Nolan's Batman

There have been rumours about it being set in New Orleans and Killer Croc being the villain. Which would be bizarre, and terrible.
 
who really cares about the title?

it's not going to make the movie any better or worse now, is it?
 
Noemie Lenoir should be Catwoman, if they choose to go that way.
 
Since several people have pointed out how completely silly and uncool it is for people to think a title could have any bearing on a work whatsoever, here are several rejected titles of prominent films and/or literary works in Western culture. Clearly these films and books would be just as beloved regardless of title, and the cool people would be just as cool, if not cooler, since no one cares about anything anyway:

Swordfish Bones Were All They Left Behind

Space Farmboy Incest IV

The Holy Bibliotheque

Bruce Willis is Ghost

Some Greek Guys Wear Robes and Talk About Stuff

Are You There God? It's Me, Moses

Mane-let

水揚げ姫

Frodo!

Blue Eggs and Bacon

Heroic: The Journey of Oskar Schindler

Swiss Army Knife Guy

Dream Levels

So as we can see, titles don't matter. Which brings us to the rejected title for Nolan-Batman 3:

3atman: The Final Uber Chapter: The Fall of the House of Wayne
 
The girl from Rush Hour 3? Stunning, but even though we'll probably all be staring at her bits in the catsuit, the role still needs a good actress surely?
 
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She just popped into my head, not sure if she can act properly but she could easily play a seductive thief.
 
There seem to be rumours that the villain will be Hugo Strange (played by Tom Hardy) with the film based on the Prey storyline

Prey is set during the early days of Batman's career as he is struggling to earn the trust of the public and form a working relationship with James Gordon, who is still just a police captain.

The main nemesis of the story is Hugo Strange, a brilliant psychiatrist who holds a professional stake and a personal obsession in unraveling Batman's secrets, including his true identity. He foments a smear campaign to paint Batman as a dangerous madman, and in turn forces Batman to question his own sanity as well as the plausibility of his mission.
 
Anne Hathaway as Catwoman and Tom Hardy as Bane.

Anne Hathaway Is Catwoman
Tom Hardy is the Bane of Batman's life
Source: The LA Times
Anne Hathaway Is Catwoman

Well, that settles that, then. Warner Bros. has just announced that Anne Hathaway has won the race to star in The Dark Knight Rises... as Selina Kyle. Also known as Catwoman. “I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Anne Hathaway, who will be a fantastic addition to our ensemble as we complete our story," said director Christopher Nolan in a press release.

And, in the same release, WB and Christopher Nolan confirmed that the role Tom Hardy will play in the eagerly-awaited Batman threequel is Bane, the muscle-bound super-steroidal freak who, in the comics, once broke Batman's back. “I am delighted to be working with Tom again and excited to watch him bring to life our new interpretation of one of Batman’s most formidable enemies.”

This represents a flood of information for a Christopher Nolan Bat-movie, and gives us plenty to chew on. We can't wait to see Nolan's take on the twisted relationship between Batman and the capricious Cat - and Hathaway certainly has the chops, and the curves, to fill out the catsuit. Intriguingly, Catwoman isn't mentioned in the WB press release, but with Nolan openly admitting that this is the end of his Bat-tale, it's hard to imagine that Kyle won't become Catwoman at some point in the film.

Still, heck of a year for Hathaway, what with this and her gig hosting the Oscars...

Bane is more interesting. Once again, Nolan is going down the multiple villains route - as he did with Scarecrow and Ra's Al Ghul in Batman Begins, and The Joker and Two-Face in The Dark Knight. But we're intrigued by what he and the magnificent Hardy will bring to the role of Bane, a character who could be laughable in the wrong hands (see Batman & Robin for proof). Will this Bane be more cerebral than the grunting hulk of Schumacherville? Or will he represent the first very real physical threat to Christian Bale's Bat in the trilogy?

Update: As some have pointed out, Bane in the comics is far from a grunting hulk, but a schemer who just happens to have more muscles than your average issue of Men's Health. So, when it comes to battling The Bat, he could have the perfect combination of brains and brawn...

So, what do you think? Happy with these choices? Has the Caped Crusader got enough on his plate with Catwoman and Bane to contend with, or does Nolan have another villainous surprise up his sleeve?

The Dark Knight Rises is out on July 20, 2012.
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Have to say I wasn't expecting Catwoman or Bane to be any of the villains in this final part!

