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(Tom Hardy). Eight years after the events of "The Dark Knight", merciless revolutionary Bane forces an older Bruce Wayne to resume his role as Batman and save Gotham City from nuclear destruction. Christopher Nolan was hesitant about returning to the series for a second time, but agreed after developing a story with his brother and Goyer that he felt would conclude the series on a satisfactory note. Nolan drew inspiration from Bane's comic book debut in the 1993 "" storyline, the 1986 series "The Dark Knight Returns", and the 1999 storyline "". Filming took place from May to November 2011
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Bane in other media Bane was originally a comic book character and Batman's adversary, but has appeared in several other forms of media. He has been portrayed by Robert Swenson in "Batman & Robin", Tom Hardy in "The Dark Knight Rises", and Shane West in "Gotham". Henry Silva, Joaquim de Almeida, Ron Perlman, Clancy Brown, Michael Dorn, Danny Trejo, Héctor Elizondo, Carlos Alazraqui, Fred Tatasciore, Jason Liebrecht, Steven Blum, JB Blanc, and Doug Benson have all provided voice work for the character. Peter Marinker voices Bane in the radio adaption of "Batman: Knightfall". Even though the producers were reluctant to
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has been substantially adapted from the comics into multiple forms of media, portrayed by Robert Swenson in "Batman & Robin" and Tom Hardy in "The Dark Knight Rises". Bane will appear in the final season of "Gotham" played by Shane West. Chuck Dixon and Graham Nolan created the character for the "" storyline. Dixon wrote the character's first appearance in "Vengeance of Bane", with art by Graham Nolan. They developed the concept of Bane after an initial idea by Batman editor Dennis O'Neil. O'Neil had previously created Bane's birthplace of Santa Prisca in "The Question" and the drug Venom in
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Origins". The album Knightfall by multinational Swedish band Silent Images, is based on the story arc, with Bane cast as a central character. Throughout the course of the album and its lyrics, he is referred to as "The Venomous One", and is depicted as a militaristic Übermensch, with an uncanny and almost homoerotic connection to Batman. Bane in other media Bane was originally a comic book character and Batman's adversary, but has appeared in several other forms of media. He has been portrayed by Robert Swenson in "Batman & Robin", Tom Hardy in "The Dark Knight Rises", and Shane West
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(Tom Hardy). Eight years after the events of "The Dark Knight", merciless revolutionary Bane forces an older Bruce Wayne to resume his role as Batman and save Gotham City from nuclear destruction. Christopher Nolan was hesitant about returning to the series for a second time, but agreed after developing a story with his brother and Goyer that he felt would conclude the series on a satisfactory note. Nolan drew inspiration from Bane's comic book debut in the 1993 "" storyline, the 1986 series "The Dark Knight Returns", and the 1999 storyline "". Filming took place from May to November 2011
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of his body, which changes him back to his regular self. This character was one of many aspects of the film which received negative criticism from fans and critics alike. Bane appears in "The Dark Knight Rises", portrayed by Tom Hardy. Intending to portray the character as "more menacing" than the "Batman & Robin" incarnation, Hardy gained of muscle for the role, increasing his weight to . Prior to the film's release, Bane's voice received some criticism for being unintelligible due to his mask. Speaking to "Entertainment Weekly", Christopher Nolan said "I think when people see the film, things will
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it is when it arrives. Likening the surprise to Christmas morning, he noted in the episode's DVD commentary he has a tendency to order random items when "South Park" episodes are near completion: "I [order items] the most on Tuesday nights, when we're approving animation like crazy, it's like three in the morning, I'll just get on the computer and start ordering shit from Amazon […] just to make Thursday [its arrival date] like Christmas." The episode references Bane, a character within the Batman universe, specifically, his depiction by actor Tom Hardy in the 2012 film "The Dark Knight Rises".
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prints of "The Avengers". Continuing a method used with "The Dark Knight" whereby the opening sequence of the film was attached to IMAX prints of "I Am Legend" seven months before release, a six-minute prologue of "The Dark Knight Rises" was attached to 70mm IMAX prints of "", again approximately seven months before release. Critical reaction to the prologue was positive, with one critic commenting that "no one gets to make a film on this kind of scale anymore. Except for Christopher Nolan," though a round-up of reviews highlighted the way many critics found Tom Hardy's dialogue very difficult to
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The Dark Knight Rises The Dark Knight Rises is a 2012 American-British superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Jonathan Nolan, and the story with David S. Goyer. Featuring the DC Comics character Batman, the film is the final installment in Nolan's "The Dark Knight Trilogy", and the sequel to "The Dark Knight" (2008). Christian Bale reprises the lead role of Bruce Wayne/Batman, with a returning cast of allies: Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth, Gary Oldman as James Gordon, and Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox. The film introduces Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway) and Bane
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employs Bane in his plan to take control of Wayne Enterprises, and Burn Gorman appears as Daggett's assistant and Senior Executive Vice President Philip Stryver. Alon Abutbul portrays Leonid Pavel, a Russian nuclear physicist who is kidnapped from Uzbekistan by Bane and forced to convert the new Wayne Enterprises reactor core into a bomb. Juno Temple plays Jen, Kyle's friend and accomplice, and Daniel Sunjata portrays Mark Jones, a U.S. Special Ops officer who leads a task force into Gotham to assist Gordon and the GCPD in freeing the city from Bane's rule. Chris Ellis appears as Father Reilly, a
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several meetings with IMAX Vice-President David Keighley to work on the logistics of projecting films in digital IMAX venues. "The Dark Knight Rises" featured more scenes shot in IMAX than "The Dark Knight". Cinematographer Wally Pfister expressed interest in shooting the film entirely in IMAX. During the film, set eight years after "Dark Knight", the arrival of new foe Bane forces Bruce to return to his old role as Batman, only to find himself overpowered and captured by Bane as Gotham is cut off from the rest of the world with a stolen Wayne Enterprises fusion generator prototype set to
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Rises". United States Senator Patrick Leahy, who had made a cameo appearance in "The Dark Knight", returned in "The Dark Knight Rises," as a Wayne Enterprises board member. Thomas Lennon, who had appeared as a doctor in "Memento", once again plays a doctor. India Wadsworth plays the wife of Ra's al Ghul and the mother of Talia. Warner Bros. president of production Jeff Robinov had hoped a third film would be released in 2011 or 2012. Nolan wanted the story for the third installment to keep him emotionally invested. "On a more superficial level, I have to ask the question,"
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and theme to "Batman Begins" over the trilogy's second installment "The Dark Knight", but also describing Bane as "that bit less interesting to watch" than Ledger's Joker, despite praising his "menacing voice" and "body language-driven performance". "The Guardian" scored the film four out of five stars, calling it a film of "granite, monolithic intensity", yet also calling it a "hammy, portentous affair". Andrew O'Hehir of "Salon" writes "if "The Dark Knight Rises" is a fascist film, it's a great fascist film, and arguably the biggest, darkest, most thrilling and disturbing and utterly balls-out spectacle ever created for the screen". Roger
