Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy came to an end in 2012 with the epic battle against the all-powerful Bane (Tom Hardy). The Dark Knight Rises ended the acclaimed franchise that many considered The Dark Knight to be the best superhero movie ever is.
You can watch The Dark Knight Rises on ProSieben today at 8:15 p.m. The final was on again massive success at the box office and hinted at a sequel. However, it never came.
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Christopher Nolan did not want the fourth part of The Dark Knight
With a budget of 250 million dollars, the final part of Nolan’s Batman trilogy brought in another 1 billion dollars at the worldwide box office. The Dark Knight Rises thus continued the success of its acclaimed predecessor, the already the billion at the box office cracked.
The financial success spoke for the fact that Nolan will not let his Batman franchise rest after part 3. There was also a story arc starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as John Blake, who discovers the Batcave in the film’s finale and with his at the very end real name Robin is presented. A not-so-subtle hint that the most famous Batman sidekick has just been introduced here.
However, according to Flickering Myth, Gordon-Levitt revealed on Reddit that never another Batman movie beyond The Dark Knight Rises, the conversation was:
As far as I know, that was always the conclusion of Christopher Nolan’s Batman films. It’s actually a really good ending to his trilogy. The theme keeps repeating that Batman is more than a man; it is a symbol; It makes sense, to end the story with someone other than Bruce Wayneputting on the mask.
In the end, however, the decision was up to Nolan himself, who hadn’t planned the trilogy as such from the start. Only after the success of Batman Begins did the Warner Bros. studio commission sequels. For Nolan, however, the series should never more than three parts include.
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Would you have liked a fourth part of Nolan’s Batman series?