Nolan Batman Film Series

With the release of Batman Begins, Nolan restarted the Batman Media Franchise, with a anime follow-up, recently relased, Batman: Gotham Knight (which I must say was an excellent movie and has things that are touched on more in Dark Knight). Following Gotham Knight is Dark Knight, the sequel to Begins, picking up a year later. When we last saw Batman (aside from Gotham Knight), he was going to rebuild Wayne Manor, and he was going to hunt down all of the Arkham Escaped Inmates, as well as a new madman: The Joker.

A year later, in Gotham Knight, Bruce has yet to track down all inmates, has moved to an penthouse in Gotham City, and has yet to catch the Joker. However, a string of killings have been going on, from Teresa Williams to the Mayor of Gotham, people are getting killed-and its not just by an assassin. The ongoing gan wars between Sal Maroni, no head of the Falconi Crime Family, and the Russians. The island is now sealed off, and the escaped inmates are all trapped on the island, filled with fear gas. And to top it off, Jonathan Crane is still loose.

Dent is running, and things are starting to heat up in Gotham. Now... Dark Knight. Now Dent has won the Campaign, the Joker is out for the kill, and problems begin to arise yet again in Gotham...

Dark Knight arrives in theaters on Friday (I am grateful that I will be going to the world premiere, which happens to be the day after by birthday, which is on Thursday.

But what happens after Dark Knight? Where do we... begin? Obviuosly, things are just starting to kick off again for Batman, as Batman: The Brave and The Bold hits TV screens next year, and Mark Millar has been talking about some new Batman project he hasn't elaborated on what it is yet... but then... then, we have Batman 3.

What will happen in Batman 3? Who knows. However, someone on the inside has said that Batman 3 will likely take place right after Dark Knight, and will continue on the story of Two-Face. Catwoman is likely to appear in this third instalment of the Nolan Series (fourth if you count Gotham Knight), and if all goes well, Riddler will probably be appearing. As Nolan has said before, some of the story elements for these movies come from Batman: The Long Halloween... and since Joker will not be appearing in Batman 3... we will have to move on the the Long Halloween's sequel... Dark Victory.

In Dark Victory... Batman finally meets Robin. Will this all happen in Batman 3? We'll find out soon enough as the film has a release date of 2010/2011. My theory for at least a minor part of the movie, since Batmobile/Tumblr was introduced in Begins, and with Batpod introduced in Dark Knight... will the Bat-Plane be introduced in Batman 3? Only time will tell...