Batman 2012, The Dark Knight Rises, DC Comics

Batman 2012, The Dark Knight Rises, DC Comics

The Dark Knight Rises is a go and starts filming this May with a U.S. release date June 20, 2012. The Dark Night Rises is third in Christopher Nolan’s “Batman” series. Nolan is also producing the upcoming Superman: Man of Steel flick also set to drop sometime in 2012 as well. Original cast members return and include Christian Biel as The Batman/Bruce Wayne, Gary Oldman as commissioner Jim Gordon, Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox, Michael Caine as Alfred, new comer Tom Hardy as Bane and confirmation of Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle is still undetermined. Also word of another female role of Talia al Ghul, daughter of the first movie’s villain, Ra’s al Ghul is in the mix.

The Dark Knight Rises

Batman stuff:

Batman is a fictional character created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger first appeared in Detective Comics #27 May 1939

In the original story starts with Batman’s secret identity is Bruce Wayne, an American millionaire (later billionaire) playboy, industrialist, and philanthropist. Having witnessed the murder of his parents as a child, he swore revenge on crime, an oath tempered with the greater ideal of justice.

1986 miniseries Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, by writer-artist Frank Miller

 

Batman (1966) director Leslie H. Martinson, writer Lorenzo Semple Jr., stars Adam West, Burt Ward and Lee Meriwether
Batman Returns (1992) director Tim Burton, writer Daniel Waters, stars Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito and Michelle Pfeiffer
Batman Forever (1995) director Joel Schumacher, writer Lee Batchler, stars Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones and Jim Carrey
Batman & Robin (1997) director Joel Schumacher, writer Akiva Goldsman stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Clooney and Chris O’Donnell
Catwoman (2004) director Pitof, writer Theresa Rebeck, stars Halle Berry, Sharon Stone and Benjamin Bratt
Batman Begins (2005) director Christopher Nolan, writer David S. Goyer, stars Christian Bale, Michael Caine and Ken Watanabe
The Dark Knight (2008) director Christopher Nolan, writer Jonathan Nolan, stars Christian Bale, Heath Ledger and Aaron Eckhart