Rumours were around that 2 female leads were being auditioned for - one obviously for Catwoman we now know, the other role supposedly between Talia Al Ghul and Vicky Vale - I'd say the second one now Catwoman has been cast!

Tom Hardy as Bane should be great to watch, I haven't seen a bad performance from the guy! He was great under Nolan in Inception so I’m sure we'll see more of that with his portrayal of Bane.

Although with the inclusion of Bane in this movie I can now see Nolan's trilogy not ending with the death of Batman, but with Bane seriously injuring / paralyzing Batman! This would not only follow in line with the Knightfall comic that’s mentioned in the article below; but would also make a great, yet dark ending for the Trilogy… and would ultimately stop any other directors trying to tread on Nolan’s Batman universe!
 
I like the idea of Bane and Tom Hardy, a realistic villian which isn't too out of sync with the world Nolan has created in the previous films, as for Catwoman.. I don't know if Hathaway can cut it (too sweet), I'd have rather have had Natalie Portman if she was available.
 
To be honest I would have had no quibbles with whoever Nolan had decided to use as his villain / villains. After his amazing realism of the whole Batman universe he’s created and his realistic approach taken on all the characters development, not just the villains, I think he could have used anybody from Killer Croc to Man-Bat and still made it feel realistic – so I fully believe his portrayal of Bane and Catwoman will work just perfect in these films!

It's not as amazing as the news of The Joker and Two-Face being the lead villains in TDK, but i'm starting to come round to it!
 
gaz1185 said:
I was going to stand up for him then and agree on just how shocking that film was... that was until I realised it was a reference to one of Mr. Freeze's amazing one liners from that film :lol:
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Looks like it bypassed Nick.
 
Pretty pleased about Catwoman, I thought she might be considered too cartoony/unrealistic for Nolan's films but shes one of his best villains so deserves to be in the films.
 
Hathaway doesn't really 'feel' right being Catwoman.

But then again, Ledger didn't really 'feel' right to be The Joker either; I remember there was a fair bit of disbelief and disappointment about that casting at the time. And considering how that turned out, Nolan has well and truly earned the right to cast whoever he damn well wants in whatever role he likes. I'm looking forward to it.
 
Don't know if it's been mentioned and I can't be arsed checking, but I've heard rumours of there being some unused footage of the Joker from TDK that they might incorporate into the new one.
 
Alex99 said:
Don't know if it's been mentioned and I can't be arsed checking, but I've heard rumours of there being some unused footage of the Joker from TDK that they might incorporate into the new one.
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I heard that rumour too, but I'm pretty sure Nolan has since denied it being true.

Not sure how reliable these are, but it was publicised a fair bit a month or so ago.

Heath Ledger's unused "Joker" footage will not be in "The Dark Knight Rises" - Hartford Pop Culture | Examiner.com

The Dark Knight Rises, along with Christopher Nolan's Career - Blogcritics Video
 
Ixion said:
Pretty pleased about Catwoman, I thought she might be considered too cartoony/unrealistic for Nolan's films but shes one of his best villains so deserves to be in the films.
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Catwoman was an international jewel thief. The cat part was as much an attribute to her art of stealing as it was to her get up. Again I see Nolan going back to the essence of he character. Bane was a warrior who was seeking the ultimate challenge, he found it in the Batman. I expect Tom Hardy to bulk up to his Bronson best.
 
olesmyhero said:
I've wanted to see Batman v Bane done right since the comic came out. It was horribly done in Batman & Robin. I've also wanted to see Superman v Doomsday.
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Yup the way of the warrior aspect to it. Bane wasn't some pumped up stooge, he was more akin to a modern day Ronin. Check out the supes v doomsday cartoon film they did. Wasn't to bad.
 
hungrywing said:
Since several people have pointed out how completely silly and uncool it is for people to think a title could have any bearing on a work whatsoever, here are several rejected titles of prominent films and/or literary works in Western culture. Clearly these films and books would be just as beloved regardless of title, and the cool people would be just as cool, if not cooler, since no one cares about anything anyway:

Swordfish Bones Were All They Left Behind

Space Farmboy Incest IV

The Holy Bibliotheque

Bruce Willis is Ghost

Some Greek Guys Wear Robes and Talk About Stuff

Are You There God? It's Me, Moses

Mane-let

水揚げ姫

Frodo!

Blue Eggs and Bacon

Heroic: The Journey of Oskar Schindler

Swiss Army Knife Guy

Dream Levels

So as we can see, titles don't matter. Which brings us to the rejected title for Nolan-Batman 3:

3atman: The Final Uber Chapter: The Fall of the House of Wayne
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MadDogg said:
Hathaway doesn't really 'feel' right being Catwoman.

