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* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: Website/RottenTomatoes had to shut down the commenting feature for critic reviews after those who placed a negative review on this movie ended up [[HePannedItNowHeSucks getting met]] [[SeriousBusiness with death threats]] on said comment boards.
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* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: Website/RottenTomatoes had to shut down the commenting feature for critic reviews after those who placed a negative review on this movie ended up [[HePannedItNowHeSucks getting met]] met [[SeriousBusiness with death threats]] on said comment boards.
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* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: On the film's North American opening day (July 20, 2012), a gunman stormed a midnight show in Aurora, Colorado. 12 people were killed, and dozens more were injured. The shooting had the most casualties - combined injuries and deaths - of any shooting in the United States up to that point! In the wake of this, the following things were done.
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* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: On Of course we cannot talk about this movie without mentioning this one infamous moment where on the film's North American opening day (July 20, 2012), a gunman stormed a midnight show in Aurora, Colorado. 12 people were killed, and dozens more were injured. The shooting had the most casualties - combined injuries and deaths - of any shooting in the United States up to that point! In the wake of this, the following things were done.
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* CreatorBacklash: Creator/AidanGillen later admitted to regretting taking part in this movie because he felt his performance wasn't up to snuff. [[MemeAcknowledgement The Baneposting memes apparently mocking him didn't help either.]]
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* CreatorBacklash: Creator/AidanGillen later admitted to regretting [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgOCCi8VQO0 regretting]] taking part in this movie because he felt his performance wasn't up to snuff. [[MemeAcknowledgement The Baneposting memes apparently mocking him didn't help either.]]
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** Behold, [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/1/18863/2774407-tdkr_concept_art_17.jpg concept]] [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/1/18863/2774410-tdkr_concept_art_19.jpg art]] [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/1/18863/2774415-tdkr_concept_art_23.jpg for]] Bane.
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* AdoredByTheNetwork: Creator/{{HBO}} Zone and Creator/{{TNT}} both heavily air this film often, in the case of HBO Zone, three times a week! It helps that HBO, TNT, and Warner Bros. are all owned by the same company, Time Warner.
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* AdoredByTheNetwork: Creator/{{HBO}} Zone and Creator/{{TNT}} both heavily air this film often, in the case of HBO Zone, three times a week! It helps that HBO, TNT, and Warner Bros. are all owned by the same company, Time Warner.Warner Bros. Discovery.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/TheDarkKnightTrilogy Enough for its own page]]
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/TheDarkKnightTrilogy Enough WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/JessicaBiel, Creator/EvaGreen and Creator/KateMara were the final contenders for the role of [[Comicbook/{{Catwoman}} Selina Kyle]] before Creator/AnneHathaway was cast.
*** Creator/NataliePortman, Creator/CharlizeTheron, Creator/GemmaArterton, Creator/KeiraKnightley, Creator/VeraFarmiga, Creator/AbbieCornish, Creator/OliviaWilde, Creator/EmilyBlunt and Creator/BlakeLively read for the part of Catwoman as well before the casting of Hathaway.
** Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio, Creator/RyanGosling, Creator/ShiaLaBeouf and Creator/MarkRuffalo were considered for the role of John Blake before the casting of Creator/JosephGordonLevitt. Interestingly, [[spoiler: [=DiCaprio=] was previously offered the role of Comicbook/{{Robin}} in ''Film/BatmanForever'', which is who Blake is eventually alluded to be.]]
** Creator/KateWinslet, Creator/RachelWeisz and Creator/NaomiWatts were considered for the part of [[spoiler: Comicbook/TaliaAlGhul]] before Creator/MarionCotillard was cast.
** Creator/JenniferLawrence and Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz auditioned for the role of Jen before the casting of Creator/JunoTemple.
** During early production stages, Creator/WarnerBros expressed interest in using the [[ComicBook/TheRiddler Riddler]] as the main antagonist, with Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio, Creator/JohnnyDepp, Creator/EddieMurphy or Creator/DavidTennant in mind for the part. However, Creator/ChristopherNolan was able to convince them to use ComicBook/{{Bane}} due to the character having a physical presence that the previous villains lacked.
** About a year before itsown page]]release, Christopher Nolan mentioned he was considering using a mixture of CGI and deleted scenes from ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' to have the Joker appear briefly. He ultimately decided it was disrespectful to Creator/HeathLedger.
** ComicBook/{{Bane}}'s voice [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZW5qyc2g6U was originally much more distorted]]. Many of his lines had to be re-recorded for the final cut because [[TheUnintelligible it was nigh-impossible to understand what he was saying.]]
