The Dark Knight Rises

Start getting excited, the final film in the trilogy is nearly here.

Following the huge success of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight comes the third film in the trilogy starring Christian Bale, The Dark Knight Rises. Christopher Nolan again takes the reigns as director which instantly fills you with a sense of relief, if it works, don’t fix it! In-between directing these he’s also been a part of other smashes such as Inception and The Prestige so there’s not many other people you’d want on the job. Lets face it, most comic book conversions are generally crap, mediocre at best, so to get two or even potentially three films of this calibre is very rare.

To cut it short the final film is set 8 years on from the previous in which the terrorist Bane arrives in Gotham City causing the usual havoc and pushing the police force to its limits. After taking the flack for Harvey Dent, Batman is forced to resurface and rise once again (hence the name) and save the day. Whilst the trailers admittedly don’t fill me with as much excitement as for The Dark Knight it does look like we’re in for a treat. The final film is always going to be difficult due to the stellar performance by Heath Ledger in the previous, and the fact that he played Batman’s most notable enemy. Taking that into account I think we’re looking at something on Batman Begins proportions which definitely isn’t a bad thing as it will still be one of 2012′s biggest films. Just a shame we’ll have to wait until July 20th!

Check out the two official trailers after the cut and head here for the official site.