The Dark Knight Rises

So everyone knows (and by everyone I mean my inner circle of friends) that I'm the guy to come to when it comes to movies. Any questions on new developments, random trivia or just info on any random number of movies my friends will usually ask me first. Hey, we all have our interests and movies are mine. I've got a friend who's the same way except with sports and another with music. You just gotta stick with what you love. Anyway, heres a list of facts I've compiled about the upcoming film The Dark Knight Rises as a way to share some info with whoever stumbles upon this blog and wants to be in the know. After the facts I'll post a possible spoiler about the film, and even though it's just a theory of how I think the last film will play out, it is based on something that happened in the comic books (which have been a source material for the previous two movies). Enjoy.

-First of all, this is going to be the LAST Batman film that Christopher Nolan directs. Does this mean the films will continue with a new director? Possibly, but that would be pretty crappy if they did because this man is a genius. I dont really see there being any way he could be swayed otherwise as hes a man of his word and believes this last film will bring the series to a perfect conclusion (as stated during the teaser trailer "every journey must come to an end" or something similar to that). Also, Christian Bale has said this is his last Batman film and he's done when Nolan is too. Kinda sad, but better than ruining the entire series by having it go on for too long at the orders of greedy movie executives that want to squeeze every last penny from the franchise as possible.

- Cat Woman and Bane will be the two villains of the movie. Any rumors of the Riddler and Penguin have already been squashed by Nolan himself and the villains have already been cast and confirmed. Also, Two-Face is dead the Joker will not return.

- The film will not be shot in 3D (Nolan doesn't like it) but will instead feature several scenes shot in IMAX. Probably not the entire movie but just some large scale scenes like The Dark Knight.

- It's rumored that Liam Neeson who played Ra's Al Ghul from the film will have a cameo in a flashback sequence because Josh Pence has already been confirmed and cast as "Young Ra's Al Ghul".

-Theres most likely going to be a football game in the movie because they've already done some filming at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, PA. I remember reading somewhere that one of the teams would be the Gotham City Rogues or something like that, but I'm not 100% on that one.

POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT
In the comic books, Bane ends up breaking Batman's back which confines him to a wheelchair although I'm not sure for how long (I know once you're in a wheelchair, you're usually there for good, but this was in the fictional world of comics after all). Anyway, I could see the Dark Knight Rises ending with Batman defeating Bane, but still getting his back broken, thus bringing his crime fighting career to an end. This has already happened in the comic books (which has acted as a basis for the past few films and this one) and would bring Nolan's series to a tearful, yet solemn, end.