Though this is scheduled to run in previews on the big screen with Marvel’s The Avengers this weekend, Warner Bros. gave fans a bit of a head start with an early online release of the third trailer to The Dark Knight Rises.
The moody and methodically paced peek at Christopher Nolan’s final chapter in his Batman trilogy paints a picture that is a far cry from your typical a summer blockbuster superhero film, which may surprise very few fans anyways (and is a complete 180 to the inescapable marketing blitz utilized in hyping up The Avengers in the past few months).
With only scant dialogue spoken by Bane (Tom Hardy), it remains unclear if his muffled voice has been made more audible since the IMAX teaser that debuted in December with Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, and confused many viewers. Judging by some selects snippets, we do get more insight into the film’s storyline that will in some way mirror the Knightfall arc from the comic book where Bane not only uncovers Batman’s secret identity, but inflicts serious bodily harm that keeps him out of commission for an extended period of time.
The film takes place eight years after The Dark Knight, and although in the comics Bane cripples Batman by snapping his spine over his knee, we will have to wait and see exactly how the masked villain sidelines the Caped Crusader in the film.
But with a shot of a shattered bat cowl, it is heavily hinted that Bruce Wayne is wounded, as he begs for death while held captive by Bane in an underground prison. Though it is now clearer that the title of the film is even more than suggestive regarding Batman’s return as heroic character both physically and symbolically as Gotham’s protector.
We also get some shots of Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle in her Catwoman costume, glimpses of Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Gotham cop John Blake, and a teaser of what to expect from the newest vehicle in the Dark Knight’s arsenal, a high flying ride known as The Bat.
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