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rookie officer John Blake. Blake, a fellow orphan, confronts Bruce and convinces him to return as Batman. Bane attacks the Gotham Stock Exchange by using Wayne's fingerprints in a transaction that leaves Wayne bankrupt. Wayne's butler, Alfred Pennyworth, reveals that Rachel Dawes had intended to marry Dent before she died, and then resigns in an attempt to convince Bruce to move on with his life. Wayne finds comfort in Wayne Enterprises CEO Miranda Tate, who becomes his lover. Kyle agrees to take Batman to Bane but instead leads him into Bane's trap. Bane reveals that he intends to fulfill Ra's
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man to have "Broken the Bat". This iconic moment is incorporated in "The Dark Knight Rises", Robot Chicken's "DC Comics Special" and alluded to numerous times in the DCAU. While Bane establishes himself as the new ruler of Gotham's criminal underworld, Bruce Wayne passed the mantle of Batman to Jean-Paul Valley, also known as Azrael. Ignoring Bruce's warnings to stay away from Bane, Azrael attempts to confront the villain in his penthouse suite. Azrael has by now added a set of high-tech, heavy metal gauntlets to the Batsuit, and uses them to shoot sharp projectiles at Bane. However, Bane is
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negative review. In 2014, Aidan Gillen's character in the film, CIA agent Bill Wilson, became the subject of an Internet meme popular among 4chan users known as "Baneposting", which references the dialogue between Wilson and Bane in the film's opening plane scene. Writing in "Salon", David Sirota, a progressive political commentator compared "The Dark Knight Rises" and the game "Call of Duty" to 1980s popular culture reflecting the political period of the time, accusing them of perpetuating a conservative agenda: "Just as so many 1980s pop culture products reflected the spirit of the Reagan Revolution's conservative backlash, we are now
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contrast, liberal commentator Jonathan Chait opined in "New York" that "What passes for a right-wing movie these days is "The Dark Knight Rises", which submits the rather modest premise that, irritating though the rich may be, actually killing them and taking all their stuff might be excessive." Writing in "USA Today", Bryan Alexander called Bane "the ultimate occupier" and reported that Christian Bale was amazed that the script had "foreseen" the Occupy movement. Nolan has denied the film criticizes the Occupy movement and insists that none of his Batman films are intended to be political: "I've had as many conversations
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were released through an iPhone app titled "The Dark Knight Rises Z+ App Origins Pack". The app contains four original suites ("Wayne Manor", "Selina Kyle", "Orphan", and "Bane") that were created during the early stages of development for the film. The main themes were composed by Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard, but Howard did not return to the series to score this film and was not credited as a composer. Regarding his departure from the franchise, Howard said, "I just really felt that I had made what I felt like I could contribute to that series, and I always
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al Ghul's mission to destroy Gotham, and then steals Batman's technology from Wayne Enterprises. Bane fights Batman and delivers a crippling blow to his back, before taking him abroad to an underground prison. There, the inmates tell Wayne the story of Ra's al Ghul's child, who was born and raised in the prison before finally escaping — the only prisoner to have done so. Bane lures Gotham's police underground and uses explosives to trap them and destroy the bridges surrounding the city. He kills Mayor Anthony Garcia and forces a nuclear physicist to convert the reactor core into an atomic
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begin work on "Man of Steel"; Jonathan continued writing the script based on the story by his brother Chris and Goyer. Chris Nolan said that his brother's original draft was about 400 pages. The film's storyline has been compared with the "Batman" comic book series' story arc "" (1993), which showcased Bane; the mini-series "The Dark Knight Returns" (1986), in which Batman returns to Gotham City after a ten-year absence; and the story arc "No Man's Land" (1999), which depicts a Gotham cut off from the rest of the world and overrun by gangs. The nickname "the Dark Knight" was
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bomb before killing him as well. Bane reads Gordon's speech to the public, and releases the prisoners of Blackgate Penitentiary, initiating chaos while holding the city hostage and isolated with the bomb. Months later, a recovered Wayne escapes from the prison and returns to Gotham. Batman frees the trapped police and they clash with Bane's army in the streets; during the battle, Batman overpowers Bane. Tate intervenes and stabs Batman, revealing herself to be Talia al Ghul, Ra's al Ghul's daughter. She activates the detonator, but Gordon blocks her signal. Talia leaves to find the bomb while Bane prepares to
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tournament against his brother, gained praise from critics. Hardy also starred in "This Means War" (2012), a romantic comedy directed by McG. He played the supervillain Bane in "The Dark Knight Rises", the final film in Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight Trilogy", released on 20 July 2012. He played a bootlegger in John Hillcoat's crime drama "Lawless" (2012). Hardy has signed up to play the lead role of Sam Fisher in Ubisoft's upcoming film adaptation of their video game series "Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell". He also appeared in Riz Mc's music video for the song "Sour Times". In 2014, Hardy
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a digital download. Coinciding with the release of this film, a box set of "The Dark Knight Trilogy" was released. "The Dark Knight Rises" was released on 4K UHD Blu-ray on December 19, 2017. The Dark Knight Rises The Dark Knight Rises is a 2012 American-British superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Jonathan Nolan, and the story with David S. Goyer. Featuring the DC Comics character Batman, the film is the final installment in Nolan's "The Dark Knight Trilogy", and the sequel to "The Dark Knight" (2008). Christian Bale reprises the lead role
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thing. We've created this world, over these last two movies, and somehow I think the audience and the fans have been part of this world. We do keep them in mind." The official website launched in May 2011, introducing a viral marketing campaign similar to the one used to promote "The Dark Knight". The website streamed an encrypted audio file described by users as chanting. Users decrypted the audio to the Twitter hashtag, "#TheFireRises". Warner Bros. removed a pixel from the webpage for every tweet using the hashtag. The website revealed the first official image of Bane. In July 2011,
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a third film were ongoing, no casting had been done, and Horn denied all such rumors. Before Nolan confirmed his involvement, Gary Oldman had said he was confident Nolan would return. Following the success of the Joker in "The Dark Knight", studio executives wished for the Riddler to be included as the primary villain as he was considered a similar character and encouraged the casting of Leonardo DiCaprio. However, Nolan wanted the antagonist to be vastly different from the previous incarnations and committed to using Bane instead, citing the need for a character with a physical presence within the film.