But then again, Ledger didn't really 'feel' right to be The Joker either; I remember there was a fair bit of disbelief and disappointment about that casting at the time. And considering how that turned out, Nolan has well and truly earned the right to cast whoever he damn well wants in whatever role he likes. I'm looking forward to it.
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Many people think Hathaway is a talented actress so I'm sure she will pull it off.
 
gambit28 said:
Catwoman was an international jewel thief. The cat part was as much an attribute to her art of stealing as it was to her get up. Again I see Nolan going back to the essence of he character. Bane was a warrior who was seeking the ultimate challenge, he found it in the Batman. I expect Tom Hardy to bulk up to his Bronson best.
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Didn't know that about Catwoman. It'd be nice if they didn't use the costume.

Regarding the Bane character, one of the more interesting ideas I've heard is to merge the Bane/Azrael characters and have Bane be the "Dark Knight" that is rising. I.E. he takes advantage of Batman's new 'killer' reputation and 'steals' the Batman identity from Wayne, fashions his own suit/equipment/car and terrorizes the city with Bruce Wayne's own creation.

And I think they might 'out' the Wayne character. AKA after Bane bests him physically he leaves him without mask in public.

It's one of the easier ways to a) strip the Batman persona away from the Wayne character and b) raise the stakes without falling into 'villain-of-the-month' type storytelling.
 
Alex99 said:
Don't know if it's been mentioned and I can't be arsed checking, but I've heard rumours of there being some unused footage of the Joker from TDK that they might incorporate into the new one.
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I did read a article recently with Christopher Nolan talking about how hard it was for him after Ledger's death; can't find the actual article now though! I found this breif response from Nolan regarding the possibility of the Jokers return:

Talking with Empire, Chris Nolan was asked about Joker in the third Batman film, which will hit theaters July 20th, 2012.

This is what the director had to say:
“No…I just don’t feel comfortable about it.”

Nolan also told THR that he "believes that Ledger's performance as the Joker should be contained to the 2008 movie."
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Also this is what he had to say right after the incident:

"Heath was bursting with creativity. It was in his every gesture. He once told me that he liked to wait between jobs until he was creatively hungry. Until he needed it again. He brought that attitude to our set every day. There aren't many actors who can make you feel ashamed of how often you complain about doing the best job in the world. Heath was one of them.

When you get into the edit suite after shooting a movie, you feel a responsibility to an actor who has trusted you, and Heath gave us everything. As we started my cut, I would wonder about each take we chose, each trim we made. I would visualize the screening where we'd have to show him the finished film—sitting three or four rows behind him, watching the movements of his head for clues to what he was thinking about what we'd done with all that he'd given us. Now that screening will never be real. I see him every day in my edit suite. I study his face, his voice. And I miss him terribly."
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Just shows how much respect he had for him and sadly to say I think we can all rule out the possibility of the Joker making an appearance in TDKR - But that's more than expected I guess!
 
hungrywing said:
Didn't know that about Catwoman. It'd be nice if they didn't use the costume.

Regarding the Bane character, one of the more interesting ideas I've heard is to merge the Bane/Azrael characters and have Bane be the "Dark Knight" that is rising. I.E. he takes advantage of Batman's new 'killer' reputation and 'steals' the Batman identity from Wayne, fashions his own suit/equipment/car and terrorizes the city with Bruce Wayne's own creation.

And I think they might 'out' the Wayne character. AKA after Bane bests him physically he leaves him without mask in public.

It's one of the easier ways to a) strip the Batman persona away from the Wayne character and b) raise the stakes without falling into 'villain-of-the-month' type storytelling.
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Catwoman was a hooker, then an international cat thief then a socialite. She's a good foil to Bruce Wayne, as for Bane, well Bane is kind of the criminal version of Batman, except (Bane) he's been doing it longer and is a better fighter. I think we'll see Batman get the living shit kicked out of him very early on so we can see what may be the whole underlying ideal of the whole series, why do we fall down?
 
gaz1185 said:
Just shows how much respect he had for him and sadly to say I think we can all rule out the possibility of the Joker making an appearance in TDKR - But that's more than expected I guess!
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If I'm honest I'll be quite glad if the Joker is left out. It'd just feel like they were including him just because they had some footage, I also imagine it would be quite hard to incorporate it into the story properly.
 
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