Christopher Nolan spoke to the LA Times’ Hero Complex and gave a few important details about his third installment to his gritty Batman franchise.
First, the title of the third film will be The Dark Knight Rises. To be completely candid here, my first thought is that the title sounds a bit cheesy – but, it does seem to fit (theme-wise) with the direction Nolan is taking this trilogy. And that’s an important thing to remember, Nolan has insisted that he will only be doing a Batman trilogy and that his story has a beginning, middle, and most importantly, an end. So, even if Warner Bros. picks up other directors to take this particular continuity further, this will most likely be the end of Nolan’s story he wants to tell.
The second important point made during this interview was not a revealing of who the villain will be, but who it won’t be, and frankly, I’m a bit surprised, but we all know Nolan tends to zig when we expect him to zag.
. . . the Gotham City auteur isn’t ready to reveal the villain of his 2012 film, he did eliminate one of the big contenders: “It won’t be the Riddler,” Nolan said in an exclusive interview with the Hero Complex.
With all the speculation around the Riddler being the next villain and the various actors to may have portrayed him now being 100% debunked, I’m interested to see what villain the rumor mills turn to next. What villain could be made to be epic enough for Nolan’s Batman swan song? Let the guessing and rumors begin! Liz Baylen from Hero Complex seems to think Hugo Strange would be a logical choice . . .
Finally, and to me, the best news to come from this: The Dark Knight Rises will not be in 3D! Christopher Nolan convinced the studio that 3D was not suited for his film and got them to agree. So those, like me, who aren’t fans of this latest resurgence of the 3D craze can breathe a sigh of relief.