** Similarly, had Heath lived, David S. Goyer's (but not necessarily Nolan's) plans for the third movie would have involved the Joker going on trial while Two-Face (who would have turned out to be OnlyMostlyDead) went on a rampage across Gotham. There was also talk that Crane's role as the KangarooCourt judge would have gone to the Joker had Ledger still been alive.
** In a more general sense, the Joker's ending in ''The Dark Knight'' was clearly a setup for Ledger to return as the Joker in the next film. It's safe to say that if Ledger had been around to reprise his role, then the third ''Dark Knight'' film would have been quite different from what we actually got.
** Part of the film involves the destruction of a football stadium by Bane. At earlier points it was considered this event would be at either a hockey or basketball game to go along with the demolition of Pittsburgh's now-vacant Civic Arena. Unfortunately the city of Pittsburgh had difficulties and a court case in deciding the fate of the arena that by the time demolition began, filming was finished.
** Behold, [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/1/18863/2774407-tdkr_concept_art_17.jpg concept]] [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/1/18863/2774410-tdkr_concept_art_19.jpg art]] [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/1/18863/2774415-tdkr_concept_art_23.jpg for]] Bane.
** Nolan quite specifically ended the franchise with this film and did not plan to follow up on its SequelHook, which is all the more disappointing for those who were excited to see [[spoiler:the adventures of Joseph Gordon Levitt as Batman / Robin / Nightwing]].
** Interestingly enough, Creator/WarnerBros execs ''did'' want the trilogy to be part of the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse with either Christian Bale reprising his role or Creator/JosephGordonLevitt showing up as John Blake, who would've become either the new Batman or possibly Nightwing, thus ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' would've served as a continuation to said trilogy. Though interested at first, Creator/ZackSnyder wanted to cast Levitt as Bruce Wayne instead of reprising his role as Blake as well as cast Bale as a different character just to hammer home that the new movie was ''not'' connected to the trilogy. The idea never materialised due to Bale declining offers to reprise his role as well as Nolan insisting that the trilogy must remain standalone along with Snyder opting to go with Creator/BenAffleck as Batman instead.
** Creator/JessicaBiel, Creator/EvaGreen and Creator/KateMara were the final contenders for the role of [[Comicbook/{{Catwoman}} Selina Kyle]] before Creator/AnneHathaway was cast.
*** Creator/NataliePortman, Creator/CharlizeTheron, Creator/GemmaArterton, Creator/KeiraKnightley, Creator/VeraFarmiga, Creator/AbbieCornish, Creator/OliviaWilde, Creator/EmilyBlunt and Creator/BlakeLively read for the part of Catwoman as well before the casting of Hathaway.
** Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio, Creator/RyanGosling, Creator/ShiaLaBeouf and Creator/MarkRuffalo were considered for the role of John Blake before the casting of Creator/JosephGordonLevitt. Interestingly, [[spoiler: [=DiCaprio=] was previously offered the role of Comicbook/{{Robin}} in ''Film/BatmanForever'', which is who Blake is eventually alluded to be.]]
** Creator/KateWinslet, Creator/RachelWeisz and Creator/NaomiWatts were considered for the part of [[spoiler: Comicbook/TaliaAlGhul]] before Creator/MarionCotillard was cast.
** Creator/JenniferLawrence and Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz auditioned for the role of Jen before the casting of Creator/JunoTemple.
** During early production stages, Creator/WarnerBros expressed interest in using the [[ComicBook/TheRiddler Riddler]] as the main antagonist, with Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio, Creator/JohnnyDepp, Creator/EddieMurphy or Creator/DavidTennant in mind for the part. However, Creator/ChristopherNolan was able to convince them to use ComicBook/{{Bane}} due to the character having a physical presence that the previous villains lacked.
** About a year before its
** ComicBook/{{Bane}}'s voice [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZW5qyc2g6U was originally much more distorted]]. Many of his lines had to be re-recorded for the final cut because [[TheUnintelligible it was nigh-impossible to understand what he was saying.]]
** Similarly, had Heath lived, David S. Goyer's (but not necessarily Nolan's) plans for the third movie would have involved the Joker going on trial while Two-Face (who would have turned out to be OnlyMostlyDead) went on a rampage across Gotham. There was also talk that Crane's role as the KangarooCourt judge would have gone to the Joker had Ledger still been alive.
** In a more general sense, the Joker's ending in ''The Dark Knight'' was clearly a setup for Ledger to return as the Joker in the next film. It's safe to say that if Ledger had been around to reprise his role, then the third ''Dark Knight'' film would have been quite different from what we actually got.