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Dickens was briefly illustrated by having Bane inconspicuously finger knit paracord in the film, symbolizing his literary character Madame Defarge, and more overtly by Commissioner Gordon's eulogy for Bruce Wayne at the end of the film, which is taken directly from the classic book. It was not until February 9, 2010, that it was announced that Nolan had "cracked" the story of a sequel to "The Dark Knight" and was committed to return to the project. Shortly afterward, it was announced David S. Goyer and Jonathan Nolan were working on a screenplay. Goyer would leave the project during pre-production to
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seeing two blockbuster, genre-shaping products not-so-subtly reflect the Tea Party's rhetorical backlash to the powerful Occupy Wall Street zeitgeist." An article in "Variety" reported Chuck Dixon, the co-creator of the Bane character, as saying that Bane is "far more akin to an Occupy Wall Street type if you're looking to cast him politically." Catherine Shoard of the center-left British publication "The Guardian" claimed the film "is a quite audaciously capitalist vision, radically conservative, radically vigilante, that advances a serious, stirring proposal that the wish-fulfilment of the wealthy is to be championed if they say they want to do good." In
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He was initially unfamiliar with the character's back-story, but pointed out the appeal of an archetype, labelling it as "the extreme of some type of villainy". When comparing the choice of Bane with the Joker, Nolan highlighted the Joker as an example of "diabolical, chaotic anarchy and has a devilish sense of humor", juxtaposing him against Bane, whom he likened to "a classic movie monster [...] with a terrific brain." Nolan has said that his draft of the script was inspired by Charles Dickens' 1859 novel "A Tale of Two Cities", which centers around the French Revolution. This homage to
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go off in a few months. With the aid of thief Selina Kyle, Bruce is able to return to Gotham and defeat Bane while redeeming his image as Batman. The film concludes with Bruce having 'retired' as Batman after faking his death to live with Selina Kyle, evidence suggesting that he has passed on the Batcave to new ally Detective John Blake (real first name Robin) while Gotham rebuilds in memory of the Dark Knight's heroism. Upon release, "The Dark Knight Rises" received a positive critical response and was successful at the box office, going on to outgross its predecessor
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losing profits after Wayne discontinued his fusion reactor project when he learned that it could be weaponized. Cat burglar Selina Kyle obtains Wayne's fingerprints from his home and tries to sell the fingerprints to Wayne's corporate rival John Daggett. She is double-crossed at the exchange, but alerts the police. Gordon and the police arrive and pursue Daggett's henchmen into the sewers while Selina flees. The men capture Gordon and take him to Bane, a mysterious masked figure and former member of the League of Shadows, who has set up his base in the sewers. Gordon escapes and is found by
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Hardy's face and skull to design the mask, allowing the mask to perfectly conform to the contours of Hardy's face. Hemming personally designed Bane's coat, which she admitted took two years to complete. Taking inspiration from a Swedish army jacket and a frock coat from the French Revolution, it was designed to make Bane look equal parts dictatorial and revolutionary. The design was difficult as Hemming struggled to find a tailor in Los Angeles who could work with shearling. The Batsuit consisted of 110 separate pieces, each of which had to be replicated dozens of times over the course of
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to pass under low-hanging obstacles, as when Batman slaloms underneath a tractor trailer the Joker is driving. The term "Batpod" is mentioned by Alfred Pennyworth only once in the movie. The Batpod is used again in "The Dark Knight Rises" (2012). At first, it serves as Batman's primary vehicle. Later, Selina Kyle uses the Batpod during the final battle against Bane's forces for the fate of Gotham. Batman uses the Bat to fight Bane's stolen Tumblers from the air while Selina uses the Batpod to open a tunnel to allow Gotham civilians to escape, to shoot Bane, and to destroy
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reclaim it. The main theme for the show is the same as "The World's Greatest Super Friends" and the opening sequence borrows from the original "Super Friends" series and "Challenge of the Super Friends". In 2012, Imaginext released new DC Super Friends figures and play sets to be sold for the release of "The Dark Knight Rises". This includes Bane, Bruce Wayne, Gotham City, Gotham City Jail, The Motorized Batmobile and Mr. Freeze's Headquarters. In 2013, Imaginext began to introduce females into its toyline featuring Catwoman, Wonder Woman and Harley Quinn. Imaginext also began producing toys based on the DCnU
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Toys "R" Us and the Big Bad Toy Store sell these action figures and many toy reviewers have used these action figures in their videos. An action figure line based on the film "The Dark Knight Rises" has recently released 7 figures: Batman, Bane, Catwoman, John Blake, Alfred, Ra's al Ghul, and Jim Gordon. Batman action figures Batman action figures have been produced since the 1940s. The first Batman figures were lead figurines of Robin and Batman which were given away as carnival prizes at local fairs during the 1940s. The Marx Toy Company produced the first ever poseable Batman
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makes the criminals extremely strong and immune to fear. He finds it being given to criminals by a new foe named the White Rabbit. When Batman approaches her she quickly defeats him and injects him with the fear toxin which she then gives to the Flash. Bruce then finds Bane to be behind the new fear toxin and combats him, Bruce manages to burn the fear toxin out of his and the Flash's body's by getting pushed to the limit. Bruce manages to defeat Bane, but is left confused by the White Rabbit. Batman: The Dark Knight Batman: The Dark
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tricked by his fellow squad members, and sent to the prison planet. In "Salvation Run" #3, Bane remains with Lex Luthor's faction after the Joker's faction rebels against Luthor's leadership. He attacks Thunder and Lightning when they were attempting to feed Martian Manhunter. "Superman/Batman" #53-#56 reveals Bane is trading his Venom supplies with drug lords around the globe. One of his shipments includes a trip to Gotham. Batman, who was temporarily endowed with Superman's powers, responded by attacking Bane at his home. Not only was the Dark Knight able to easily defeat the villain, the hero nearly killed him with
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Using the Batpod, Selina destroys the blockade at the tunnel leading out of Gotham. During the battle, Selina kills Bane with the Batpod's grenade launcher and helps Batman destroy Talia al Ghul's convoy. At the end of the movie, Bruce leaves the Batman mantle behind and enters a relationship with Selina. She is never referred to as "Catwoman" in the film, although she does receive the moniker in related "The Dark Knight Rises" collectibles and books. Instead, emphasis is made upon her profession as a "cat" burglar in headlines shown in the film; also, her safecracking goggles resemble cat ears
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Dark Knight Rises". "Entertainment Weekly" describes this version as an enigma, a wily and witty con artist, as well as a high society grifter. She is depicted as a femme fatale antiheroine whose actions often blur ethical lines, similar to her portrayal in the comics. In the film, Selina Kyle is hired by corrupt businessman John Daggett to steal Bruce Wayne's fingerprints; Daggett in exchange promises to expunge her criminal record with a "Clean Slate" computer program. Bane subsequently uses Bruce's prints to attack Gotham City's stock exchange and bankrupt Bruce with bogus stock trades. She also steals the pearl
