On the eve of the release of Iron Man 2 (opening next week), which will signal the release of a whole slew of new Marvel comic superhero films (ie. Thor, Captain America, The Avengers), Warner Bros. and director Christopher Nolan have announced the release date for the upcoming sequel film for DC Comics superhero Batman. Altho the film has not yet been titled, not yet been cast and very probably has not yet been completely written, we can look to July 20, 2012 as the day it will be released in theaters:
Chris Nolan is staying on a biannual schedule. With the director’s “The Dark Knight” breaking box-office records in 2008 and “Inception” poised to become a phenomenon this summer, fans will wait exactly two more years before seeing his next effort on the screen. Warner Bros. confirmed today that “Batman 3″ (not its final title, obviously) will come out in the summer of 2012, on July 20. In addition to making fanboys the world over salivate with eager anticipation, that also sets up a box-office rematch of sorts between Nolan’s Batman franchise, a DC creation, and the movies from Marvel’s stable of characters, as “The Avengers,” the supergroup of superhero Marvel movies, comes out a few months earlier (in May). When the first round of that slugfest went down, in the summer of 2008, “The Dark Knight” trumped “Iron Man” handily, grossing $215 million more in the U.S. But “Iron Man” wasn’t yet a cultural juggernaut back then. In 2012 the landscape could look a little different, as Marvel characters have continued to gain traction. “Avengers” will also have the benefit of Thor, Captain America and other characters from its film appearing in their own movies the summer before. And all this after “Iron Man 2″ looks to break the opening-weekend record of “The Dark Knight” next week. The high-tech weaponry, she is flying.
Batman: The Dark Knight, the sequel to Batman Begins, was such a HUGE film that it’s hard to imagine a worthy follow-up. Heath Ledger‘s performance as the Joker was so amazing, it resulted in a posthumous Academy Award (a first for any superhero/comic book film) … that’s a tough act to follow. But, I’m certain that Nolan will do his very best to put out a worthy film. Altho the film is still 2 years away from release, I’m certain that the time will fly by relatively fast. Once we start hearing concrete info about the film (which villain/s will be featured, who will be cast, what it will be called) and then start seeing photos from the set, etc. it’ll be no time before the premieres start up and the film hits theaters. It’s hard not to get excited by this wee bit of news on the film. I truly cannot wait to hear more!
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I doubt it will make enough money or come close to “The Dark Night” because there was so much hype.
I’m excited to see which villain or villians they bust out for this movie!
P.S. Trent, you have July 20, 1020 as the release date at the end of the first paragraph.. :)
These Batman films have been boring and depressing, they need to finish this series and bring it back fresh in the future
Trent – you forgot to mention that Heath Ledger’s performance in real life contributed to the film grossing over a million dollars. His performance was totally worthy of that Oscar and the film could stand on its own merit for all the critical acclaim and success it had. It would have been more successful than Batman Begins either way.
But its only grossed that much because of Heath ledger – nothing more!
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I hope this next film will be amazing – The Dark Knight actually made me like Batman. I couldn’t stand the character that much personally before hand. Marvel all the way though! But it will be exciting what villains Nolan will use in the film, how many he will use and more importantly, WHO he will use to portray them.