THE DARK NIGHT RISES

Christopher Nolan (Memento, The Prestige) revealed his third Batman film would be called The Dark Knight Rises. At the end of the previous chapter Batman was on the run from the law, taking the blame for the death of Harvey Dent/Two-Face. I believe Nolan has said that this film would be the last of his Caped Crusader chronicles, so the title Rises, perhaps hints at a reckoning for Bruce Wayne and his troubled alter-ego.

Always one to keep information close to the vest (something in this day and age, that's becoming increasingly more difficult to do), Nolan also divulged that, after initial thinking, the Riddler would in fact not be the main antagonist. What we do know is that Tom Hardy (Bronson) will have a starring role, presumably as the villain.

At this point, we must now wait for more unsubstantiated rumours to hit the net as speculation will no doubt heat up as the script has been finished, and pre-production continues. Rises will not be filmed in 3-D, nor will it be converted after the fact. More sequences in IMAX will be included as was the case with TDK.

Production is set to start April, 2011, with a release date of July 20th, 2012.