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Several critically-acclaimed comic book stories - among them ''The Long Halloween'' and ''The Killing Joke'' - were used as in the most recent entry in Nolan's series, ''[[The Dark Knight]]'', which has thus far exceeded all expectations.  Almost universally lauded by critics and shattering numerous box-office records, ''The Dark Knight'' featured the final performance of [[Heath Ledger]] as a monstrous version of the Joker, a psychotic who thinks the only sane way to live is without rules and wants to prove it to the world - and at the same time gave artists and writers who penned the Batman stories the version of the Joker they thought was closest to their own.  Though the tone at the start of the film is hopeful - Batman has inspired citizens to stand up for themselves again and has organized crime in the city reeling - it quickly spirals downward, embodying the theme that Nolan chose for the movie: things have to get worse before they get better.

Several critically-acclaimed comic book stories - among them ''The Long Halloween'' and ''The Killing Joke'' - were used as in the most recent entry in Nolan's series, ''[[The Dark Knight]]'', which has thus far exceeded all expectations.  Almost universally lauded by critics and shattering numerous box-office records, ''The Dark Knight'' featured the final performance of [[Heath Ledger]] as a monstrous version of the Joker, a psychotic who thinks the only sane way to live is without rules and wants to prove it to the world - and at the same time gave artists and writers who penned the Batman stories the version of the Joker they thought was closest to their own.  Though the tone at the start of the film is hopeful - Batman has inspired citizens to stand up for themselves again and has organized crime in the city reeling - it quickly spirals downward, embodying the theme that Nolan chose for the movie: things have to get worse before they get better.

''[[The Dark Knight Rises]]'' - the title of the third Nolan installment - is scheduled for production as early as March, 2011. Despite rumors, Nolan stated that the Riddler will not be the featured villain.  A possible new addition to the cast is Tom Hardy, who would play corrupt Detective Harvey Bullock.<ref>http://knowelty.com/nolans-batman-3-title-set-the-dark-knight-rises/874562/</ref>

''[[The Dark Knight Rises]]'' - the title of the third Nolan installment is scheduled for release in July 2012. Most of the cast from the previous two films have reprised their respective roles, while [[Tom Hardy]] will play the villain Bane and [[Anne Hathaway]] will play Catwoman. The film will be set eight years after the events of ''[[The Dark Knight]]''.

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