Bootleg versions have been floating around the net for the past several days, but this is one trailer you should see the way it was meant to be seen. Warner Brothers has finally released the new trailer for THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, the third in director Christopher Nolan’s trilogy of Batman films which started with BATMAN BEGINS in 2005. This installment sees Christian Bale (as Bruce Wayne/Batman), Gary Oldman (as Commissioner Gordon), Morgan Freeman (as Lucius Fox), Nestor Carbonell (as Mayor Anthony Garcia) and Michael Caine (as Alfred) returning, joined by Tom Hardy (as Bane), Anne Hathaway (as Selina Kyle/Catwoman), Joseph Gordon Levitt (as John Blake), Marion Cotillard (as Miranda Tate) and Matthew Modine (as Nixon). Not a lot is known about the story in the film, though there’s strong suspicions something bad is going to happen to Batman at the hands of Bane, much like in the comics – Bane broke Batman’s back and put him out of commission for a while in the comic storylines. The following synopsis is all that has been released so far
Eight years after the events of The Dark Knight, the terrorist leader Bane arrives in Gotham City, pushing it and its police force to their limits, forcing its former hero Batman to resurface after taking the fall for Harvey Dent’s crimes.
After the amazing success of THE DARK KNIGHT in 2008, it’s hard to imagine Chris Nolan could top the level of quality fans now know him to be capable of, not to mention the general feelings that sequels (particularly third installments) are rarely better than what came before them. Check out the new trailer and tell us your thoughts in the comments.
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES opens July 20, 2012
Born and raised in Dallas, Mark has been a movie critic since 1994, with reviews featured in print, radio and National TV. In 2001 he started the Entertainment section of the Herorealm website, where he contributed film reviews and celebrity interviews until 2004. After three years of service there, he started Bigfanboy.com, which has become one of the Dallas film community's leading information websites. Bigfanboy hosts several movie screenings in the Texas area, and works closely with film and TV studios and promotional partners to host exciting events and contests. The site also features a variety of rare celebrity and filmmaker interviews, and Bigfanboy.com regularly covers the film festival circuit as well. In addition to Hollywood reporting, Mark has worked for many years as an advertising and sci-fi/comic book artist. Clients have included Lucasfilm Ltd., Topps Trading Cards, The Dallas Mavericks and The Dallas Stars. From 2002 until 2015 he managed the Dallas Comic Con, Sci-Fi Expo and Fan Days events in the DFW area. He currently catalogs rare comic books and movie memorabilia for Heritage Auctions, and runs the Dallas Comic Show conventions, but remains an avid moviegoer and cinema buff. 
