What might just be the first pictures from the set of Dark Knight Rises, we get a puzzling image that just might be the Lazarus Pit.
And while geek hairs and eyebrows alike are rising, this is not confirmed, but it IS from the set of Batman Rises, and Josh Pence is cast as a Young Ra’s Al Ghul.
The greenscreen over the constructed pit has geekdom screaming that Ras will return for this third film.
Of course this has many purists who do not want to see anything supernatural in Batman all in a rise, so they don’t want to believe it. I think if handled well we can have a supernatural edge in Nolan’s Batman.
Its possible this could be his summer home and this is just what pools look like in that part of the world. And Ras might only be in flashback and not be resurrected. Who knows.
… or it just might be an underground cave exit for the BAT-WING!!!
Oh it’s the pit alright.
Time to get your Supernatual freak on fellas!
like it or not
“Supernatural”
There might not be anything supernatural about it. It might not be even “The Lazarus Pit”.
might also just be a hole, rather than a pool. maybe they’re making an underground cave or compound and need to green screen the entrance. too early to speculate still.
it could just be used for a really deep pit, greenscreen would help with giving the impression is was almost bottomless
Maybe it’s a Venom pit?!?!?!?!?!
You’re actually completely correct. If anyone did the research, they’d know that that’s actually a pit of the biohazardous chemical known as “Venom”.
In fact, in the film, Bane falls into the pit as a child and although he does obtain health benefits, his body also becomes dependent upon the chemical and cannot function for long periods of time without it.
The reason why Josh Pence was casted as a young Ra’s Al Ghul is because Ra’s finds Bane as a young child emerging from this pit of hazardous chemicals and takes it upon himself to take care of and train him, leading him to eventually become a member of the league of shadows.
There. You’re all welcome.
Bane in the League of Shadows?!?!, NICE! That makes him 100x more badass. Can’t wait to see him and Talia wreak havoc throughout Gotham city. Man, I hope will get to see an amazing (and well shot) one on one fight between him and the Bat.
in nolan we trust
I have no issue with the supernatural if the story is good. In fact, I would love to see Ras Al Ghul again.
I would like to keep the supernatural out of Nolan’s Batman as well but I trust Nolan knows what he is doing as always. The Prestige was an awesome movie and he tied in “real” magic. Nolan is the best there is and he’s given us the Batman we’ve always wanted, at this point he’s earned the right to do as he sees fit.
“In Nolan We Trust”
I think something ambiguous is fine, and would fit right in with Nolan’s films.
Although I enjoyed Batman Begins when it came out, I haven’t really had any desire to re-visit it. Wasn’t the tone of Begins much more fantastical than The Dark Knight?
I recall Begins still had a lingering influence of Tim Burton’s Batman, with a lot of impressionistic cityscapes, hints of esotericism from Ras and Scarecrow, and that gravity-defying sci-fi monorail system that factored so heavily into the plot.
Personally, I’d rather the series continue with the hyper-realism of The Dark Knight, rather than a return to the fantasy of Begins. The Gotham of The Dark Knight was filmed in present day Chicago, and Chicago was pretty much portrayed as it is. The fact that the new film is shooting its exteriors in Pittsburgh suggests to me that the new film will require a lot more SFX to create a convincing megacity. Not to knock Pittsburgh, its a nice city, but its no Gotham.
Anyway, I’m very cautious about this film. There are so few successful threequels out there, and this one already shows signs of bloat. I’m very concerned they’ll just phone this one in.
Mr. Notta has a point.
Begins did have some silly/fantasy stuff in there, I thought the gas Scarecrow ingested (his own) that showed a Demonic looking batman was pretty cheesy stuff, and the Monorail/train was just bad IMO. 3rd act suffered that stuff. people tend to ignore, forget that scene.
TDK was a fantastic Crime Thriller that had supreme acting, action, and scope. not necessary a comic-book film. more like a Charles Bronson movie for this day and age, with Bats running around in it.
we’ll see
This is very cool, but I’d hate for them to rehash a previous villain defeated once before. I’d like to see other villains take on Bats
I don’t mind repeating villains if its done right.
I predict that Ras will have some influence in how this plays out (perhaps Talia or another arm of the League of Shadows), but not actually be in the movie.
But…you reported here recently that they officially cast Ra’s.