** Part of the film involves the destruction of a football stadium by Bane. At earlier points it was considered this event would be at either a hockey or basketball game to go along with the demolition of Pittsburgh's now-vacant Civic Arena. Unfortunately the city of Pittsburgh had difficulties and a court case in deciding the fate of the arena that by the time demolition began, filming was finished.
** Behold, [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/1/18863/2774407-tdkr_concept_art_17.jpg concept]] [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/1/18863/2774410-tdkr_concept_art_19.jpg art]] [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/1/18863/2774415-tdkr_concept_art_23.jpg for]] Bane.
** Nolan quite specifically ended the franchise with this film and did not plan to follow up on its SequelHook, which is all the more disappointing for those who were excited to see [[spoiler:the adventures of Joseph Gordon Levitt as Batman / Robin / Nightwing]].
** Interestingly enough, Creator/WarnerBros execs ''did'' want the trilogy to be part of the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse with either Christian Bale reprising his role or Creator/JosephGordonLevitt showing up as John Blake, who would've become either the new Batman or possibly Nightwing, thus ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' would've served as a continuation to said trilogy. Though interested at first, Creator/ZackSnyder wanted to cast Levitt as Bruce Wayne instead of reprising his role as Blake as well as cast Bale as a different character just to hammer home that the new movie was ''not'' connected to the trilogy. The idea never materialised due to Bale declining offers to reprise his role as well as Nolan insisting that the trilogy must remain standalone along with Snyder opting to go with Creator/BenAffleck as Batman instead.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/JessicaBiel, Creator/EvaGreen and Creator/KateMara were the final contenders for the role of [[Comicbook/{{Catwoman}} Selina Kyle]] before Creator/AnneHathaway was cast.
*** Creator/NataliePortman, Creator/CharlizeTheron, Creator/GemmaArterton, Creator/KeiraKnightley, Creator/VeraFarmiga, Creator/AbbieCornish, Creator/OliviaWilde, Creator/EmilyBlunt and Creator/BlakeLively read for the part of Catwoman as well before the casting of Hathaway.
** Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio, Creator/RyanGosling, Creator/ShiaLaBeouf and Creator/MarkRuffalo were considered for the role of John Blake before the casting of Creator/JosephGordonLevitt. Interestingly, [[spoiler: [=DiCaprio=] was previously offered the role of Comicbook/{{Robin}} in ''Film/BatmanForever'', which is who Blake is eventually alluded to be.]]
** Creator/KateWinslet, Creator/RachelWeisz and Creator/NaomiWatts were considered for the part of [[spoiler: Comicbook/TaliaAlGhul]] before Creator/MarionCotillard was cast.
** Creator/JenniferLawrence and Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz auditioned for the role of Jen before the casting of Creator/JunoTemple.
** During early production stages, Creator/WarnerBros expressed interest in using the [[ComicBook/TheRiddler Riddler]] as the main antagonist, with Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio, Creator/JohnnyDepp, Creator/EddieMurphy or Creator/DavidTennant in mind for the part. However, Creator/ChristopherNolan was able to convince them to use ComicBook/{{Bane}} due to the character having a physical presence that the previous villains lacked.
** About a year before its release, Christopher Nolan mentioned he was considering using a mixture of CGI and deleted scenes from ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' to have the Joker appear briefly. He ultimately decided it was disrespectful to Creator/HeathLedger.
** ComicBook/{{Bane}}'s voice [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZW5qyc2g6U was originally much more distorted]]. Many of his lines had to be re-recorded for the final cut because [[TheUnintelligible it was nigh-impossible to understand what he was saying.]]
** Similarly, had Heath lived, David S. Goyer's (but not necessarily Nolan's) plans for the third movie would have involved the Joker going on trial while Two-Face (who would have turned out to be OnlyMostlyDead) went on a rampage across Gotham. There was also talk that Crane's role as the KangarooCourt judge would have gone to the Joker had Ledger still been alive.
** In a more general sense, the Joker's ending in ''The Dark Knight'' was clearly a setup for Ledger to return as the Joker in the next film. It's safe to say that if Ledger had been around to reprise his role, then the third ''Dark Knight'' film would have been quite different from what we actually got.
** Part of the film involves the destruction of a football stadium by Bane. At earlier points it was considered this event would be at either a hockey or basketball game to go along with the demolition of Pittsburgh's now-vacant Civic Arena. Unfortunately the city of Pittsburgh had difficulties and a court case in deciding the fate of the arena that by the time demolition began, filming was finished.
** Behold, [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/1/18863/2774407-tdkr_concept_art_17.jpg concept]] [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/1/18863/2774410-tdkr_concept_art_19.jpg art]] [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/1/18863/2774415-tdkr_concept_art_23.jpg for]] Bane.
