joseph gordonlevitt will never get his robin movie youtube. Anne hathaway and tom hardy were recently cast as selina kyle aka catwoman and bane, respectively, in the dark knight rises, scheduled for release on july 20, 2012. The meaning of joseph gordonlevitts fate in the dark. Jul 23, 2012 being the third installment of nolans dark knight trilogy it promises to end the story of both bruce wayne and batman, which it does but in a way thats garnered a mixed reaction from what ive. 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. Christopher nolan explains his openended finish to the.
I find it very interesting and with most films, i tend to. Why did the story stop after the dark knight rises. Robin is in the final nolan directed batman movie the dark knight rises. With christian bale, tom hardy, anne hathaway, gary oldman. Even though the nolan trilogy is somewhat loosely based.
It was a divisive film, but i for one love it and believe its an epic conclusion to a fantastic trilogy. Will there be another film after the dark knight rises. Jul 06, 2012 secondly, and youll have heard this one before, the film is titled the dark knight rises. During the film, set eight years after dark knight, the. 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. The next film, the dark knight rises, supposedly takes place 8 years after the dark knight.
Entertainment joseph gordon levitt explains the robin ending in the dark knight rises. The dark knight, with a different subtitle for each issue the dark knight returns, the dark knight. Before the film s official release, there was much speculation that the. Christian bale explains why he didnt make a fourth dark knight film. Fans still want a dark knight rises spinoff where joseph. Bane is one of the two main antagonists alongside talia al ghul of the dark knight rises. Theres been a lot of speculation about the role this character plays in the. After the death of rachel dawes, bruce wayne retires from batman and spends the next eight years in a depressed state caused by his experiences as a vigilante. Batman fan film continues story of the dark knight rises. May 12, 2018 christopher nolan may have left gotham city behind. During the press tour for his next film, the biopic thriller snowden. After the release of the dark knight rises, speculation immediately centered around the postfilm escapades of john robin blake played by joseph gordonlevitt.
He was a ruthless terrorist and the field commander of the league of shadows who sought to fulfill the destiny that the leagues founder ras al ghul had been previously determined to accomplish. The dark knight rises cowriter jonathan nolan referred to the reveal of john blake as robin as a wink at the audience. The dark knight rises concluded bruce waynes story, but it set up a new one for a new hero. 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. In the dark knight rises, joseph gordonlevitt and christopher nolan introduced audiences to john blake, a gotham city police officer who, despite batmans apparent murder of harvey dent, was still an ardent believer in the caped crusader.
The dark knight rises 2012, following after his own batman begins 2005 and the dark knight 2008. The pit also featured a welllike structure which the prisoners. 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. Its entirely conceivable that nolan will include robin in this film as his protege who can help him fight bane. While there was talk shortly after the film s 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. Is joseph gordonlevitts character in the dark knight rises.
Both of those quotes, however, were said way before any script was written for the dark knight rises and with the addition of joseph gordonlevitt as an age appropriate actor, robin being in the. The dark knight rises marks the end of a cinematic era, but not the end of films about batman. It sounds like pretty much everyone loved the dark knight rises. Director christopher nolan brought his batman trilogy to a close with this highlyanticipated batman film in the series. It was eventually revealed that he was the protectorturnedaccomplice of. So director brett register and other fans of nolans series have created a fan film called the dark knight legacy. Jun 21, 2012 joseph gordonlevitt plays a rookie cop apparently named john blake in the upcoming batman film the dark knight rises. Jan 07, 20 how it should have ended s4 e22 how the dark knight rises should have ended duration. The dark knight rises 2012 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Jul 26, 2012 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 end of the film, and what happens to joseph. This is what a sequel to the dark knight rises could look like. Who was robin in the dark knight rises business insider. Following the shooting at a midnight showing of the dark knight rises, he visited.
Now that christopher nolans batman trilogy is complete, its natural to wonder what comes next. While there was talk shortly after the films release about whether the dark knight. 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. Is joseph gordonlevitts dark knight rises character. 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. Entertainment the dark knight rises voted best film of the decade. The dark knight rises robin easter egg explained screen. Joseph gordonlevitt will never get a robin movie looper. After all, gordonlevitt did very well act as batmans robin in the final film. 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. 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 is the most ambitious superhero. 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. Joseph gordonlevitt to play robin in the dark knight rises.
They did it in batman begins to the narrows, in dark knight, and again to try to catch batman after the stock exchange heist. After the release of the dark knight rises four years ago, batman fans. Before the films official release, there was much speculation that the. The dark knight rises revealed that the middle name of joseph gordonlevitts character was robin, but that wasnt the only reference to batmans sidekick in the film. How did director christopher nolan adapt the bane character from the batman comics, and what visual detail. It is a little hard to imagine robin working in that universe, so the idea had to be limited to that gag at the end, he stated to empire magazine. The dark knight returns alternatively titled batman. Christopher nolans dark knight exists in his own secluded threefilm. How it should have ended s4 e22 how the dark knight rises should have ended duration. Dark knight rises ending isnt sequel setup, joseph. The dark knight rises is the third and final installment in the dark knight trilogy after batman begins and the dark knight. However, the dark knight movie felt like an ultimate finale, a satisfying end. Christian bale stars as bruce wayne batman, alongside michael caine, gary. However, the dark knight movie felt like an ultimate finale, a satisfying.
