Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 Trailer and Box Art revealed

Via MTV Geek News, the very first trailer for the upcoming new DC Universe Animated Original Movie "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1" has arrived! Based on Frank Miller's seminal graphic novel masterpiece that helped return the Caped Crusader to his dark roots, the story unfolds in a future where an aged Bruce Wayne has retired from the cape and cowl for a decade, only to see himself return as The Dark Knight when Gotham City is plagued with more crime and threats than ever before. Check out the trailer to the first of a two-part Animated Movie epic that was a long time coming for Batfans!

Tom Hardy as Bane voices out to Gotham in The Dark Knight Rises!

Comic Book Movie featured this VERY INTERESTING post of a sound bit straight from the mouth of Tom Hardy, aka Bane in The Dark Knight Rises! In this clip posted in YouTube, we hear Hardy's very first lines as Bane, who addresses Gotham with a proclamation! Of course, you can consider this an actual SPOILER, so take heed with the warning! You can hear it below via this audio clip video uploaded in You Tube.






The Dark Knight Rises: Bane's first lines in the movie

And if you want to know where that line came from and more, it's set during a scene being filmed in Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, where a mock football game being filmed for the movie is taking place, between the "Gotham Rogues" are taking on the "Rapid City Monuments". As you can guess, Bane invades the joint, and proclaims to Gothamites to "Take Control" of their city! Check out the clip below from a person who was in the scene and uploaded it to YouTube.





The Dark Knight Rises: Bane addresses the Gotham crowd in a football game

Pretty interesting updates here. Finally, we hear how Tom Hardy will sound as Bane, but there might be a possibility that it will go through  some changes in post-production. We'll just have to wait and see how it pans out soon enough. For more info on the story, visit the source post at Comic Book Movie!

The Dark Knight Rises opens in theaters on July 20, 2012!

*Originally posted by Timzster in The Crusader's Realm

SDCC '11: Batman: The Dark Knight Returns confirmed as a DC Animated film!

Fans of DC's ever growing animated film line up may get the surprise of their lives next year, as Warner Bros. and DC pretty much confirmed during the San Diego Comic Con that one of the most beloved Batman stories would be getting the toon treatment... As a two-parter even!

That's right, Frank Miller and Klaus Janson's The Dark Knight Returns is being adapted! The EPIC tale of an aged Bruce Wayne coming out of retirement and returning as Batman in a distant future is going to be made into DC's next animated film sometime in 2012. The Dark Knight Returns will most likely be released after the two animated movies slated for launch within the year, which are Justice League: Doom and Superman Vs. The Elite. Not much details were given on who will be voicing who, but good rumor and word is that legendary Batman: The Animated Series actors Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill are being considered for Batman and Joker again, and if that's true, things will be so much more AWESOME going for this movie.

Coincidentally, this will be Frank Miller's second Batman work adapted into an animated film, as Batman: Year One already saw its premiere held at the Comic Con and will see home video release later this October! For more details on the store, visit the source post over at Bleeding Cool!

*Originally posted by Timzster in The Crusader's Realm