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EW's Dark Knight Rises Details

Nolan talks about Bane and a new Batman image.

By Jarrod Sarafin     January 12, 2012
Source: Entertainment Weekly


Christian Bale as Batman on the cover image for Entertainment Weekly
© Warner Bros, EW

Despite the Warner Bros. Pictures release still months away, Entertainment Weekly chose their 2012 Preview issue to place the spotlight on Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises. As with any issue featuring a cover image (seen down below), there's also little interview bits from the story intermixed within.

Bale talks about suiting up as the iconic hero one last time.

“I can tell you the truth because I’m done with it," Bale tells the outlet. "I felt immense pressure. And I think it’s a good pressure, because you owe it to the films — and the people’s expectations — to make great work.”


Nolan talks about the Bane character and some fan feedback that his voice wasn't entirely clear in the first trailer.

"I think when people see the film, things will come into focus. Bane is very complex and very interesting and when people see the finished film people will be very entertained by him."

Expect more quotes from the stars in the magazine which hits stands on Friday. Some photos from the shoot are below.

Dark Knight Rises into theaters on July 20, 2012.

 

The Dark Knight Rises images from Entertainment Weekly

The Dark Knight Rises images from Entertainment Weekly

The Dark Knight Rises images from Entertainment Weekly

The Dark Knight Rises images from Entertainment Weekly

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raa2001 1/12/2012 10:01:03 AM

 nice photos! can't wait to see this movie opening weekend!

ponyboy76 1/12/2012 10:07:42 AM

 So do we actually get to see a Batcave?

samson 1/12/2012 10:23:33 AM

 I wish the Batsymbol on the chest were bigger and more distinctive.

jorson28 1/12/2012 10:32:09 AM

I think the new "Batcave" is what everyone has been mistaking in the trailer as a "prison."  At the end of BATMAN BEGINS, which this movie seems to link with story-wise, Alfred did talk about "improvements" in the "Southeast corner" during the reconstruction of Wayne Manor.  We know there's a prison BREAKOUT and that Bane is not exactly the same Venom-pumped character he was from the comics - and we've heard nothing of a backstory with the prison Pena Duro, etc. - so given all that, plus the fact that if they're taking over Gotham then it makes no sense that they'd drag everyone out of the city to some remote prison block, then it stands to reason that Bane and his people break into Wayne Manor (as the trailer indicates that they do) and use Batman's own Batcave as a sort of jail.  This is further supported by the shots in the trailer of people rapelling with ropes down what looks very much like the well in BATMAN BEGINS, which leads down to the Batcave in that movie which, logically, would just be added-upon, etc. 

I think Bane is going to be someone with connections to the League of Shadows, possibly working with an undercover Talia Al Ghul - undercover as "Miranda Tate" in Wayne Enterprises, leaking updated information and getting close to Wayne, himself - that already knows Batman's true identity (obviously) and is just taking it upon himself to finish, albeit in his own way, what Ra's started in BATMAN BEGINS.  I think the time that will have elapsed will make Batman weak at the beginning, but that he'll get stronger as the movie progresses and, as the title suggests, eventually "rise" to the occasion and save the city.  I also think that by the time he puts the Batsuit back on (as it seems from the trailer that Batman has pretty much been MIA since THE DARK KNIGHT), people will know who he really is, probably know that he did not kill Dent's victims and, in part because of that, he'll finally have the mandate and opportunity he needs to come and fight back.  I'm not sure how Catwoman fits into all of this, though - and I wouldn't be surprised if people like Alfred's and Lucius Fox's roles are VERY small (at least one dies, I suspect, though I have no proof - that just seems like it should happen in such a conclusion) - but even though I hope I'm wrong and am, thus, pleasantly surprised in July, I have a feeling that I'm at least on the right track.  It's arrogant, yes, but... so what? LOL 

jorson28 1/12/2012 10:33:41 AM

TO SAMSON: Yes, now that I look at it, I agree about the symbol on the chest.  This also seems to be a change they've made to the batsuit, itself.  It's still pretty much what it was in THE DARK NIGHT, but for some reason, they seem to have shrunk his chestplate or something.

violator14 1/12/2012 11:31:38 AM

I dont think the trailer necessarily indicates they break into Wayne Manor. To me it looks like the rampagers are breaking into all sorts of homes and looting the rich people.

jorson28 1/12/2012 12:25:36 PM

I'm sure they do, violator, but I'd be very surprised if - as a villain SPECIFICALLY after Batman and presumably knowing who he really is - Bane breaks into every rich person's home EXCEPT Bruce Wayne's.   In any case, there are still the shots of snipers and others rapelling down a hole that LOOKS like the massive well leading to the Batcave, and since I don't think Nolan will be showing a real Lazarus Pit the way we know of it in the comics, I don't know what else it could be.

xJokersxWildx 1/12/2012 1:10:40 PM

I Love how Bane is the same height as batman........ RUBBISH !

rogue188 1/12/2012 1:19:52 PM

Seeing Batman running around  in broad daylight is a little  weird with the darkness tones of the first two movies.

jimvo99 1/12/2012 1:46:33 PM

I hate the fact that the suit looks too robotic or futuristic.

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