** Nolan quite specifically ended the franchise with this film and did not plan to follow up on its SequelHook, which is all the more disappointing for those who were excited to see [[spoiler:the adventures of Joseph Gordon Levitt as Batman / Robin / Nightwing]].
** Interestingly enough, Creator/WarnerBros execs ''did'' want the trilogy to be part of the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse with either Christian Bale reprising his role or Creator/JosephGordonLevitt showing up as John Blake, who would've become either the new Batman or possibly Nightwing, thus ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' would've served as a continuation to said trilogy. Though interested at first, Creator/ZackSnyder wanted to cast Levitt as Bruce Wayne instead of reprising his role as Blake as well as cast Bale as a different character just to hammer home that the new movie was ''not'' connected to the trilogy. The idea never materialised due to Bale declining offers to reprise his role as well as Nolan insisting that the trilogy must remain standalone along with Snyder opting to go with Creator/BenAffleck as Batman instead.
** Creator/JessicaBiel, Creator/EvaGreen and Creator/KateMara were the final contenders for the role of [[Comicbook/{{Catwoman}} Selina Kyle]] before Creator/AnneHathaway was cast.
*** Creator/NataliePortman, Creator/CharlizeTheron, Creator/GemmaArterton, Creator/KeiraKnightley, Creator/VeraFarmiga, Creator/AbbieCornish, Creator/OliviaWilde, Creator/EmilyBlunt and Creator/BlakeLively read for the part of Catwoman as well before the casting of Hathaway.
** Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio, Creator/RyanGosling, Creator/ShiaLaBeouf and Creator/MarkRuffalo were considered for the role of John Blake before the casting of Creator/JosephGordonLevitt. Interestingly, [[spoiler: [=DiCaprio=] was previously offered the role of Comicbook/{{Robin}} in ''Film/BatmanForever'', which is who Blake is eventually alluded to be.]]
** Creator/KateWinslet, Creator/RachelWeisz and Creator/NaomiWatts were considered for the part of [[spoiler: Comicbook/TaliaAlGhul]] before Creator/MarionCotillard was cast.
** Creator/JenniferLawrence and Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz auditioned for the role of Jen before the casting of Creator/JunoTemple.
** During early production stages, Creator/WarnerBros expressed interest in using the [[ComicBook/TheRiddler Riddler]] as the main antagonist, with Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio, Creator/JohnnyDepp, Creator/EddieMurphy or Creator/DavidTennant in mind for the part. However, Creator/ChristopherNolan was able to convince them to use ComicBook/{{Bane}} due to the character having a physical presence that the previous villains lacked.
** About a year before its release, Christopher Nolan mentioned he was considering using a mixture of CGI and deleted scenes from ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' to have the Joker appear briefly. He ultimately decided it was disrespectful to Creator/HeathLedger.
** ComicBook/{{Bane}}'s voice [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZW5qyc2g6U was originally much more distorted]]. Many of his lines had to be re-recorded for the final cut because [[TheUnintelligible it was nigh-impossible to understand what he was saying.]]
** Similarly, had Heath lived, David S. Goyer's (but not necessarily Nolan's) plans for the third movie would have involved the Joker going on trial while Two-Face (who would have turned out to be OnlyMostlyDead) went on a rampage across Gotham. There was also talk that Crane's role as the KangarooCourt judge would have gone to the Joker had Ledger still been alive.
** In a more general sense, the Joker's ending in ''The Dark Knight'' was clearly a setup for Ledger to return as the Joker in the next film. It's safe to say that if Ledger had been around to reprise his role, then the third ''Dark Knight'' film would have been quite different from what we actually got.
** Part of the film involves the destruction of a football stadium by Bane. At earlier points it was considered this event would be at either a hockey or basketball game to go along with the demolition of Pittsburgh's now-vacant Civic Arena. Unfortunately the city of Pittsburgh had difficulties and a court case in deciding the fate of the arena that by the time demolition began, filming was finished.
** Behold, [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/1/18863/2774407-tdkr_concept_art_17.jpg concept]] [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/1/18863/2774410-tdkr_concept_art_19.jpg art]] [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/1/18863/2774415-tdkr_concept_art_23.jpg for]] Bane.
** Nolan quite specifically ended the franchise with this film and did not plan to follow up on its SequelHook, which is all the more disappointing for those who were excited to see [[spoiler:the adventures of Joseph Gordon Levitt as Batman / Robin / Nightwing]].
