The Dark Knight Rises Bring Back the Batcave!

[ggghhh]

I keep telling you guys, they were only saying that the platform towers above the water, with foundations below the surface. It was simply a turn of phrase.

If something moves out of the water, I'll eat my bat.

 

[Dragon_316ca]

From the Secret Files Scrapbook:

 

[AnneFan]

Thanks for the scan, Dragon.

It does seem this batcave will have a good balance of natural and modern. The water, the cave walls. And then we have the suit case, the computers and the new flooring with steps around the place (the shot of Alfred in the cave).

 

[Dragon_316ca]

via Scrapbook:

Completely rebuilt after the fire, the new Batcave headquarters is the nerve center of Batman's operation. Here, he can monitor criminal activity in real time. The cave is concealed by massive stone cubes that mask the presence of any activity within. Bridges and ramps have also been built inside the cave to allow Batman's vehicles' entry as well as to help transport computer equipment safely in and out.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

Awesome.

 

[JackWhite]

via Scrapbook:

That really made my day, err, evening.

Hope we get a lot of juicy Bruce brooding in the cave moments in Rises.

 

[AnneFan]

These stone cubes pique my interest.

 

[The Guard]

Nothing cooler than transporting computer equipment safely.

 

[TCCB]

Nothing cooler than transporting computer equipment safely.

And that's why the Batcave is baby proof

 

[Dragon_316ca]

From the official production notes:

Filming in low light was especially important for “The Dark Knight Rises” because a number of crucial scenes take place underground, including those in the Batcave.

With Wayne Manor—and therefore the original Batcave—destroyed in the first film, Bruce Wayne had temporarily moved his base of operations to the Bat-Bunker. However, the mansion was rebuilt with the inclusion of a new Batcave, which echoes design elements of both earlier sets.

Nathan Crowley, who teamed with fellow production designer Kevin Kavanaugh on this film, explains, “Chris and I pondered how to mix the Batcave and the Bat-Bunker, which is incredibly geometric and modern and everything is cleanly recessed into the walls. It occurred to us that we could carry over the same idea by flooding the Batcave so everything is hidden underwater. When you enter, it’s just a cave, but you press a button and up come these perfect cubes that hold different objects, from the Batsuit to a super computer.”

Nolan offers, “It’s a terrific combination of the tactile reality of the Batcave and the functionality of the Bat-Bunker.”

The Bat-Bunker was again erected at Cardington. However, the new Batcave set, complete with working waterfalls, was constructed on Stage 30 of Sony Studios in Culver City, California. The soundstage was ideal because it contains a water tank that can hold more than 720,000 gallons of water.

 

[The Caped Knight]

I'm loving the details regarding The Batcave.

 

[AnneFan]

I'm loving the details regarding The Batcave.

Me too. It's a really cool concept they've come up with. I'll be giddy when I see the whole thing properly in the movie.

Interesting that they say crucial scenes happen underground (the prison) including those in the batcave.

 

[Batman jr.]

Me too. It's a really cool concept they've come up with. I'll be giddy when I see the whole thing properly in the movie.

Interesting that they say crucial scenes happen underground (the prison) including those in batcave.

Fits Batman's world perfectly.

 

[ggghhh]

So I was wrong, the blocks of concrete themselves do lift out of the water, I now have a bat to eat.

 

[The Guard]

No. Scarecrow.

 

[Cannikin]

Regarding the waterfall, have we not seen a few frames of the Bat exiting the cave via the waterfall the same way the Tumbler did in the climax of BB? There are so many clips and trailers now, I can't recall which one it was.

On edit, it's tv spot #9, and it's arriving, not departing.

 

[rashad]

 

[Octoberist]

I can't wait for the new Batcave!

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

I can't wait for the new Batcave!

Im with you on that one, Im super excited Ive been waiting the whole trilogy to see this!

 

[JackWhite]

That picture is just so gorgeous.

I didn't mind the Cave being non existent in TDK, because I knew it would return in the final film, TDKR. Batman has some of the coolest toys, doesn't he?

 

[Mike_D202]

 

[AnneFan]

The batcave looks excellent raised up off the ground. It's nice and moody in there.

 

[TheNewGirl]

I can't express how perfect that looks. Burtons Batcave has always been my batcave, and this infuses the burton feel into the Nolan world. I couldn't have asked for more. Plus the Costume vault and how The Bat is parked there... So smart.

 

[TDKR2012]

yup. it looks like the Batcave (at least the new/useable part) is a cube that comes/rises out of the water, with a bridge that connects with it... Kinda like a moat.

The Bat suit, Bat Computer, etc.. all come out from within this cube, in like a glass cube/case

a rising cube within a rising cube

CUBECEPTION!!!!!!!

 

[Mike_D202]

The Dark Knight's Cube Rises