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the second theatrical trailer for the film was released on a separate website. In January 2012, six months prior to the film's release, tickets for midnight IMAX showings in New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles went on sale and sold out immediately. Purchased tickets surfaced for sale online for over $100, compared with their original price of $17.50. At the American International Toy Fair, Mattel unveiled figures for Batman, Bane, and Catwoman, and Batman's flying vehicle, the Bat. The Mattel figures were also released in the "Movie Masters" line, featuring more highly detailed and articulated presentation, and Quiktek versions
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his second tour to Afghanistan, when another Marine told him a "heroic story" of the way Pennington saved his life during a night raid. Hardy went through a demanding training routine for gaining muscle during the film's pre-production, gaining around 28 pounds (13 kg) of muscle (a physique which he also used to portray Bane in "The Dark Knight Rises"). The "Men of Warrior" book was released on July 19, 2011. Lionsgate's "We Are All Warriors" project to support the release of "Warrior" by highlighting everyday heroes was launched August 1, 2011. "Warrior" debuted in third place in its first
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"The Dark Knight Rises" (2012) as Bane, and "Dunkirk" (2017). He starred as Eddie Brock / Venom in the antihero film "Venom" (2018). Hardy's television roles include the HBO war drama miniseries "Band of Brothers" (2001), the BBC historical drama miniseries "The Virgin Queen" (2005), ITV's "Wuthering Heights" (2008), the Sky 1 drama series "The Take" (2009), and the BBC historical crime drama series "Peaky Blinders" (2013–2017). He created, co-produced, and took the lead in the eight-part historical fiction series "Taboo" (2017) on BBC One and FX. Hardy has performed on both British and American stages. He was nominated for
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Batman (2013 arcade game) Batman is a 2013 arcade vehicular combat game developed by Specular Interactive and released by Raw Thrills. The game can be single-player or multi-player (if there is a linked cabinet). In "Batman", players can choose one of ten different Batmobile models from different versions of the character. The game consists of vehicular combat missions against The Joker, Bane, Mr. Freeze and their respective goons across Gotham City. One mission in each story sees the player fly The Bat from "The Dark Knight Rises". The game features upgradable weapons such as Sky Drone, Batarangs and Battering Ram.
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that this nation is more a 'Tale of Two Cities' than it is just a 'Shining City on a Hill'." "A Tale of Two Cities" served as inspiration to the 2012 Batman film "The Dark Knight Rises" by Christopher Nolan. The character of Bane is in part inspired by Dickens' Madame Defarge: he organises kangaroo court trials against the ruling elite of the city of Gotham and is seen knitting in one of the trial scenes like Madame Defarge. There are other hints to Dickens' novel, such as Talia al Ghul being obsessed with revenge and having a close relationship
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kill Batman, but Kyle arrives and kills Bane. Batman and Kyle pursue Talia, hoping to bring the bomb back to the reactor chamber where it can be stabilized. Talia's truck crashes, but she remotely floods and destroys the reactor chamber before dying. With no way to stop the detonation, Batman uses the Bat to haul the bomb far over the bay, where it safely explodes. Before takeoff, Batman reveals his identity to Gordon by mentioning the night his parents were shot as he was on duty at that time and comforted young Bruce afterward. In the aftermath, Batman is presumed
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hear. Addressing the issue in an interview with "Entertainment Weekly", Nolan said "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." Viral marketing campaigns for the film continued as magazine companies "Empire" and "Wired" received "CIA documents" concerning a "Dr. Leonid Pavel", with its mugshot connected to actor Alon Abutbul. According to the first document, Pavel is a missing Russian nuclear physicist, while the second document appears to be an edited transcript of a conversation discussing
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to put out there was that no one is taking anyone's digital cameras away. But if we want film to continue as an option, and someone is working on a big studio movie with the resources and the power to insist [on] film, they should say so. I felt as if I didn't say anything, and then we started to lose that option, it would be a shame. When I look at a digitally acquired and projected image, it looks inferior against an original negative anamorphic print or an IMAX one." Costume designer Lindy Hemming explained that Bane uses a
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at the beginning, like the ostinato, the little bubbling string figure, when he’s coming, when we get to the moment in the movie when he’s actually going to appear, you’d hear that stuff and really get excited. It was as simple as that. I wanted some little symbolic motifs that would signal to the audience that really, honestly, it is going to happen." The Dark Knight Rises (soundtrack) The Dark Knight Rises: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the film of the same name, the sequel to Christopher Nolan's 2008 film "The Dark Knight". The soundtrack was released
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The Dark Knight Rises (soundtrack) The Dark Knight Rises: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the film of the same name, the sequel to Christopher Nolan's 2008 film "The Dark Knight". The soundtrack was released on July 17, 2012. The CD edition of the album contains an exclusive code to unlock three bonus tracks, titled "Bombers Over Ibiza (Junkie XL Remix)", "No Stone Unturned", and "Risen from Darkness". Two additional bonus tracks, "The Shadows Betray You" and "The End", are digital-download exclusive tracks. The soundtrack was officially released online for streaming purposes on July 10, 2012. Additional cues
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and weaker, but Zannah has not yet made any attempt to confront him. Fearing that she is too weak to pursue his legacy, he starts to search for the lost knowledge of Darth Andeddu, a Dark Lord of the Sith who harbored the secret of eternal life. When Bane discovers that a clue to the secret can be found on the planet Prakith, he distracts Zannah by sending her to Doan to investigate the death of a Jedi Knight. Zannah knows that, despite his frail appearance, Bane is tremendously powerful and that his frailty might be a trap to lure
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the music video of The Fray hit single Never Say Never. King played Lemon Breeland in the CW show "Hart of Dixie", which premiered on September 26, 2011. She had expressed interest in working in the Dark Knight trilogy, specifically in the role of Catwoman, which was eventually played by Anne Hathaway in "The Dark Knight Rises" in 2012. King appeared in Lana Del Rey's music video, Summertime Sadness, which was directed by her husband, Kyle Newman. The video was released July 2012 and can be seen on YouTube.com. In the video, King plays Del Rey's suicidal lover. King reprised
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pushed to the limit. Bruce manages to defeat Bane and knock him off an edge, but is left confused by the White Rabbit. Bane is then washed away by the tide. Bane later appears in "Detective Comics (Vol. 2)" #19, in the story "War Council". There, his look had been altered to include a vest and cargo pants, and he now has an army serving him. In the story, it's revealed in flashback that prior to his appearance in "Batman: The Dark Knight", Bane had intended to steal a nuclear device to threaten Gotham City, only to have a run-in
