The Dark Knight Rises Teaser Trailer description

[Shmoil]

This is my idea for a script for a teaser trailer for a sequel to "The Dark Knight". It's the only direction I can imagine at this point, and I would love to see it happen. What are your guys's thoughts?


Open on a shot of Gotham city, slowly flying over the city.

Gordon: They’re really out for blood. I don’t know how much longer I can hold them off.

Cut to a low angle shot of Batman crouching on the window of a parking garage, looking down beyond the camera, slowly zooming in.

Batman: I can survive. I’ve lasted this long. I’ll endure.

Quick cutaway to Batman being thrashed, we can’t see who’s doing the beating. Then cut back.

Gordon: Not anymore, I’m afraid. Your copycats are everywhere, killing criminals left and right. We can’t let that happen. The feds are bringing in someone new. Someone from out of town.

Batman: I’ll be careful. I’ll lay low. But I cannot stop.

Another quick cut to someone beating him up, throwing him out of a high window. Cut back.

Gordon: I don’t think you understand what you’re dealing with. They’re bringing in him.

Another quick cut to the fight, Batman falling, we see a red cape fly by and Batman is gone.

Cut to Alfred nursing Bruce’s wounds.

Alfred: You’d better be a little more careful from now on, Mr. Wayne. I don’t think even Batman can handle this much heat.

Bruce: He has to, Alfred. Gotham needs him to.

Alfred: Does Gotham need him? Or do you? Is this worth being a hero?

Bruce: Nothing is worth it Alfred. But then, nothing ever is.

Lucius Fox walks in and hands Bruce a letter, it has the bat symbol on it.

Fox: This was addressed to you, Mr. Wayne. Thought you might find it interesting.

Cut to Gordon being handed a letter. VO reads it.

VO: I’m big, dark, strong, and obsessed with justice and bats. And I’m going to explode in thirty minutes. What am I?

Bruce looks up from reading it, then parallel cut to Gordon looking up from reading it.

Gordon: What is this, a riddle?

Cut to Arkham Asylum, a wall blows up. We see Scarecrow emerge, followed by, in the shadows, the Joker, along with dozens of other criminals.

Cut to Batman yelling at someone on a rooftop.

Batman: So you fight billionaires and monsters. Do you know what real crime is? Not all heroes can save the world. Some have to settle for a city.

We see who he is talking to. A man in a red cape is facing the opposite direction. He turns around. It’s Superman.

Superman: I know more than you might think….Bruce. And I know you’re just as crazy as the criminals you put away.

Batman: I probably am, but I’m no monster.

Superman: Yes….you are. A monster of justice, perhaps, but a monster.

Cut to crowds converged on a television set on a sidewalk. A question mark is on the television, with a VO speaking.

VO: Quick! Who is big, strong, mysterious, and a hero?

Crowd stares.

VO: Too late!

The television explodes.

Cut to Bruce talking to Fox in Fox’s lab.

Bruce: Any suggestions on how to beat this guy?

Fox: Short of hiring your followers?

Bruce: Haha, I don’t think even the “Sons of the Batman” could help me now.

Fox: What about this fellow who loves his riddles. Alfred tells me he knows who you are?

Bruce: He says he’ll lead the people to the truth about me.

Fox: Maybe that wouldn’t be such a bad thing?

Bruce: Something about hiding the truth in riddles isn’t right, to me.

Back to the conversation between Batman and Superman.

Batman: Not every hero can be as bright and optimistic as you! Some need to work from the shadows. Some need to make their enemies fear.

Superman: People won’t look up to someone they fear.

Batman: I don’t want anyone to look up to me. All I want is what Gotham needs.

Superman: And you think Gotham needs fear?

Batman: It needs safety.

Superman: That’s a fine line.

Cut to Gordon standing on a rooftop.

Gordon: I know you’ve been sent here to catch him. But there’s a nut out there sending the citizens of this city on a wild goose chase for clues to his real identity. And we can’t afford to let that out into the open. I’m asking you both for help in stopping this.

Batman and Superman look at each other. They nod.

Superman: I’m still going to have to take you in after this.

Batman: We’ll cross that bridge when we get there.

The two make eye contact, and share a slight grin, before the screen goes black and the title fades in over the bat symbol, with the smoky outline of the superman symbol shape around it.

“The Dark Knight Returns”

 

[isaias7]

Those were all my reactions to some of ur points.
first of all Batman wouldn't be scare or take hits from the boyscout.

 

[Shmoil]

He's not scared of him.

But having never met him, I don't think he would be much of a match for the invincible, super strong guy. Once he knew his fighting style he might, but not on a first meeting.

 

[The Penguin]

superman? a little far fetched...... I think Nolan is going to revolve only around Batman... its not bad though

 

[Shmoil]

I know, but I think the most serious way to question the psychology of a superhero next, after the dark knight, is to compare Batman's type of Superhero to Supermans. Compare the dark hero with no powers to the bright hero with every power. Kind of like what Watchmen did with Nite Owl and Dr. Manhattan, how Manhattan kind of made other things obsolete.

Those are my thoughts, anyway.

 

[AnorexicBatman]

That's ridiculous!
I don't like it one bit!
Why do you people want the two best superheros in the DC Universe to fight each other?
It's absurd!

 

[Hamill-Joker]

It'll be something like The Dark Knight trailer

Only instead you'll hear something like "Riddle me this, riddle me that. Who is the man behind the bat?"

 

[Shmoil]

That's ridiculous!
I don't like it one bit!
Why do you people want the two best superheros in the DC Universe to fight each other?
It's absurd!

Because it would be simultaneously badass and morally complex? Because it could pose the question of good and bad being relative values? Because it would be a hell of a lot more interesting than just watching Batman combat yet another nutcase intent on destroying Gotham? Sue me for trying to think outside the "good vs. evil, good wins" box that nearly every other movie follows.