Back in 2005 Christopher Nolan made the Batman franchise relevant again; when he helmed the series reboot Batman Begins; and even more so in 2008 (with the release of The Dark Knight), but next year will see the release of not only his third, but final, Batman movie; The Dark Knight Rises; which recently had a new trailer, and poster released.
Unfortunately the trailer hasn’t been released online at this point (by any legal means anyway) and is simply doing the rounds ahead of screenings of Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (though not every screening is guaranteed to be preceded by the trailer), and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (which also contains The Dark Knight Rises prologue, when viewed in IMAX), but is reported to contain numerous shots of Bane, Catwoman, and the majority of the returning, and newly added, principal cast members; making it a guaranteed mouth-waterer for any Bat-fan.
The new poster however has been released online, is now available to view on the right, and given the atmosphere it creates suggests that Nolan’s final film; which sees Christian Bale returning as Batman/Bruce Wayne, Michael Caine reprising his role as Alfred, Gary Oldman back as Commissioner Gordon, and Morgan Freeman once again portraying gadget expert Lucius Fox; will be brutal, moody, and give The Dark Knight the fight of his life.
Bane (infamously known as ‘the man who broke the Bat’) will be portrayed by Tom Hardy (Warrior), while Alice in Wonderland’s Anne Hathaway will be playing The Dark Knight Rises’ other villain (Catwoman/Selina Kyle), and joined in the movie, which takes place a full 8 years after the events of The Dark Knight, by fellow newcomers Joseph Gordon-Levitt (500 Days of Summer), and Marion Cotillard (Inception), when The Dark Knight Rises is released on July 20th next year.