** Interestingly enough, Creator/WarnerBros execs ''did'' want the trilogy to be part of the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse with either Christian Bale reprising his role or Creator/JosephGordonLevitt showing up as John Blake, who would've become either the new Batman or possibly Nightwing, thus ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' would've served as a continuation to said trilogy. Though interested at first, Creator/ZackSnyder wanted to cast Levitt as Bruce Wayne instead of reprising his role as Blake as well as cast Bale as a different character just to hammer home that the new movie was ''not'' connected to the trilogy. The idea never materialised due to Bale declining offers to reprise his role as well as Nolan insisting that the trilogy must remain standalone along with Snyder opting to go with Creator/BenAffleck as Batman instead.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/JessicaBiel, Creator/EvaGreen and Creator/KateMara were the final contendersWhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/TheDarkKnightTrilogy Enough for the role of [[Comicbook/{{Catwoman}} Selina Kyle]] before Creator/AnneHathaway was cast.
*** Creator/NataliePortman, Creator/CharlizeTheron, Creator/GemmaArterton, Creator/KeiraKnightley, Creator/VeraFarmiga, Creator/AbbieCornish, Creator/OliviaWilde, Creator/EmilyBlunt and Creator/BlakeLively read for the part of Catwoman as well before the casting of Hathaway.
** Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio, Creator/RyanGosling, Creator/ShiaLaBeouf and Creator/MarkRuffalo were considered for the role of John Blake before the casting of Creator/JosephGordonLevitt. Interestingly, [[spoiler: [=DiCaprio=] was previously offered the role of Comicbook/{{Robin}} in ''Film/BatmanForever'', which is who Blake is eventually alluded to be.]]
** Creator/KateWinslet, Creator/RachelWeisz and Creator/NaomiWatts were considered for the part of [[spoiler: Comicbook/TaliaAlGhul]] before Creator/MarionCotillard was cast.
** Creator/JenniferLawrence and Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz auditioned for the role of Jen before the casting of Creator/JunoTemple.
** During early production stages, Creator/WarnerBros expressed interest in using the [[ComicBook/TheRiddler Riddler]] as the main antagonist, with Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio, Creator/JohnnyDepp, Creator/EddieMurphy or Creator/DavidTennant in mind for the part. However, Creator/ChristopherNolan was able to convince them to use ComicBook/{{Bane}} due to the character having a physical presence that the previous villains lacked.
** About a year beforeits release, Christopher Nolan mentioned he was considering using a mixture of CGI and deleted scenes from ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' to have the Joker appear briefly. He ultimately decided it was disrespectful to Creator/HeathLedger.
** ComicBook/{{Bane}}'s voice [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZW5qyc2g6U was originally much more distorted]]. Many of his lines had to be re-recorded for the final cut because [[TheUnintelligible it was nigh-impossible to understand what he was saying.]]
** Similarly, had Heath lived, David S. Goyer's (but not necessarily Nolan's) plans for the third movie would have involved the Joker going on trial while Two-Face (who would have turned out to be OnlyMostlyDead) went on a rampage across Gotham. There was also talk that Crane's role as the KangarooCourt judge would have gone to the Joker had Ledger still been alive.
** In a more general sense, the Joker's ending in ''The Dark Knight'' was clearly a setup for Ledger to return as the Joker in the next film. It's safe to say that if Ledger had been around to reprise his role, then the third ''Dark Knight'' film would have been quite different from what we actually got.
** Part of the film involves the destruction of a football stadium by Bane. At earlier points it was considered this event would be at either a hockey or basketball game to go along with the demolition of Pittsburgh's now-vacant Civic Arena. Unfortunately the city of Pittsburgh had difficulties and a court case in deciding the fate of the arena that by the time demolition began, filming was finished.
** Behold, [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/1/18863/2774407-tdkr_concept_art_17.jpg concept]] [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/1/18863/2774410-tdkr_concept_art_19.jpg art]] [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/1/18863/2774415-tdkr_concept_art_23.jpg for]] Bane.
** Nolan quite specifically ended the franchise with this film and did not plan to follow up on its SequelHook, which is all the more disappointing for those who were excited to see [[spoiler:the adventures of Joseph Gordon Levitt as Batman / Robin / Nightwing]].