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Rises" (2012). Prominent film critic Mark Kermode, in reviewing "The Dark Knight", downplayed claims that Heath Ledger's Joker was the highlight of the film, saying, "the best performance in the film, "by a mile", is Gary Oldman's ... it would be lovely to see "him" get a nomination because actually, he's the guy who gets kind of overlooked in all of this." Oldman co-starred with Jim Carrey in the 2009 version of "A Christmas Carol" in which Oldman played three roles. He had a starring role in David Goyer's supernatural thriller "The Unborn", released in 2009. In 2010, Oldman co-starred
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postpone the screening by a day. The film later premiered on July 16 at the AMC Lincoln Square Theater in New York City, New York, followed by a European premiere on July 18 at Leicester Square in London, England. The film was released in Australia and New Zealand on July 19, and was later released in North America and the United Kingdom on July 20. "The Dark Knight Rises" received positive reviews from critics. Many have named it one of the best films of 2012. Film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gave "The Dark Knight Rises" an approval rating of 87%
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Mark Killeen Mark Killeen is a British film and television actor. His first major role was in "Rise of the Footsoldier". He plays the lead role in two romantic comedies from 2013 - British feature "The Callback Queen" and "The Right Juice", filmed in the Algarve. He appeared in "The Dark Knight Rises" opposite Anne Hathaway and plays the Greek Commander in "". On television he appeared in the Doctor Who episode "Let's Kill Hitler", as well as two episodes of "Waking the Dead". He played the prominent guest star role of Mero, the Titan's Bastard in HBO Series "Game
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of Thrones", episode 8 of season 3 "Second Sons", alongside Emilia Clarke. He also appears as Ken's father in "". Mark Killeen Mark Killeen is a British film and television actor. His first major role was in "Rise of the Footsoldier". He plays the lead role in two romantic comedies from 2013 - British feature "The Callback Queen" and "The Right Juice", filmed in the Algarve. He appeared in "The Dark Knight Rises" opposite Anne Hathaway and plays the Greek Commander in "". On television he appeared in the Doctor Who episode "Let's Kill Hitler", as well as two episodes
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killing 12 people and injuring 58 others. Police responding to the shooting apprehended a suspect later identified as 24-year-old James Eagan Holmes shortly after arriving on the scene. Initial reports stated that Holmes identified himself as "the Joker" at the time of his arrest. Warner Bros. cancelled the Paris, Mexico, and Japan premieres of "The Dark Knight Rises", and suspended the film's marketing campaign in Finland. Several broadcast networks also suspended television ads for the film in the United States. The trailer for "Gangster Squad", another Warner Bros. movie included in the screening of "The Dark Knight Rises", was removed
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film "out of respect for the victims and their families," and added "Warner Bros. Pictures will not be reporting box office numbers for "The Dark Knight Rises" throughout the weekend. Box office numbers will be released on Monday." "The Dark Knight Rises" earned $448 million in North America, and $636 million in other countries, summing up to a worldwide total of $1 billion($1084 million). Worldwide, it is the sixteenth-highest-grossing film of all time and the third-highest-grossing film of 2012. It had a worldwide opening weekend of $248.9 million. The film set a worldwide IMAX opening-weekend record with $23.8 million (overtaken
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Prix, when the now-defunct Toyota F1 carried a livery to promote "The Dark Knight". Two digital comic books entitled "Batman Origins" and "The Dark Knight: Prologue" were released exclusively for Nokia Lumia devices. A special movie application has also been released, featuring trailers, wallpapers, movie schedules and Batman trivias. Limited editions of the Lumia 710, Lumia 800 and Lumia 900 were also released featuring a laser-etched Batman logo. On July 20, 2012, during a midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises" at the Century 16 cinema in Aurora, Colorado, a gunman wearing a gas mask opened fire inside the theater,
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do so would compromise the "evil [performance] projects". James Newton Howard composed the "elegant and beautiful" themes for Harvey Dent/Two-Face, to work as an aural contrast. The heroic brass theme which plays when Batman leaves Ra's al Ghul to die in "Batman Begins" makes a reappearance when Batman hurls the Joker off the building in the film's climax. It also makes its third and final appearance in "The Dark Knight Rises" when Batman fires a missile at Miranda Tate, while her truck driver was killed, sending her and the truck to a crashing halt. The cue was released on the
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drug-steroid, later used by Bane. First "Legends of the Dark Knight" story to be referenced in-canon in the main Batman titles, during "Knightfall". By Mike W. Barr, Bart Sears, and Randy Elliott A drug addict is rescued from a fatal beating by Batman, which inspires him to organize a group of neighborhood vigilantes to take up Batman's cause. However, his addled dreams convince him that he must supplant Batman. Meanwhile, Dr. Leslie Thompkins discovers Bruce Wayne's secret identity. Note: tells the previously-unseen story of Leslie Thompkins discovering that Bruce Wayne is Batman. Also, first "Legends of the Dark Knight" story
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is known as the Apocalypse Plague, the Filovirus, Ebola Gulf A or in its more popular nickname: The Clench. An unlikely alliance searches the world for a possible cure including: Batman, Robin, Oracle, Nightwing, Huntress, Azrael, and Catwoman. There, Batman faces two of his deadliest foes: Ra's al Ghul and Bane, the man who crippled him. The Gotham Knights travel throughout the world as they race to stop The League of Assassins from releasing the pure strain of the virus across the globe, and Gotham itself would be a place for the rematch between the Dark Knight and Bane. Ra's
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a second, and shakes the seats in the theater." In 2012, Zimmer composed and produced the music for the 84th Academy Awards with Pharrell Williams of The Neptunes. He also composed a new version of the theme music for "ABC World News". Zimmer also composed the score for "The Dark Knight Rises", the final installment of Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight" Trilogy. The film was released in July 2012. Zimmer described himself as "devastated" in the aftermath of the 2012 Aurora shooting, which occurred at a screening of "The Dark Knight Rises", commenting "I just feel so incredibly sad for
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the storyline of the same name (published in the pages of "Legends of the Dark Knight" #16-20, and later reprinted as a trade paperback). In the pages of "Azrael", O'Neil introduced Bane's perception of Venom as both an addiction and the weakness responsible for his earlier defeats. Bane's origin story is established in the story "Knightfall". His father, Edmund Dorrance (better known as King Snake), had been a revolutionary who had escaped Santa Prisca's court system. The corrupt government decreed that his young son would serve out the man's life sentence, and thus Bane spent his childhood and early adult
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such as "The Man Who Falls", "" and "" served as inspiration. "Batman Begins" opened on June 15, 2005, in the United States and Canada in 3,858 theaters. It grossed over $48 million in its opening weekend in North America, eventually grossing over $374 million worldwide. The film received highly positive reviews and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography and three BAFTA awards. It was followed by "The Dark Knight" (2008) and "The Dark Knight Rises" (2012), which constitute "The Dark Knight Trilogy". As a child, Bruce Wayne falls down into a dry well and is attacked
