How The Dark Knight Rises References The Secret Fourth Movie In Nolan"s Batman Series

Summary

• Batman: Gotham Knight serves as the unofficial fourth installment in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy.
• The film introduces unique villains like Killer Croc, referenced in The Dark Knight Rises.
• Creative input from Christopher Nolan ensured Gotham Knight aligned with his grounded take on Batman.

The often-overlooked fourth installment of Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy is subtly referenced in The Dark Knight Rises. The critically-acclaimed trilogy gave viewers a relatively realistic take on the Batman mythos, showing Bruce Wayne’s process of creating his Batman persona and pitting him against grounded versions of classic Batman foes. The Dark Knight franchise is relatively small, with only a few spinoff properties, such as novel and video game adaptations and live-action shorts that are included as extras on The Dark Knight’s DVD release, but the animated film Batman: Gotham Knight, serves as the trilogy’s unofficial fourth installment.
Gotham Knight came out in 2008, shortly before the theatrical release of The Dark Knight, and is a canonical part of Nolan’s Batman story. Set between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, Gotham Knight continues Batman’s story through six vignettes, with different creative teams of artists and writers working on each short. Gotham Knight further develops the lore of Nolan’s Dark Knight universe and makes the characterization of Christian Bale’s Batman even more robust, showing previously unseen portions of his training and pitting him against new villains. The Dark Knight Rises solidifies the film’s canonicity through two subtle references.
Batman: Gotham Knight brings the classic DC villain/anti-hero Deadshot into The Dark Knight Trilogy.


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