** Interestingly enough, Creator/WarnerBros execs ''did'' want the trilogy to be part of the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse with either Christian Bale reprising his role or Creator/JosephGordonLevitt showing up as John Blake, who would've become either the new Batman or possibly Nightwing, thus ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' would've served as a continuation to said trilogy. Though interested at first, Creator/ZackSnyder wanted to cast Levitt as Bruce Wayne instead of reprising his role as Blake as well as cast Bale as a different character just to hammer home that the new movie was ''not'' connected to the trilogy. The idea never materialised due to Bale declining offers to reprise his role as well as Nolan insisting that the trilogy must remain standalone along with Snyder opting to go with Creator/BenAffleck as Batman instead.own page]]
** Creator/JessicaBiel, Creator/EvaGreen and Creator/KateMara were the final contenders
*** Creator/NataliePortman, Creator/CharlizeTheron, Creator/GemmaArterton, Creator/KeiraKnightley, Creator/VeraFarmiga, Creator/AbbieCornish, Creator/OliviaWilde, Creator/EmilyBlunt and Creator/BlakeLively read for the part of Catwoman as well before the casting of Hathaway.
** Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio, Creator/RyanGosling, Creator/ShiaLaBeouf and Creator/MarkRuffalo were considered for the role of John Blake before the casting of Creator/JosephGordonLevitt. Interestingly, [[spoiler: [=DiCaprio=] was previously offered the role of Comicbook/{{Robin}} in ''Film/BatmanForever'', which is who Blake is eventually alluded to be.]]
** Creator/KateWinslet, Creator/RachelWeisz and Creator/NaomiWatts were considered for the part of [[spoiler: Comicbook/TaliaAlGhul]] before Creator/MarionCotillard was cast.
** Creator/JenniferLawrence and Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz auditioned for the role of Jen before the casting of Creator/JunoTemple.
** During early production stages, Creator/WarnerBros expressed interest in using the [[ComicBook/TheRiddler Riddler]] as the main antagonist, with Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio, Creator/JohnnyDepp, Creator/EddieMurphy or Creator/DavidTennant in mind for the part. However, Creator/ChristopherNolan was able to convince them to use ComicBook/{{Bane}} due to the character having a physical presence that the previous villains lacked.
** About a year before
** ComicBook/{{Bane}}'s voice [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZW5qyc2g6U was originally much more distorted]]. Many of his lines had to be re-recorded for the final cut because [[TheUnintelligible it was nigh-impossible to understand what he was saying.]]
** Similarly, had Heath lived, David S. Goyer's (but not necessarily Nolan's) plans for the third movie would have involved the Joker going on trial while Two-Face (who would have turned out to be OnlyMostlyDead) went on a rampage across Gotham. There was also talk that Crane's role as the KangarooCourt judge would have gone to the Joker had Ledger still been alive.
** In a more general sense, the Joker's ending in ''The Dark Knight'' was clearly a setup for Ledger to return as the Joker in the next film. It's safe to say that if Ledger had been around to reprise his role, then the third ''Dark Knight'' film would have been quite different from what we actually got.
** Part of the film involves the destruction of a football stadium by Bane. At earlier points it was considered this event would be at either a hockey or basketball game to go along with the demolition of Pittsburgh's now-vacant Civic Arena. Unfortunately the city of Pittsburgh had difficulties and a court case in deciding the fate of the arena that by the time demolition began, filming was finished.
** Behold, [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/1/18863/2774407-tdkr_concept_art_17.jpg concept]] [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/1/18863/2774410-tdkr_concept_art_19.jpg art]] [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/1/18863/2774415-tdkr_concept_art_23.jpg for]] Bane.
** Nolan quite specifically ended the franchise with this film and did not plan to follow up on its SequelHook, which is all the more disappointing for those who were excited to see [[spoiler:the adventures of Joseph Gordon Levitt as Batman / Robin / Nightwing]].
** Interestingly enough, Creator/WarnerBros execs ''did'' want the trilogy to be part of the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse with either Christian Bale reprising his role or Creator/JosephGordonLevitt showing up as John Blake, who would've become either the new Batman or possibly Nightwing, thus ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' would've served as a continuation to said trilogy. Though interested at first, Creator/ZackSnyder wanted to cast Levitt as Bruce Wayne instead of reprising his role as Blake as well as cast Bale as a different character just to hammer home that the new movie was ''not'' connected to the trilogy. The idea never materialised due to Bale declining offers to reprise his role as well as Nolan insisting that the trilogy must remain standalone along with Snyder opting to go with Creator/BenAffleck as Batman instead.
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Moving this back from the main What Could Have Been page.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/TheDarkKnightTrilogy Enough WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/JessicaBiel, Creator/EvaGreen and Creator/KateMara were the final contenders for the role of [[Comicbook/{{Catwoman}} Selina Kyle]] before Creator/AnneHathaway was cast.
*** Creator/NataliePortman, Creator/CharlizeTheron, Creator/GemmaArterton, Creator/KeiraKnightley, Creator/VeraFarmiga, Creator/AbbieCornish, Creator/OliviaWilde, Creator/EmilyBlunt and Creator/BlakeLively read for the part of Catwoman as well before the casting of Hathaway.
** Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio, Creator/RyanGosling, Creator/ShiaLaBeouf and Creator/MarkRuffalo were considered for the role of John Blake before the casting of Creator/JosephGordonLevitt. Interestingly, [[spoiler: [=DiCaprio=] was previously offered the role of Comicbook/{{Robin}} in ''Film/BatmanForever'', which is who Blake is eventually alluded to be.]]
** Creator/KateWinslet, Creator/RachelWeisz and Creator/NaomiWatts were considered for the part of [[spoiler: Comicbook/TaliaAlGhul]] before Creator/MarionCotillard was cast.
** Creator/JenniferLawrence and Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz auditioned for the role of Jen before the casting of Creator/JunoTemple.
** During early production stages, Creator/WarnerBros expressed interest in using the [[ComicBook/TheRiddler Riddler]] as the main antagonist, with Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio, Creator/JohnnyDepp, Creator/EddieMurphy or Creator/DavidTennant in mind for the part. However, Creator/ChristopherNolan was able to convince them to use ComicBook/{{Bane}} due to the character having a physical presence that the previous villains lacked.
** About a year before itsown page]]release, Christopher Nolan mentioned he was considering using a mixture of CGI and deleted scenes from ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' to have the Joker appear briefly. He ultimately decided it was disrespectful to Creator/HeathLedger.
** ComicBook/{{Bane}}'s voice [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZW5qyc2g6U was originally much more distorted]]. Many of his lines had to be re-recorded for the final cut because [[TheUnintelligible it was nigh-impossible to understand what he was saying.]]
** Similarly, had Heath lived, David S. Goyer's (but not necessarily Nolan's) plans for the third movie would have involved the Joker going on trial while Two-Face (who would have turned out to be OnlyMostlyDead) went on a rampage across Gotham. There was also talk that Crane's role as the KangarooCourt judge would have gone to the Joker had Ledger still been alive.
** In a more general sense, the Joker's ending in ''The Dark Knight'' was clearly a setup for Ledger to return as the Joker in the next film. It's safe to say that if Ledger had been around to reprise his role, then the third ''Dark Knight'' film would have been quite different from what we actually got.
** Part of the film involves the destruction of a football stadium by Bane. At earlier points it was considered this event would be at either a hockey or basketball game to go along with the demolition of Pittsburgh's now-vacant Civic Arena. Unfortunately the city of Pittsburgh had difficulties and a court case in deciding the fate of the arena that by the time demolition began, filming was finished.
** Behold, [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/1/18863/2774407-tdkr_concept_art_17.jpg concept]] [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/1/18863/2774410-tdkr_concept_art_19.jpg art]] [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/1/18863/2774415-tdkr_concept_art_23.jpg for]] Bane.
** Nolan quite specifically ended the franchise with this film and did not plan to follow up on its SequelHook, which is all the more disappointing for those who were excited to see [[spoiler:the adventures of Joseph Gordon Levitt as Batman / Robin / Nightwing]].
** Interestingly enough, Creator/WarnerBros execs ''did'' want the trilogy to be part of the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse with either Christian Bale reprising his role or Creator/JosephGordonLevitt showing up as John Blake, who would've become either the new Batman or possibly Nightwing, thus ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' would've served as a continuation to said trilogy. Though interested at first, Creator/ZackSnyder wanted to cast Levitt as Bruce Wayne instead of reprising his role as Blake as well as cast Bale as a different character just to hammer home that the new movie was ''not'' connected to the trilogy. The idea never materialised due to Bale declining offers to reprise his role as well as Nolan insisting that the trilogy must remain standalone along with Snyder opting to go with Creator/BenAffleck as Batman instead.
** Creator/JessicaBiel, Creator/EvaGreen and Creator/KateMara were the final contenders for the role of [[Comicbook/{{Catwoman}} Selina Kyle]] before Creator/AnneHathaway was cast.
*** Creator/NataliePortman, Creator/CharlizeTheron, Creator/GemmaArterton, Creator/KeiraKnightley, Creator/VeraFarmiga, Creator/AbbieCornish, Creator/OliviaWilde, Creator/EmilyBlunt and Creator/BlakeLively read for the part of Catwoman as well before the casting of Hathaway.
** Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio, Creator/RyanGosling, Creator/ShiaLaBeouf and Creator/MarkRuffalo were considered for the role of John Blake before the casting of Creator/JosephGordonLevitt. Interestingly, [[spoiler: [=DiCaprio=] was previously offered the role of Comicbook/{{Robin}} in ''Film/BatmanForever'', which is who Blake is eventually alluded to be.]]