Why does batman not continue after the dark knight rises. Throughout the movie, the character would form a bond with bruce wayne, as the two became closer and closer to a mentormentee relationship. As the new film makes its longawaited debut, we look at batmans arsenal of wonderful toys. Unknown the pit is a prison located in the ancient part of the world, which had established such a fearsome reputation that it became referred to as the worst hell on earth. Bale became the actor to have portrayed batman on film for the lengthiest period. Joseph gordonlevitt was cast as robin john blake, and marion cotillard was cast as miranda tate. It also features bane, a character who became notorious for eventually breaking batmans back. The dark knight returns is a 1986 fourissue comic book miniseries starring batman, written by frank miller, illustrated by miller and klaus janson, and published by dc comics. Will there be another batman movie after the dark knight rises. But later on the actor of alfred said that he wants to play more alfred, he said that alfred at the end couldnt notice bruce and selina, so they can make the dark knight rises 2, besides chris nolan the director said that he had enough batman directing, so he wont direct another batman movie. Its been quite a few years since christopher nolans dark knight trilogy. It opened on july 20, 2012 at the height of the summer bigbudget blockbuster season. And, the actor himself has expressed some interest in a spinoff, too.
Would the character takeon the recently vacated role of gothams protector as batman, nightwing, robin, or some combination of the three. With the last entry having been released in 2012 in the form of the dark knight rises. The only way robin can work is if they dont call him robin and if hes not a juvenile, subservient sidekick to batman. For me, the dark knight rises is specifically and definitely the end of the batman story as i wanted to tell it, and the openended nature of the film is simply a very important thematic idea that. As the final act in christopher nolans batman trilogy, it had a definitive ending and many felt it. Banes voice is the least of the film s problems, as tdkr spends too much time expositioning about the clean slate macguffin and paying off certain characterizations that the. In the 2012 film the dark knight rises, director christopher nolan used a number of stories including the dark knight returns as influence for the film.
Christopher nolan on batman and secrets of dark knight. I liked millers take on robin in the dark knight returns but that was a special deal and cant really be replicated too easily with the nolanbale batman. Jul 25, 2018 the dark knight rises 2012 full movie breakdown. It stayed in the realm of comic books, set in a city that never existed and featuring characters that five. Christian bale explains the dark knight rises ending. John blake was a young and ambitious police officer who was a firm believer in batman. He reprised the role again for the sequel the dark knight rises, released on july 20, 2012. Even though the robin twist has dominated so much of the postdark knight rises conversation, gordonlevitt does not see the ending as a tease for a future movie. As the final act in christopher nolans batman trilogy, it had a definitive ending and many felt it was what the franchise deserved. The dark knight let us look the gorgon in the facetalking about things like terrorism, government corruption, and the fact that even the good guys lose sometimeswithout having to deal with the sheer overwhelming awfulness of it all. Jul 24, 2012 in my opinion the ending of dark knight rises left it open to another movie. This may, of course, refer to the return of batman after eight years in retirement to face down the.
Batman and many characters from gotham city have been adapted to tv and film many times, but christopher nolans dark knight. Christopher nolan explains his openended finish to the dark. As a lover of batman and the dark knight trilogy, i was always hoping for a sequel to the dark knight rises. After the release of the dark knight rises, speculation immediately centered around the post film escapades of john robin blake played by joseph gordonlevitt. When originally published, the series was simply titled batman.
Joseph gordonlevitt stars in the dark knight rises not as dick grayson, not as tim drake, not even as jason todd hes robin john blake, one of gotham citys finest police officers and. But in a wideranging twohour talk at the cannes film festival on saturday, the director offered a unique take on his dark knight trilogy. Looper suggests the reason why well never get a robin film is because. I will say though, gpds response to crises is send all the cops. After accomplishing his mission to save gotham, bruce wayne finally found love and chose to retire in peace. In the final few minutes of the movie, when officer blake joseph gordonlevitt is collecting his property from the boys home, the woman behind the desk isnt able to find his name in their system. Being the third installment of nolans dark knight trilogy it promises to end the story of both bruce wayne and batman, which it does but in a way thats garnered a mixed reaction from what ive. Since most of the superhero movies are threemovie deals and the dark knight rises is the last of the three movies. 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. Now that christopher nolans batman trilogy has come to a conclusion with the dark knight rises, everyone is talking and debating the meaning of. Nov 29, 2012 for me, the dark knight rises is specifically and definitely the end of the batman story as i wanted to tell it, and the openended nature of the film is simply a very important thematic idea that. Fans still want a dark knight rises spinoff where joseph gordon.
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