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This is a continuation thread, the old thread is [split]344294[/split]

 

[ChrisB]

Here's a timeline of all the official news we've got, up until the official press release from January 19th, 2011 confirming that Anne Hathaway is Selina Kyle and Tom Hardy is Bane:

The Dark Knight Rises: Official News Timeline

• April 30, 2010 - ‘Batman 3′ gets an official release date
  • Warner Bros. announced that its next Batman movie will be released in theaters on July 20th, 2012.

• September 9, 2010 - Nolan confirms he’s still working on the ‘Batman 3′ script
  • At a press conference in Rome for Inception, Christopher Nolan confirmed that his brother Jonathan has handed in a draft, and now he’s adding to it.

• September 29, 2010 - Christopher Nolan confirms he’s directing ‘Batman 3′
  • In an interview with Empire, Christopher Nolan confirmed what we all assumed for so long, he’ll be back to direct the next Batman movie.

• October 13, 2010 - Tom Hardy joins ‘Batman 3′ cast
  • Deadline breaks the news that Tom Hardy has been cast in in Batman 3. Hardy stated that even he is “not sure” which role he’s playing.

• October 27, 2010 - ‘Batman 3′ officially titled ‘The Dark Knight Rises’, won’t include The Riddler
  • In an exclusive interview with Hero Complex, Christopher revealed the official title of his next movie is The Dark Knight Rises. Nolan also put The Riddler rumors to rest, confirming that the character will not show up. Finally, Nolan announces that his final trip to Gotham will not be shot in 3D.

• October 28, 2010 - Hans Zimmer to meet with Nolan to discuss ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ score
  • Composer Hans Zimmer confirmed that he’d be meeting with Christopher Nolan to go over some ideas for The Dark Knight Rises score.

• November 30, 2010 - Nolan excited to end his Batman saga with ‘The Dark Knight Rises’
  • In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Christopher Nolan called The Dark Knight Rises “the last chapter of our Batman saga”. Hinting that this will be his last Batman movie.

• December 1, 2010 - Nolan still working on script/casting, debunks CGI Joker rumor, confirms Hardy
  • At a DVD/Blu-ray release party for Inception, director Christopher Nolan confirmed that he’s still working on the script and hasn’t finished casting. He also said there was no truth to the rumors that he’d be bringing back The Joker via CGI.

• December 3, 2010 - Eckhart confirms no Two-Face in ‘The Dark Knight Rises’
  • Aaron Eckhart confirmed that Two-Face will not be showing up in The Dark Knight Rises. Eckhart talked about a meeting he had with Christopher Nolan on the beach and said that The Dark Knight Rises is going to “blow everybody away.”

• December 4, 2010 - ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ script is due Monday
  • Christopher Nolan told David Cohen of Variety that he has to hand in The Dark Knight Rises script to Warner Bros. on December 6th.

• December 14, 2010 - Christopher Nolan is scouting locations in Asia for ‘The Dark Knight Rises’
  • Hero Complex confirms that Christopher Nolan is on a worldwide tour searching for locations for The Dark Knight Rises. He was confirmed to be in Asia, more specifically, India.

• December 22, 2010 - VP of IMAX talks ‘The Dark Knight Rises’
  • Collider posted a great interview with Executive Vice-President of IMAX, David Keighley. He confirmed that The Dark Knight Rises will have more scenes in IMAX than The Dark Knight did. He explained he had about 5 meetings with Christopher Nolan and The Dark Knight may be re-released in IMAX as part of a double feature.

• December 30, 2010 - Warner Bros. confirms LA, the UK, and more for ‘The Dark Knight Rises’
  • Ravi Mehta, the SVP of Production at Warner Bros. told Scene Magazine that The Dark Knight Rises would be shooting in Los Angeles, the UK, and an unnamed city.

• January 07, 2011 - Christopher Nolan discusses ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ and 3D
  • In an interview with Deadline, Christopher Nolan confirmed once again that The Dark Knight Rises will not be shot in 3D, and explains why.

• January 19, 2011 - Anne Hathaway is Selina Kyle, Tom Hardy is Bane in 'The Dark Knight Rises'
  • It’s official folks! Warner Bros. issued a press release confirming that Anne Hathaway will be playing Selina Kyle (aka Catwoman), and Tom Hardy will be playing Bane in The Dark Knight Rises.

 

[SJGIM]

To all of those wanting a Robin:
I love Robin, but didn't Nolan say he thought Robin was too campy to fit into this particular franchise at one point? While Robin is a great character, he was initially introduced to the series as a draw in for younger fans. This franchise is aimed at a mature audience. I can understand why they aren't doing it.

I really hope this remains the last film. As much as I love this universe of Batman, the law of diminishing returns as well as film history shows that eventually if the series were continued it would slowly devolve, and the universe created would slowly seem less and less engaging and groundbreaking as we become desensitized to it. And this is assuming that the next batch of movies is on par to the current two. Also, less people would go see each consecutive movie as interest is lost, giving them less and less budget to spend on further films.

I do hope I don't have to wait too long before the next Batman movies or series is created (I would love to see a modern TV series for Batman), but as far as these movies go I think and hope we end with a bang on this upcoming film.

 

[Dark Knight]

By the way to all you who love ripping Jett.

He was right when he said Hardy was NOT going to play Hugo Strange and many of you chose not believe him.

 

[Travesty]

The latest rumors are that Hugo Strange is in the film, and that it may be inspired by "Prey".

Discuss!

Wait, so the Hugo Strange rumors are back? Where are you hearing this from?

 

[PreK]

The forum has an automated process when transitioning to new threads. It takes the first post from the last thread and makes it the first post of the new thread, but with today's date. Pay no attention to it.

