Being that Christopher & Jonathan Nolan are among my favorite screenwriters (Memento, Batman Begins, The Prestige, The Dark Knight, Inception) along with Lawrence Kasdan (The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Return of the Jedi, The Big Chill, Silverado, The Body Guard, Wyatt Earp) and Ethan and Joel Coen (Raising Arizona, The Hudsucker Proxy, Fargo, O Brother Where Art Thou, The Lady Killers, No Country For Old Men, True Grit) I was excited to learn that the Nolan brothers have completed the screenplay for their third Batman flick called The Dark Knight Rises. They tapped Anne Hathaway to play Cat Woman and Tom Hardy to play Bane. Of course Christian Bale returns as Batman along with Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, and Gary Oldman. The news that is generating a lot of buzz is that Christopher Nolan has entered into talks with Joseph Gordon-Levitt (500 Days of Summer, Inception) to come on board. Originally people expected him to appear as the Riddler, but word has it that Mr. Nigma will not be appearing in this movie. So the rumors of who Gordon-Levitt will play have included Robin, Dr. Hugo Strange, Deadshot, Azrael, and even the Joker.
Something very encouraging is that Wally Pfister, who is the cinematographer for the movie, read the script and responded by saying, “Plain and simple – He’s done it. It’s a phenomenal script.” He described it as being “the perfect trilogy” and said the opening scene will blow your mind.
