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The Dark Knight Rises is an upcoming
superhero film directed by
Christopher Nolan and written by Nolan and his brother
Jonathan. Based on the
DC Comics character
Batman, the film will be the third installment in
Nolan's Batman film series, and is a sequel to
Batman Begins (2005) and
The Dark Knight (2008). It stars
Christian Bale,
Michael Caine,
Gary Oldman, and
Morgan Freeman as
Batman/Bruce Wayne,
Alfred Pennyworth,
James Gordon, and
Lucius Fox, respectively. The film will take place eight years after the events of
The Dark Knight and will introduce the characters of
Selina Kyle and
Bane—portrayed by
Anne Hathaway and
Tom Hardy—two villains from the Batman mythology.
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Nolan was initially hesitant about returning to the series for a third time, but agreed to come back after developing a story with his brother and
David S. Goyer that he felt would conclude the series on a satisfactory note. Filming has taken place across the world, including locations in
India,
London,
Glasgow,
Los Angeles,
New York,
Newark, and
Pittsburgh. Nolan is utilizing
IMAX cameras for more of the filming to optimize the quality of the picture. As with
The Dark Knight, viral marketing campaigns began early during production to help promote the upcoming film.
The Dark Knight Rises is scheduled for release in the
United Kingdom,
United States, and
Canada on July 20, 2012, by
Warner Bros.[2][3]
Following the death of District Attorney
Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes in order to protect Dent's reputation and is hunted as a fugitive by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years after the events of
The Dark Knight, Gotham has recovered from
the Joker's killing spree, and is experiencing a time of peace. A warning from the "enigmatic" Selina Kyle foreshadows a coming cataclysm, prompting Batman to return to the city where he must stop the villain Bane and his plans to destroy Gotham.
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Warner Bros. president of production Jeff Robinov had hoped a third film would be released in 2011 or 2012.
[37] Nolan wanted the story for the third installment to keep him emotionally invested. "On a more superficial level, I have to ask the question," he reasoned, "how many good third movies in a franchise can people name?"
[38] Nolan only agreed to a third film on the basis of finding a worthwhile story, fearing that he would become bored halfway through production if he discovered the film to be unnecessary.
[39] By December 2008, Nolan completed a rough story outline, before he committed himself to
Inception.
[40] Later in December,
Alan F. Horn confirmed that while discussions with Nolan about a third film were ongoing, no casting had been done, and Horn denied all such rumors.
[41] Before Nolan confirmed his involvement, Oldman had said he was confident Nolan would return.
[42] 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.
[43] Shortly afterward, it was announced
David S. Goyer and Jonathan Nolan were working on a screenplay.
[44] Goyer would leave the project during pre-production to begin work on
Man of Steel; Jonathan continued writing the script based on the story by his brother Chris and Goyer.
[9] The film's storyline takes influence from the story arcs in the Batman comics
The Dark Knight Returns,
Knightfall and
No Man’s Land.
[45]
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.
[46] The Dark Knight Rises will reunite 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.
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The film has an estimated budget of $250 million.
[48] Nolan has elected not to film in
3-D, but has instead stated that he intends to focus on improving image quality and scale using the
IMAX format.
[49] The Dark Knight Rises will feature more scenes shot in IMAX than
The Dark Knight;
[50] Nolan's wife and co-producer
Emma Thomas stated that the film will have between forty and fifty minutes of footage shot in IMAX (by comparison,
The Dark Knight contained thirty minutes), depending on the editing process.
[51] Nolan has had several meetings with IMAX Vice-President David Keighley to work on the logistics of projecting films in digital IMAX venues.
[50] Wally Pfister had expressed interest in shooting the film entirely in IMAX,
[52] but because of the considerable noise made by IMAX cameras,
35mm and
70mm cameras had to be used for shooting the film's dialogue scenes,
[51][50] as dialogue had to be dubbed when shot with IMAX cameras.
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Filming was scheduled to start in May and conclude in November 2011.
[54] Principal photography commenced on May 6, 2011, in
Jodhpur,
India at the
Mehrangarh Fort[55][56] before moving to
Pittsburgh, where it operated under the working title "Magnus Rex".
[57][58] Shooting locations within the city included
Heinz Field, the site of an
American football game,
[59] with members of the Pittsburgh Steelers playing the Gotham Rogues football team.
[32][33] Filming in Pittsburgh also took place at the
Mellon Institute and
Software Engineering Institute at
Carnegie Mellon University.
[58] A letter sent out to residents and business owners detailing road closures revealed that the streets of the city would be featured "as the start of [the] film".
[60] 9-1-1 operators were told to expect an increase in calls related to gun shots and explosions in the film's production.
[61] The Pittsburgh leg of production wrapped after three weeks on August 21, 2011, before moving on to Los Angeles and New York.
[62] In November 2011, shooting shifted to
Newark, New Jersey.
[63][64] Newark City Hall and
Military Park were among the locations used for filming.
[65] Other shooting locations include
London and
Glasgow, the latter of which was used for "additional exterior filming".
[66] Principal photography concluded on November 14, 2011.
[67]
Production photos from filming in Pittsburgh showed a second
Tumbler chassis after the first was destroyed in
The Dark Knight.
[68] Further set photos revealed a "new vehicle" being transported to
Wabash Tunnel, prompting speculation as to its nature.
[69] In June 2011, Autoblog confirmed the presence of the new
Lamborghini Aventador on the film set.
[70] Several accidents occurred during the production of the film. While filming at
Wollaton Hall, a
tractor-trailer crashed into the main entrance, though no one was injured.
[71] A stuntman
parachutist later crashed through the roof of a home in Cairngorm Gliding Club, Feshiebridge in Scotland, and became wedged there after a failed landing during a skydiving stunt; he was not seriously injured.
[72] While filming scenes in Pittsburgh, Hathaway's stunt double crashed into an IMAX camera while filming a sequence that required her to ride a
Batpod down a flight of stairs during a riot. There were no injuries, but the camera was destroyed.
[73] A second accident took place in Pittsburgh when the truck carrying the new, unidentified vehicle went off-course and crashed into a lighting array, damaging the model of the aircraft. Production was delayed while the model was repaired.
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