In somewhat surprising news we are receiving an update from Chris Nolan himself on the details of the Dark Knight Rises, where it falls in his timeline, and was even nice enough to share some new images for the upcoming film.
Source: Empire News and Obsessed with Film
“It’s really all about finishing Batman and Bruce Wayne’s story. We left him in a very precarious place. Perhaps surprisingly for some people, our story picks up quite a bit later, eight years after The Dark Knight. So he’s an older Bruce Wayne; he’s not in a great state.
“With Bane, we’re looking to give Batman a challenge he hasn’t had before. With our choice of villain and with our choice of story we’re testing Batman both physically as well as mentally.”
Speaking of physical challenges, what can Tom Hardy tell us about Bane? “He’s brutal. Brutal. He’s a big dude who’s incredibly clinical, in the fact that he has a result-based and oriented fighting style. It’s not about fighting. It’s about carnage. The style is heavy-handed, heavy-footed, it’s nasty. Anything from small-joint manipulation to crushing skulls, crushing rib cages, stamping on shins and knees and necks and collarbones and snapping heads off and tearing his fists through chests, ripping out spinal columns. He is a terrorist in mentality as well as brutal action.”
They even managed to get some choice details from costume designer Lindy Hemming on Bane’s particular look
“He was injured early in his story. He’s suffering from pain and needs gas to survive. He can’t survive the pain without the mask. The pipes from the mask go back along his jawline and feed into the thing at his back, where there are two cannisters.”
That’s an awful lot of clarity and question raising in just a few statements. First off is the timeline in which this all takes place: 8 years!? Last time we saw our Dark Knight he was being hunted by the GCPD in regard to a murder or two so I’m forced to wonder where Batman’s relationship lies with the commissioner and company. Has he been hunted for all these years? Did he retire for a while and Bane forces him to return from the shadows?
How is Bane injured? Does his Venom has any steroidal properties or he he just a force to be reckoned with on his own? Where does Catwoman fit in all this? I may just have to pick up that issue of Empire to satisfy my curiousity for details. I’m not worried tho as I hypnotically take solace in repeatedly chanting “In Nolan We Trust”. In Nolan We Trust. In Nolan We Trust...
