The Dark Knight (film) The Dark Knight (film) The Dark Knight is a 2008 superhero film directed, co-produced, and co-written by Christopher Nolan. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, the film is the second part of Nolan's "The Dark Knight Trilogy" and a sequel to 2005's "Batman Begins", starring an ensemble cast including Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Morgan Freeman. In the film, Bruce Wayne / Batman (Bale), Police Lieutenant James Gordon (Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Eckhart) form an alliance to dismantle organized crime in Gotham City, but are menaced by an anarchist
Batman Begins and Howard, which also "eschews traditional heroic themes". Also contrary to previous "Batman" films, a psychological investigation of Bruce Wayne's split personality in the bat suit is only lightly touched upon. Orndorf noted that Bruce is a "character constantly striving to do the right thing, not worn down by incessant reexamination". Shawn Adler of "MTV" stated "Batman Begins" heralded a trend of darker genre films, that either retold back-stories or rebooted them altogether. Examples he cited were "Casino Royale", as well as the in-development "RoboCop", "Red Sonja", and "Grayskull". In 2012, Kevin Feige, film producer and president of Marvel Studios,