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Begins", "The Dark Knight", "The Dark Knight Rises", and "Wonder Woman", released in 2017. At the Costume Designers Guild Awards 2008 and Costume Designers Guild Awards 2017, she won Best Costume Design in a Fantasy Film for "The Dark Knight" and "Wonder Woman", respectively. Lindy Hemming Lindy Hemming (born 21 August 1948 in Wales) is a Welsh costume designer, who won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for "Topsy-Turvy" (1999). After she studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she designed costumes for productions at West End theatres, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre, and
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first applied to Batman in "Batman" #1 (1940), in a story written by Bill Finger. Nolan confirmed the Joker would not return in the third film, and dismissed rumors that he considered using unused footage of Heath Ledger from "The Dark Knight". "The Dark Knight Rises" reunited Nolan with many of his past collaborators, including cinematographer Wally Pfister, production designer Nathan Crowley, editor Lee Smith, costume designer Lindy Hemming, special effects supervisors Paul Franklin and Chris Corbould, and composer Hans Zimmer. During location scouting in December 2010, Nolan began searching for locations such as India, Romania, and Michigan. According to
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the "Romania Insider", Nolan was interested in Bucharest's historical centers, Edgar Quinet Street, the Palace of the Parliament, and the Turda salt mine. The film had an estimated budget of $250–300 million, coming down to about $230 million after tax credits. Nolan elected not to film in 3-D, but instead stated that he intended to focus on improving image quality and scale using the IMAX format. "The Dark Knight Rises" featured over an hour of footage shot in IMAX (by comparison, "The Dark Knight" contained 28 minutes). Nolan had several meetings with IMAX Vice-President David Keighley to work on the
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The film was crowned by "Forbes" as the best modern comic book superhero adaptation on screen, outranking both its main summer blockbuster competitor, "Marvel's The Avengers", and the trilogy's previous installment "The Dark Knight". In 2014, "Empire" ranked "The Dark Knight Rises" the 72nd greatest film ever made on their list of "The 301 Greatest Movies Of All Time" as voted by the magazine's readers. "The Daily Mail" Chris Tookey said that the film was bloated and overly long, and criticized the sombre tone and lack of humor, despite praising the film's visually impressive set pieces. CNN's Tom Charity said
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days, three new U.S. box office records set by the film. The film went on to gross over $1 billion at the box office worldwide, making it the fourth-highest-grossing movie worldwide ever at that time, before adjusting for inflation. It also ranks as one of the most critically acclaimed superhero films ever made. Bale reprised the role again for the sequel to the Dark Knight "The Dark Knight Rises", released on 20 July 2012, which made Bale the longest-lasting actor to portray Batman on film to date. Following the shooting at a midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises", he
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and Shredder battle Bane at the Statue of Liberty. Shredder regains control over the Foot and the heroes defeat Bane, Bebop and Rocksteady using teamwork and a massive dosage of elephant tranquilizer. Much to the Turtles' surprise, Shredder willingly goes back to prison after the fight, with Batman revealing that he helped on the condition that he would have a beforehand rematch with the Dark Knight. When saying their goodbyes, Batman reassures Donatello that his mistakes and his efforts to rectify them have only served to show him where his true strengths lie and the Bat-Family and Bane return to
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of casualties of any U.S. mass shooting until the Orlando nightclub shooting. Christian Bale, who plays Batman in the film, visited several victims in the hospital. The shooting also led to threats of violence across other theaters in the county screening "The Dark Knight Rises," as well as an increase in security in theaters. Holmes is currently serving a sentence of life without parole. On July 23, 2015, during a screening of "Trainwreck", John Houser opened fire at The Grand Theatre in Lafayette, Louisiana, killing two and wounding nine others. He then killed himself. History of cinema in the United
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"Amazing Grace", and 2011's "" and "". Scenes were shot at the grounds for "The King's Speech", where the site doubled for Buckingham Palace, and "The Dark Knight Rises", where it doubled for a cafe in the film's final scenes. In April 2012 the site was used for the iconic barricade scenes in the film adaption of the musical "Les Miserables". In October 2012 the college was used for filming "". In October 2013 the college was used as a set for "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.". Also Guy Richie's 2005 film "Revolver" filmed a scene there. In 2014 the Old
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Knight Rises". Multiple characters, including Cartman himself, impersonate the fictional villain Bane. Gerald Broflovski dresses up as a UPS delivery man in order to engage in sexual roleplay with his wife, Sheila. Their three-year-old son, Ike, sees this and is convinced that his mother is having an affair with a real delivery man, not knowing that the man was just his father in costume. He draws a picture of what he saw, and tearfully shows his older brother Kyle, who also mistakenly believes this. Soon, all the children and men in South Park, led by Randy Marsh, are under the
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to support his damaged knee after injuries he sustained in "The Dark Knight". During Batman's first fight with Bane, the costume is initially damaged when Bane severely beats Batman and tears off part of the cowl after cracking the graphite. The rest of the costume is disposed of by Bane's henchmen after carrying off Bruce's badly injured body, as he is shown wearing ordinary rags when imprisoned in the Pit. After he escapes from the prison, Batman is able to acquire an identical Batsuit from the underground bunker (the same one he used as an interim batcave while Wayne Manor
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Dark Knight Rises". He co-starred as Finnegan in "Everybody Wants Some!!", Richard Linklater's spiritual sequel to "Dazed & Confused", which was filmed in Austin and released by Paramount on March 30, 2016. He starred opposite Zoey Deutch in "Set It Up", a romantic comedy on Netflix. Glen Powell Glen Thomas Powell Jr. (born October 21, 1988) is an American actor, writer, and producer. He began his career with guest roles on television and small roles in films such as "The Dark Knight Rises" (2012) and "The Expendables 3" (2014) before making his breakthrough performance as Chad Radwell in the Fox
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by "") and also broke the record for the fastest movie to make over $50 million in IMAX theatres. IMAX CEO Richard L. Gelfond explained this by claiming, "Audiences are clearly seeking out and embracing the film the way it was meant to be seen – in IMAX." On the 2012 Labor Day weekend, it became the third film distributed by Warner Bros. and the thirteenth film in cinematic history to cross the $1 billion mark. The film also became the second movie (after "Avatar") to reach $100 million in worldwide IMAX grosses. "The Dark Knight Rises" opened on Friday,
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"Batman" film trilogy entitled "The Dark Knight Rises" as Wayne / Batman. As with its prequels, the film received positive acclaim from movie critics. "The Dark Knight Rises" has earned more than $1 billion worldwide thus becoming the third highest-grossing film of 2012. For his role as Michael Burry in the biographical dramedy "The Big Short", he was nominated for an Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. Christian Bale filmography British actor Christian Bale has starred in various movies. Bale's role of a young boy, interned in China by the Japanese, received praise from most film critics.
