The studio would never allow that.

It'be the perfect end to the trilogy, but I don't know. Where would anyone find a tennis racquet big enough?

shivashakti: Mugato: The studio would never allow that.

Why not? They can just reboot the series later. I'd figure with the success of Dark Knight, Nolan probably has carte blanche to do whatever he wants.

Unless you're funding your own movie, no filmmaker has carte blanche to do whatever they want.

Sure they can reboot the series but I think that after Spidey's shameless rebooting for legal reasons doesn't pan out, that's not going to be very appealing. Rebooting the series after killing the main character isn't going to sit well with the audience (The Crow doesn't count, not that those movies did all that well anyway).

Michael Keaton walked away and Tim Burton took a producing role after the first 2 films and the next 2 went on fine without them (yes I know they sucked balls but they made money). Just because Nolan's leaving doesn't mean they're going to make Batman take a hiatus. Face it, DC has nothing else. The Green Lantern was a dud. The Wonder Woman TV show was canceled before the first commercial break of the pilot and they're taking another stab at Superman but....heh. Good Luck.

My prediction is that they'll end this Batman's incarnation with a defined resolution of some sort and take a look at how well Marvel's Avengers does. If that hits then Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and all the other lame ass DC characters will return in a Justice League movie where Batman won't be confined to being too realistic and too....well, good.

I wonder if this guy swallowed when he finished blowing Nolan.

It's an interesting theory, but it's all basically "Christopher Nolan is so awesome, that if he did this it would be the greatest shocking swerve so here's a bunch of things that I really wish were evidence"

I *kinda* doubt that this'll come to pass.

It's possible, but I have my doubts.

TheOther: In the context of this article, shouldn't 'Batmannery' be 'Batmancy'?

You mean "divination using bats", because that's what "batmancy" more or less means.

Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener: I *kinda* doubt that this'll come to pass.

It's possible, but I have my doubts.

If it was really a "darker" and "grittier" Batman universe, then the police will shoot Bane dead the first time he appears.

In all other instances of the villain appearing in the previous movies, they always made sure they were protected somehow.

Example: Joker took hostages and surrounded himself with lackeys.

Sid_6.7: If it was really a "darker" and "grittier" Batman universe, then the police will shoot Bane dead the first time he appears.

Given what happened in The Dark Knight, that'd make too much sense, wouldn't it?

The All-Powerful Atheismo: I think it will turn out that all 3 movies were just a dream and he is still at the bottom of that well as a kid

BWWAAAAM

SCARECROW WAS IN JAIL THE WHOLE TIME

That coward David Lopan: He wakes up with the tattoo "J. Chill killed your parents" on his chest, but can't remember anything else.

Except for the fact that he keeps getting taunted by Robin Williams.

They could kill Bruce Wayne but Batman could still go on by having a new guy to be Batman, like the cartoon Batman Beyond. They could also go the route that they "kill" Bruce Wayne for appearances because people found out he was Batman or thinks he is Batman. To keep Batman going he fakes his death.

The All-Powerful Atheismo: Who plays a creepy foto-mat employee

And talks really, really fast.

...

Which can be said of almost any Robin Williams character, but STILL.

"Wonder-twin powers activate! Form of: A dead Batman"

/got nuthin

demonfaerie: They could kill Bruce Wayne but Batman could still go on by having a new guy to be Batman, like the cartoon Batman Beyond

They were going to try something like that with Terminator: Salvation, where a terminator hybrid takes over John Connor's persona and the test audiences didn't go for it. It'd be the same thing here. The audience just wouldn't go for it. It'd be meaningless anyway, like Data dying in the last TNG Star Trek movie only to have a spare with his exact memories and personality.