Batman Begins' sequel: The Dark Knight (Merged) - Page 6

oscar_merkx · 10-12-2005, 02:44 PM

here is an update from Chris Nolan himself

http://actionadventure.about.com/od/...nolanDVD_3.htm

Quote:

Will you be doing Batman Continues?

Well, it certainly won’t be called that. That’s the title most commonly thrown at me. Actually, I have been talking to the studio and to David Goyer about directions for a sequel because we’re certainly very excited still about the world we were able to dive into and the characters we were able to put on screen. It’s a pretty interesting bunch of people and an interesting place, so we’re definitely talking about places we would take it.

Robert Anthony · 10-12-2005, 03:12 PM

If Goyer doesn't get Loeb and Sale on board and propose a loose adaptation of Long Halloween, they're slipping. That book is CUSTOM MADE to pick up where Batman Begins leaves off.

JonZ · 10-14-2005, 04:00 PM

I read the other day that we may see Cobblepot in the sequel as well.

Patrick Soucy · 10-17-2005, 07:30 PM

"Batman: Psycho"

Batman (Christian Bale) has to fight Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale), now escaped of the Arkham Asylum.

Humm.... ok......

I like:

Batman: Crusade

Even if it's not the legit title.

Joe D · 10-17-2005, 07:37 PM

The new title for the film has been announced:

Debbie Does Batman

Goodnight folks.

DavidPla · 10-17-2005, 08:49 PM

2 Batman 2 Begins

Cory S. · 10-18-2005, 05:00 PM

Batman-on-film has some interesting tidbits on the sequel in their news section over the last two weeks.

Check it out. They are getting ambitious with it. Essentially, Nolan and Goyer are doing a mob war type of storyline with a wild card in the middle. We all know who he is!

Here are some of the highlights:

""Linus Roache is most certainly back seeing as how there may be some flashbacks showing Thomas Waynes' ties to 'Ambiguous Mob Boss,' and a scene showing the relationship The Waynes' had with the late parents of 'The heir.'"

- "The Joker will be the central villain, although he isn't directly connected to the other 'villain plots.'"

- "The other major villain, 'The heir,' will be more a villain to Wayne himself than Batman - causing a rather interesting sitiuation where Bruce will find all his identities under assult."

- Loeb and Flass will return. The latter is no longer a member of the GPD.

- "Let me clarify what I said about The Joker's apperence. As far as his physical apperence goes, it seems pretty faitful to the comics - although it's never really explained why he will look the way he does. So no make up or permanent smiles on his face. As far as his costume, by 'exact translation' I mean the kind of translation that has been seen in 'The Animated Series or Burton's 'Batman.'
I never said anything saying that we might not see The Joker in purple at some point."

Sarah Essen - a former GPD cop with "ties" to Gordon - now work for the ATF.

"As for the villains plot, the mob boss and the heir get involved with a major arms deal with the 'British Guy,' while Batman and his allies attempt to foil it. [As a result,] they uncover more of the corruption plauging Gotham. Unfortunatly for both sides, nobody knew there was a Joker in the deck who complicates matters."

On the forums; this was posted about the hints:

"Well, Jett posted the names Salvatore Maroni, Roman Sionis, and Oswald "The Penguin" Cobblepot on the news page, which coincides with the back stories of the additional villains we've all heard.

Maroni will be the ambiguous mob boss with the mysterious ties to the late Dr. Thomas Wayne. That connection will exist because Wayne will have saved Maroni's life after he was shot in his younger mob days. Fans of the comics will remember that Wayne actually saved Falcone's life and thus they would be forever linked. Of course, with Falcone off in Arkham having nightmares about a certain jungian archetype, this back story was too good to pass up and thus the film adaptation will give this part of Falcone's history to Maroni. Having Maroni in the story also makes it possible that he could be the one to toss the acid in Dent's face, which would be true to the comics unlike the rumor of the Joker doing the deed.

Roman Sionis is the industrial heir. For those of you not familiar with the comics, Sionis' parents were the owners of a multi-billion dollar cosmetic company. When they died, Sionis carved a mask out of his father's coffin and turned to a life of crime (a dark mirror of Bruce Wayne). The mask was then burned onto his flesh in a fire and he was permanently known as the Black Mask (forced to wear a new face). Sionis even had an animalistic omen like Bruce did with bats. This is story is ridiculous, but it was part of his original origin story when he first appeared in the 80s. One night, when Roman was a wee lad, a raccoon which may or may not have been rabid came in through his window and scared the crap out of the boy. The raccoon was wearing the "black mask" that all raccoons have. Like I said, it's ridiculous and will certainly not make it into the film, but it is an amusing little piece of Batman history to say the least.

The British arms dealer will be the waddling one. A cameo seems a little more appropriate for the Penguin at this time since crowding would occur if to rogues as classic as the Joker and Penguin were given equal attention. Having the Penguin be of foreign soil would make his escape and return in future sequels a little easier and more realistic. It might not be a bad idea to have Penguin front himself as a British ambassador, giving him diplomatic immunity for his crimes while he secretly distributes weapons. Once the Batman proves the Penguin's arms dealing, the British govt. strips Cobblepot of his immunity, but Pengy escapes and vows revenge on Batman...Or they could just have him be a straight up arms dealer, which may work better in the interest of time."

Now, all of this is just speculation but according to Jett, owner of the site, it seems that this could all come to pass from sources he's in contact with.

Darkhorizons.com also reported on the 12th of October that Katie Holmes as Rachel Dawes will return in a smaller role. Also, Paul Bettany seems to be the lead for the Joker.

Robert Anthony · 10-18-2005, 11:01 PM

well, it's CLOSE to The Long Halloween. they're certainly mining the hell out of it, if that's true. Cant say I'm displeased, as it appears they're pretty much stripping down Long Halloween and twisting it up a little.

If this is the case, I think I'm gonna be REAL happy real soon

Ocean Phoenix · 10-18-2005, 11:10 PM

I was reading some quotes from "Batman Begins" recently, and was reminded that Jim Gordon and Batman talk about "escalation" in the last scene. This makes me like the idea of naming the sequel "Batman: Escalation" even more, because it would nicely connect that sequel to end of its predecessor, although (as it has been suggested before) the name may not appeal to the general public and definitely isn't as catchy as "Begins".

Cory S. · 10-18-2005, 11:14 PM

Robert,

I just ordered The Long Halloween after reading part of it in the Comic Booklet that comes with the Begins Deluxe DVD. I do have one question though: does Two-Face appear at the end of the Long Halloween? If not, when does he appear? Is it in a graphic novel?

Either way, I like the idea that they're going with. Very ambitious.

Robert Anthony · 10-19-2005, 12:06 AM

Yes, "The Long Halloween" is essentially the origin of Two Face. It gets more elaborate than that, and most of the rogues gallery ends up making an appearance through the length of the novel, but at it's core, it's Harvey and Batman vs the Crime Syndicate, with Joker popping up and making life miserable for both sides. That's essentially the chewy nougat center of "The Long Halloween" and it'd be perfect if that's what they stuck to. Which is what it looks like they're doing.