 

[Nevincer]

Ok I guess the other thread was closed too? I think it's best to keep BOF news out of this thread, that way Jett's name isn't brought up. The latest rumors are that Hugo Strange is in the film, and that it may be inspired by "Prey".

Discuss!

Wait, with the casting aren't those rumors debunked now? Are you saying you've heard new rumors that Hugo Strange will still be in the film alongside Bane and Selina? Please, let it be so!

Edit:

The forum has an automated process when transitioning to new threads. It takes the first post from the last thread and makes it the first post of the new thread, but with today's date. Pay no attention to it.

 

[SJGIM]

Wait, so the Hugo Strange rumors are back? Where are you hearing this from?

Seconded. I thought those had been debunked...

 

[Bat-Mite]

To all of those wanting a Robin:
I love Robin, but didn't Nolan say he thought Robin was too campy to fit into this particular franchise at one point?

This sounds more like a Bale comment. As far as I know, all Nolan's said about Robin is that he's still in diapers when these movies take place.

While Robin is a great character, he was initially introduced to the series as a draw in for younger fans. This franchise is aimed at a mature audience. I can understand why they aren't doing it.

Initially, yes. That was when they were trying to distance themselves from the version of Batman that snapped necks and kicked people into acid. The comics have since taken a turn in the other direction, so Robin's involved in more adult stories like Death in the Family (where that version of Robin died, of course), Knightfall, Robin's Reckoning (on the animated series) etc. The claim that he isn't a character meant for mature stories is an argument that became irrelevant decades ago.

 

[frakkingoff]

He was right when he said Hardy was NOT going to play Hugo Strange and many of you chose not believe him.

Once in a while, my broken clock reads the correct time. Doesn't mean I should believe it every time I look at it.





EDIT: Never mind the response to DaCrissaMan02 - thread confusion!

 

[raybia]

Wait, I'll google it.

 

[souvlaki]

It's a continuation of the old thread people. The second post is simply the first post of the old thread with today's date on it, pay no attention to it. Hugo Strange is not rumored to be in the film anymore, Bane and Catwoman are still in the film.

 

[ChrisB]

Guys the 1st post in here was copied from the OLD thread, I made that comment back in November:
http://forums.superherohype.com/showpost.php?p=19255470&postcount=1

I updated my 1st post here to avoid any more confusion.

 

[frakkingoff]

While Robin is a great character, he was initially introduced to the series as a draw in for younger fans.

What I don't understand is why they ever thought introducing a child sidekick character would "draw in younger fans."

I mean, do kids ever fantasize about being Robin? No, they want to be Batman! That's who they play on the playground - nobody says "I call dibs on being Robin!"

You'd think marketing people would've realized this, even back then...

 

[frakkingoff]

Guys the 1st post in here was copied from the OLD thread, I made that comment back in November:
http://forums.superherohype.com/showpost.php?p=19255470&postcount=1

I updated my 1st post here to avoid any more confusion.

Oh, my bad. I guess I assumed they would've taken the LAST post from the old thread as the first post on this thread, not the first post.

Kind of confusing...

 

[RustyCage]

He was right when he said Hardy was NOT going to play Hugo Strange and many of you chose not believe him.

What about Riddler being in for sure?

Why should anyone believe wild guesses that are often wrong?

 

[ChrisB]

We all know Selina Kyle and Bane will be in The Dark Knight Rises. The latest rumor is that it will be shooting in Romania & India.
http://batman-news.com/2011/01/20/the-dark-knight-rises-to-film-in-romania-and-india/

 

[Nathan]

What I don't understand is why they ever thought introducing a child sidekick character would "draw in younger fans."

I mean, do kids ever fantasize about being Robin? No, they want to be Batman! That's who they play on the playground - nobody says "I call dibs on being Robin!"

You'd think marketing people would've realized this, even back then...

But if you call dibs on Robin, that means that you can pick up a stick, pretend it's a staff and beat up the other kids.

 

[Majik1387]

Yay for a refreshment

 

[frakkingoff]

But if you call dibs on Robin, that means that you can pick up a stick, pretend it's a staff and beat up the other kids.

Haha, the idea was always that the other kids are heroes and the villains are invisible and imaginary!

 

[frakkingoff]

Here's a question that's been bothering me...

Tom Hardy has lots of tattoos on his body, right? Is it easy to cover all that with makeup, in a way that doesn't LOOK like it's covered in makeup, even when topless with sweaty, rippling muscles?

 

[Nevincer]

Guys the 1st post in here was copied from the OLD thread, I made that comment back in November:
http://forums.superherohype.com/showpost.php?p=19255470&postcount=1

I updated my 1st post here to avoid any more confusion.

Sorry for the misunderstanding. By the way, based on what you know, would you still say there is any chance of the film having any influence from the Prey arc? The way you described your source made them sound pretty legit, so perhaps the casting of Tom Hardy was just a mistake on their part? Yeah, I know, I should let go, but I got very attatched to that rumor as I thought it fit TDK's ending perfectly Is there anything left to hang on to with those still wishing for it to be partially true?

 

[Travesty]

The forum has an automated process when transitioning to new threads. It takes the first post from the last thread and makes it the first post of the new thread, but with today's date. Pay no attention to it.

Ha, nice catch. Kind of a strange process, but yeah, you're right.

 

[raybia]

Here's a question that's been bothering me...

Tom Hardy has lots of tattoos on his body, right? Is it easy to cover all that with makeup, in a way that doesn't LOOK like it's covered in makeup, even when topless with sweaty, rippling muscles?

CGI them off.

 

[frakkingoff]

CGI them off.

Is that easy to do in a way that's seamless, given how much of the body has tattoos (it's not like a little one!)? Don't want Bane to have a Gollum chest...