** Creator/KateWinslet, Creator/RachelWeisz and Creator/NaomiWatts were considered for the part of [[spoiler: Comicbook/TaliaAlGhul]] before Creator/MarionCotillard was cast.
** Creator/JenniferLawrence and Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz auditioned for the role of Jen before the casting of Creator/JunoTemple.
** During early production stages, Creator/WarnerBros expressed interest in using the [[ComicBook/TheRiddler Riddler]] as the main antagonist, with Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio, Creator/JohnnyDepp, Creator/EddieMurphy or Creator/DavidTennant in mind for the part. However, Creator/ChristopherNolan was able to convince them to use ComicBook/{{Bane}} due to the character having a physical presence that the previous villains lacked.
** About a year before its
** ComicBook/{{Bane}}'s voice [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZW5qyc2g6U was originally much more distorted]]. Many of his lines had to be re-recorded for the final cut because [[TheUnintelligible it was nigh-impossible to understand what he was saying.]]
** Similarly, had Heath lived, David S. Goyer's (but not necessarily Nolan's) plans for the third movie would have involved the Joker going on trial while Two-Face (who would have turned out to be OnlyMostlyDead) went on a rampage across Gotham. There was also talk that Crane's role as the KangarooCourt judge would have gone to the Joker had Ledger still been alive.
** In a more general sense, the Joker's ending in ''The Dark Knight'' was clearly a setup for Ledger to return as the Joker in the next film. It's safe to say that if Ledger had been around to reprise his role, then the third ''Dark Knight'' film would have been quite different from what we actually got.
** Part of the film involves the destruction of a football stadium by Bane. At earlier points it was considered this event would be at either a hockey or basketball game to go along with the demolition of Pittsburgh's now-vacant Civic Arena. Unfortunately the city of Pittsburgh had difficulties and a court case in deciding the fate of the arena that by the time demolition began, filming was finished.
** Behold, [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/1/18863/2774407-tdkr_concept_art_17.jpg concept]] [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/1/18863/2774410-tdkr_concept_art_19.jpg art]] [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/1/18863/2774415-tdkr_concept_art_23.jpg for]] Bane.
** Nolan quite specifically ended the franchise with this film and did not plan to follow up on its SequelHook, which is all the more disappointing for those who were excited to see [[spoiler:the adventures of Joseph Gordon Levitt as Batman / Robin / Nightwing]].
** Interestingly enough, Creator/WarnerBros execs ''did'' want the trilogy to be part of the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse with either Christian Bale reprising his role or Creator/JosephGordonLevitt showing up as John Blake, who would've become either the new Batman or possibly Nightwing, thus ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' would've served as a continuation to said trilogy. Though interested at first, Creator/ZackSnyder wanted to cast Levitt as Bruce Wayne instead of reprising his role as Blake as well as cast Bale as a different character just to hammer home that the new movie was ''not'' connected to the trilogy. The idea never materialised due to Bale declining offers to reprise his role as well as Nolan insisting that the trilogy must remain standalone along with Snyder opting to go with Creator/BenAffleck as Batman instead.
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I Knew It is YMMV now.
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** Months before the release of the film, fans were already speculating that [[spoiler:John Blake would take over as Batman following Bane breaking his back. Turns out, the only thing they got wrong was the timing of the torch being passed]].
** Likewise, [[spoiler:after it was leaked that Liam Neeson had filmed a brief cameo reprising his role of Ra's Al Ghul, people began guessing that the League of Shadows would be involved and that Miranda Tate was really Talia Al Ghul, his daughter (photos also leaked of Marion Cotillard wearing rustic-colored clothes and scarf atop a Tumbler, which made the casting of a very French woman as "Miranda Tate" highly suspicious). Basically everyone knew there was more to Miranda Tate and John Blake than Nolan let on.]]
** Months before the release of the film, fans were already speculating that [[spoiler:John Blake would take over as Batman following Bane breaking his back. Turns out, the only thing they got wrong was the timing of the torch being passed]].
** Likewise, [[spoiler:after it was leaked that Liam Neeson had filmed a brief cameo reprising his role of Ra's Al Ghul, people began guessing that the League of Shadows would be involved and that Miranda Tate was really Talia Al Ghul, his daughter (photos also leaked of Marion Cotillard wearing rustic-colored clothes and scarf atop a Tumbler, which made the casting of a very French woman as "Miranda Tate" highly suspicious). Basically everyone knew there was more to Miranda Tate and John Blake than Nolan let on.]]
