The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

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Overview

The Dark Knight Rises is an upcoming 2012 film directed by Christopher Nolan. It is his third and final Batman film, with the screenplay being written by his brother Jonathan Nolan.

Production

Cast

Tom Hardy as Bane

There was a lot of speculation surrounding the casting of The Dark Knight Rises, with actresses such as Keira Knightley, Jessica Biel and Gemma Arterton being named as some of the people who screen tested for a prominent female role in the film. On January 19, 2011, it was announced in a Warner Bros. press release that Anne Hathaway, whose name also featured in the rumour listings, would be playing the role of Selina Kyle, also known as Catwoman. In the same statement it was also revealed that Tom Hardy would play the role of Bane, with the actor having worked with Nolan in his previous film Inception. On March 19, 2011, it was confirmed by Variety that Joseph Gordon-Levitt is cast in an unknown role and Nolan plans to keep his personality a secret for as long as possible. A month later Warner Bros. announced that Marion Cotillard, another main cast member from Inception, and Gordon-Levitt would take the role of two new characters to the Batman mythology; Gordon-Levitt as John Blake, a Gotham City beat cop, and Cotillard as Miranda Tate, a Wayne Enterprises board member. On May 3, 2011, a Juno Temple is confirmed as another cast member. Also, Matthew Modine is cast as a character named Nixon. On April 8, 2011 it was announced that actor Josh Pence will play a young Ra's al Ghul. On July 24, Christopher Judge said on Twitter that he has a role in the new Batman movie.

Pre-production

On March 10, 2010, director Christopher Nolan talked about his involvement in the new Batman movie:

“It’s very exciting, we have a fantastic story, and we feel we can do it right. We know the milieu, if you will, we know the genre and how to get it done right.” “Without getting into specifics, the key thing that makes the third film an great possibility for us is that we want to finish our story. And in viewing it as the finishing of a story rather than infinitely blowing up the balloon and expanding the story . . . I’m very excited about the end of the film, the conclusion, and what we’ve done with the characters. My brother has come up with some pretty exciting stuff. Unlike the comics, these thing don’t go on forever in film and viewing it as a story with an end is useful. Viewing it as an ending, that sets you very much on the right track about the appropriate conclusion and the essence of what tale we’re telling. And it hearkens back to that priority of trying to find the reality in these fantastic stories. That’s what we do.”

Filming

The filming of The Dark Knight Rises officially began in May 2011 ( the filming schedule was set: from May 6 to November 14). On April 21, 2011, there were rumors on the Internet that the film would pass through the streets of Pittsburgh and the sound studios in England. According to Indian newspaper - Bhaskar, the city of Jodhpur would also served as a backdrop. These rumors turned out to be true on April 29, 2011, with Christian Bale was the only main actor involved in filming. Filming commenced on May 6, 2011, in Jodhpur (India).The production was moved to Pittsburgh for a period of four to six weeks. The filming was transferred to Wollaton Hall and Cardington (England). Filming of the movie were also present quite settled in the city of Wollaton Hall in Nottingham, England (the place served to work in Wayne Manor).

On July 5, 2011, a parachutist plunged through the roof of a holiday home, when a stunt went wrong. However, the production was also transferred to the studios in London, England (Farmiloe Building serves once again to the Department of Police of Gotham City).

Hangar in Cardington

According to the BBC, men dressed in black uniform were spotted jumping from parachute from the club in Cairngorm. A helicopter and a jet were seen on the runway of the club, while a Hercules C130 military plane was flying over the region after leaving the airport of Inverness. Christopher Nolan tried a risky maneuver with the giant aircraft: the military aircraft landed in flames in the middle of a narrow road within Scotland. Meanwhile on July 12, in Bedford, the Cardington hangars served as the setting for scenes with planes. Tom Hardy was spotted on the scene, with great destruction, with trucks overturned on fire.

After the filming in England, the film's production returned to the United States of America for scenes in Pittsburgh, Los Angeles and New York.

Pittsburgh

The city of Pennsylvania received the film's production from July 28 until August 21. The first scenes were filmed at Carnegie Mellon University. From 10-21 August, the streets were closed and blocked the sidewalks in several locations in downtown Pittsburgh, known as Golden Triangle.

Nolan and Tom Hardy (Bane)

The schedule says that filming began in Oliver Avenue on August 9. After that,the production moved to Cherry Way on the twelfth day of August and the Smithfield Street in the next two days (13 and 14 August). On days 17 and 18, the locations were: Third Avenue, Fourth Avenue and Wood Street. And on August 20, production was at Strawberry Way, Seventh Avenue and William Penn Place. On July 30 the shooting came to Pittsburgh - and a parade of Tumblers took to the streets of the city. Three vehicles used for filming, including a scene in the court of Gotham City. The next day, Tom Hardy gives a speech on top of a Tumbler and his speech is related to the rebellion of prisoners and the explosions that are being recorded for the movie.

Besides Los Angeles, production also passed through New York. Most of the film was shot inside the studios in Los Angeles. On May 12, 2011, it was revealed that the film's budget is U.S. $ 250 million, according to the LA Times.

Recently, the actor Tom Hardy talked about his role in the new Batman movie. Tom Hardy compares his work on Dark Knight Rises to Starbucks.

“You deal with something Dark Knight – or ‘Mad Max,’ or ‘Superman’ or ‘Spider-man,’ whatever – it’s like going to work in an airport and going, ‘Hi I’m over here!’ and then everybody goes ‘Oh here’s that, that’s the villain of the piece.’ Then it’s a thousand people going to Duty-Free. Like, [shouting] ‘I AM THE VILLAIN!’ and make a lot of noise. There’s a formula here, you can’t muck around with it. There’s a lot of rules, you’re restrained in many ways as an artist. But then you’re also grateful because of the huge exposure and the paycheck" “Whatever it is, you’re paying an entrance to getting higher exposure. These movies are huge vehicles to make a lot of money… and make a large audience happy. So now you’re at the very top level of trying to bring character work in a boutique way to something that is, y’know, Starbucks".

Marketing

The tagline for The Dark Knight Rises' marketing is "The Fire Rises", with the website thedarkknightrises.com acting as a home for the movie's viral campaign. The first official image of a character, Bane, came out on the internet on Friday 20th May. The image was revealed in segments that formed as a hashtag was retweeted on social networking site Twitter.

Tumbler Tour

To help market the movie, Warner Brothers and Mountain Dew took the Tumbler and Bat-pod from the movie and brought it from city to city where everyone could see. They had a photo-contest and a complete schedule, all listed on the website tumblertour.com.