‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Story Revealed? Is It ‘Prey’ With Dr. Hugo Strange?
By Germain Lussier/Dec. 4, 2010 12:26 pm EST
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Ain’t It Cool News is the latest place to report the rumor that Prey is the story inspiration for The Dark Knight Rises but sites like Collider, Entertainment Weekly, and Total Film either ran a similar rumor, or just took a wild stab at it, weeks ago. (It seems like it originated over at a site called Scriptflags.)
However, some people have commented that it’s almost too easy to just grab Prey and say it’s The Dark Knight Rises and that “it’s not a particularly cinematic story,” according to Devin Faraci at Badass Digest. That might be true and the most recent AICN piece addresses that:
And that’s how Christopher and Jonathan Nolan, as well as David Goyer, have went with the last two Batman films. Neither have been straight adaptations of classic Batman stories. Each has picked and chosen from several classics like Year One, The Killing Joke and The Long Halloween, so the simple fact that Prey begins in a place that fits in perfectly with where The Dark Knight ends means it’s a very safe bet to have some, even if it’s not total, influence on the story. Plus, it does feature Catwoman in a minor capacity, which would lend itself to the casting rumors that Nolan is looking for another female lead.
I’m fairly positive that this team is putting their own particular spin on it – but how many of you want to see a crazy fucking Tom Hardy dressing up like Batman? I know I do.
Thoughts?