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"These Amazing Shadows" (2011), a documentary spotlighting film appreciation and preservation by the National Film Registry. He also appeared in "Side by Side" (2012), a documentary about the history, process, and workflow of both digital and photochemical film creation. In 2012 Nolan directed his third and final Batman film, "The Dark Knight Rises". Although he was initially hesitant about returning to the series, he agreed to come back after developing a story with his brother and David S. Goyer that he felt would end the series on a high note. "The Dark Knight Rises" was released on 20July 2012 to
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it with "The Godfather Part II" and praising Hardy's performance as well as the film's intricate plot and narrative. Kenneth Turan of the "Los Angeles Times" thought the film was "potent, persuasive and hypnotic" and that it was "more than an exceptional superhero movie, it is masterful filmmaking by any standard." "The Playlists" Todd Gilchrist wrote "A cinematic, cultural and personal triumph, "The Dark Knight Rises" is emotionally inspiring, aesthetically significant and critically important for America itself – as a mirror of both sober reflection and resilient hope." IGN gave it a 9 out of 10, noting similarities in tone
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movie at all." In June 2008, Warner Bros. took pitches from comic book writers, screenwriters and directors on how to restart the "Superman" film series. During story discussions for "The Dark Knight Rises" in 2008, David S. Goyer, aware that Warner Bros. was planning a "Superman" reboot, told Christopher Nolan his idea on how to present Superman in a modern context. Impressed with Goyer's concept, Nolan pitched the idea to the studio in February 2010, who hired Nolan to produce and Goyer to write based on the financial and critical success of "The Dark Knight". Nolan admired Singer's work on
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Rachel is Bruce Wayne's childhood sweetheart and one of the few people who truly knows him. The conflict between Bruce's love for her and his secret life as Batman is one of the main themes of the first two films in the trilogy, while her death in "The Dark Knight" in part motivates his actions in the third and final film, "The Dark Knight Rises". Rachel is Bruce Wayne's closest childhood friend. Rachel's mother worked as a domestic servant at Wayne Manor, and the two would often play together on the grounds. After Bruce's parents are murdered by Joe Chill
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adoptive parents, Jonathan and Martha Kent, Clark adopts the persona "Superman", and learns if his abilities are meant to maintain peace or conquer the world. During story discussions for "The Dark Knight Rises", David S. Goyer told Christopher Nolan his idea regarding how to present Superman in a modern context. Impressed with Goyer's concept, Nolan pitched the idea to the studio, who hired Nolan to produce and Goyer to write based on the financial and critical success of "The Dark Knight". Zack Snyder was hired in October 2010 to direct the film. In January 2011, Henry Cavill was cast as
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at the Hilton Kuala Lumpur. Nick Wilton, Jeremy Gittins, John Nolan, Kim Hartman, Corinna Powlesland, Emma Francis and John Faulkner were the artists for this play; John Nolan was the director, and Norman Coates was the set designer. John Nolan has also participated in the Batman films "Batman Begins", "The Dark Knight" and "The Dark Knight Rises", produced by his nephews Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan. In April 2006, the BTP turned to the playwright who was recognised by all as 'The Master', Sir Noël Coward, with a production of his most famous play, Private Lives. This celebrated the 76th
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expanded upon his father's ideas and built a bridge to expand the city. Edward Elliot and Theodore Cobblepot also each had a bridge named for them. Christopher Nolan, who once lived in Chicago, effected a depiction of Gotham that featured distinct Chicago architecture. "Batman Begins" features a CGI-augmented version of Chicago while "The Dark Knight" more directly features Chicago infrastructure and architecture such as Navy Pier: however, "The Dark Knight Rises" abandoned Chicago, instead shooting in Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, New York City, Newark, New Jersey, London and Glasgow. "" mentions the "Sprang Act", which forbids Gothamite businesses from advertising on
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the film opened with $88.0 million from 7,173 theaters in just 17 markets. It was in first place at the box office outside North America for four consecutive weekends. Its three largest markets are the UK, Ireland and Malta ($90.3 million), where it is the highest-grossing superhero film, China ($52.8 million) and Australia ($44.2 million). "The Dark Knight Rises" was released on November 28, 2012 in Hong Kong and New Zealand. On December 3, it was released in the United Kingdom, and on December 4, it was released in the United States. It is available on Blu-ray, DVD, and as
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theatrical trailers, and sending out information regarding the film's plot. "The Dark Knight Rises" premiered in New York City on July 16, 2012. The film was released in the United States and the United Kingdom on July 20, 2012. It received positive reviews; the consensus at Rotten Tomatoes calls it "ambitious, thoughtful, and potent". The film was grossed over $1 billion worldwide, making it the second film in the "Batman" film series to earn $1 billion. In addition to being Nolan's highest-grossing film, it is the 24th highest-grossing film of all time (7th at the time of release), the third
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designing the Batcave set, Crowley and fellow production designer Kevin Kavanaugh hit upon the idea of flooding the Batcave and having Batman's equipment, the Batsuit and a supercomputer rise from the water. Another set was designed at Cardington as an "underground prison", a rough-hewn labyrinth of stone cells in a vast abyss with a vertical shaft leading to the surface. Exteriors above the prison were filmed in Jodhpur, India, chosen because the "forbidding landscape added to the desolation". In an interview in October 2010, composer Hans Zimmer confirmed that he would be returning to score "The Dark Knight Rises." James
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indulges the attention by constantly unleashing his thought process and sense of humor in interviews that don't always make much sense when strung together." Jonathan Broxton of Movie Music UK stated that "In many ways, "The Dark Knight Rises" showcases the best and the worst of Hans Zimmer's musical personality in one all-encompassing score", "on the one hand, the intellectual design and intelligent use of Bane’s Chant shows Zimmer at his creative best, taking a simple idea and working it around to suggest complex concepts and subtle changes in context", and that "On the other hand, you have the same
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the film and the presidential campaign. On January 20, 2017, multiple media outlets noted that a small but key part of U.S. president Donald Trump's "had an uncanny echo" of Bane's speech after he takes control of Gotham in "The Dark Knight Rises". Trump had given the film a positive review in 2012. Hours before the midnight release, several box office analysts suggested as much as a $198 million domestic opening weekend. However, in the wake of the mass shooting during a midnight screening of the film, Warner Bros. decided to not report further box office figures for the movie
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as it contains a scene which shows gangsters shooting submachine guns at moviegoers through the screen, similar to the shooting in Aurora. Director Christopher Nolan released a public statement calling the shooting "unbearably savage". Other stars of the film released statements expressing their condolences, with star Christian Bale paying a personal visit to the survivors and the memorial in Aurora. On July 6, 2012, Warner Bros. held a special IMAX screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" for more than one hundred reporters and critics. However, technical issues with the computer device synchronizing the sound and picture forced the studio to
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whose musical tastes tend to veer towards the predominantly orchestral will find a great deal of it boring, or unpalatable, or both." Digital Bonus Tracks Enhanced CD Bonus Tracks MovieTickets.com Exclusive Track Z+ App Origins Pack Tracks not included within the release of the soundtrack: The score of "The Dark Knight Rises" contains many musical references to the previous films in the trilogy. Some notable examples of this are the following: With regard to recurring themes for the Batman character, Zimmer said, "I thought if we set up a couple of things you can recognise in a second from right
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product design pretty. It's sort of a practical military aesthetic. This stuff is made to work, not impress shoppers. "The Dark Knight Rises" is a war film." Producer Emma Thomas stated this Batman film has a different visual aesthetic from the first two Nolan-directed features, explaining that "it's meant to be winter in Gotham, so that right there is going to lend a whole different look to the film." The film introduces a vehicle that has been compared with the Batplane and the Batcopter, dubbed "the Bat". In designing the Bat, Nathan Crowley approached it as if it were an
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array, damaging the model of the aircraft. Production was delayed while the model was repaired. Shortly before Christmas of 2011, Christopher Nolan invited several prominent directors, including Edgar Wright, Michael Bay, Bryan Singer, Jon Favreau, Eli Roth, Duncan Jones and Stephen Daldry, to Universal CityWalk's IMAX theatre for a private screening of the first six minutes of "The Dark Knight Rises", which had been shot on IMAX film and edited from the original camera negative. Nolan, feeling that the use of film stock in cinema is currently being phased out due to the introduction of digital cinematography and projection, used
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film also became Fandango's top pre-selling superhero film ever, beating "The Dark Knight Rises" and "", representing 90% of the site's weekend's ticket sales. A survey carried out showed that the introduction of Wonder Woman is a primary draw for moviegoers. It pre-sold around $20–25million worth of advance tickets. "Dawn of Justice" made $27.7million in Thursday previews from around 3,800 theaters which is the biggest of 2016, the biggest Easter weekend preview, the second-biggest for a superhero film (behind "The Dark Knight Rises"), and the seventh-biggest of all time of which $3.0million came from IMAX showings, also a new record
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based on 351 reviews, and a rating average of 8/10. The web site's critical consensus reads, ""The Dark Knight Rises" is an ambitious, thoughtful, and potent action film that concludes Christopher Nolan's franchise in spectacular fashion." Metacritic, another review aggregator, assigned the film a weighted average score of 78 out of 100, based on 45 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". CinemaScore reported that audiences gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale. "The Telegraph" granted the film a maximum score of five stars, stating that it is "a superhero film without a superhero," comparing
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set the record with 13.7 million downloads. Warner Bros. attached a second theatrical trailer for "The Dark Knight Rises" to theatrical prints of "The Avengers". An "unnamed" Warner Brothers executive clarified that "We see this placement as a good strategic decision. We always want our trailers to be seen with films that people want to see—and a lot of people will be going to The Avengers!" The executive also commented that the trailer will "provide the best potential exposure for TDKR." Warner Bros. released the trailer online on April 30, 2012, approximately four days before they attached it to theatrical
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twice in the Dark Knight Trilogy as a Wayne Enterprises board member. In "The Dark Knight" (2008), he tells the Joker "We're not intimidated by thugs", to which the Joker replies, "You know, you remind me of my father. I hated my father." In "The Dark Knight Rises" (2012), he defended the legacy of the Wayne family against attempts to usurp the company by industrialist John Daggett. Leahy also appeared in "", playing Senator Purrington, in a scene set during a Senate hearing which is subsequently destroyed by an explosion. All royalties and fees from Leahy's roles are donated to
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serials; the films "Batman" (1966), "Batman" (1989), "Batman Returns" (1992), "Batman Forever" (1995), "Batman & Robin" (1997), "Batman Begins" (2005), "The Dark Knight" (2008), "The Dark Knight Rises" (2012), "" (2016) and "Suicide Squad" (2016); the television shows "Batman" (1960s), "" (1990s), "Batman Beyond" (2000s) and "The Batman" (2000s); and the comics "Detective Comics" #27 (Batman's introductory story), "The Dark Knight Returns" (1986) and "Gotham by Gaslight" (1989). Other references include previous costumes worn by Batman and Robin and the various Batmobiles used. In most cases, their appearances in the movie are done in a Lego style, with the exception
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he provided narration for two films, "War of the Worlds" and the Academy Award-winning documentary film "March of the Penguins". Freeman appeared as God in the hit film "Bruce Almighty" and its sequel, "Evan Almighty". He appeared in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy - "Batman Begins" (2005) and its sequels, "The Dark Knight" (2008) and "The Dark Knight Rises" (2012) - as Lucius Fox. He starred in Rob Reiner's 2007 film "The Bucket List", opposite Jack Nicholson. He teamed with Christopher Walken and William H. Macy for the comedy "The Maiden Heist", which was released direct to video due to
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both episodes. In the first episode (podcast #43), an audience member was brought up to cover several other minor character roles; in the second episode (podcast #65), Smith brought in voice-over actor/announcer Kyle Hebert to voice Alfred (which he did in a cockney accent somewhat reminiscent of Michael Caine, who played Alfred in "Batman Begins", "The Dark Knight", and "The Dark Knight Rises") and others, and cohort Jason Mewes to voice most of the female characters. (Smith and Hebert also voiced two of Zeus' henchmen, as well as other characters in the second episode.) The final episode (podcast #104) included
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the story in flashback. During story discussions for "The Dark Knight Rises" in 2008, David S. Goyer told Christopher Nolan his idea regarding how to present Superman in a modern context. Impressed with Goyer's concept, Nolan pitched the idea to the studio, who hired Nolan to produce and Goyer to write based on the financial and critical success of "The Dark Knight". Nolan admired Bryan Singer's work on "Superman Returns" for its connection to Richard Donner's version, stating that "A lot of people have approached Superman in a lot of different ways. I only know the way that has worked
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