The Dark Knight Rises After Credit Scene?

July 5, 2012 By Steve L 12 comments

While Marvel’s carved out a special little place in the hearts of movie goers all over the globe with their tantalizingly delicious post credit scenes, I can’t help but wonder if Christopher Nolan will offer us a similar courtesy at the end of The Dark Knight Rises.

I know. I know.

Nolan is an artiste, after all. He’s never yielded to public pressure, so why would he do so now?  Well, I don’t have a satisfying answer for you. I’ve even enlisted the rest of UTF’s staffers to arbitrate this speculation, and after a few hours of raucous, lager fueled debates, we’ve only managed to decide who possesses the grandest beard in the office (I won, of course).

Even though we couldn’t determine whether or not Nolan would leave viewers a lovely little post credit clip, we’ve managed to assemble a list of the Top 3 Most Likely Scenes.  Here they are for your enjoyment…

Man of Steel

What better way to rile fans into a frenzy for DC’s next reboot than by tagging a teaser for Superman to the most anticipated superhero film of all time (TDKR, if you haven’t been paying attention)? From a marketing perspective, it makes perfect sense. The clip wouldn’t necessarily belong to the Nolan-verse, which would please the Director, but it’d still benefit from TDKR‘s branding.

Plus, we’d see Supes again. It’s been too long since the Last Son of Krypton has skirted the skies in his flapping blue and red suit.  I miss those damn space jammies!

New Villain

“The Legend Ends”

Warner Bros. has been teasing us for months with that little blurb.  Does Batman die?  Does Brucey?  Is it figurative? Literal?  The WB has already done a good job of confusing fanboys, so why not take it up a notch, and introduce a new villain at the end of the film.  It’d be especially significant since Nolan has been so adamant about TDKR being his great finale.

Batman has no shortage of baddies, and I’m more than willing to throw my money at the altar of the Dark Knight if that ensures more quality flicks.

Heir to the Cowl

If recent rumors are true, and Bruce Wayne kicks the proverbial bucket, then Gotham would need a hasty replacement. Could that be why Joseph Gordon-Levitt was cast as the mysterious John Blake? Hmmm… mysteries, mysteries!

Though, ever since Christian Bale voiced his interest in a fourth film, I think the likelihood of his character’s death is pretty damn slim. You can’t exactly fight crime if you’re six feet under, can you?

 

Alrighty folks, that’ll do it for our wild late night speculation. What do you think?  Did we impress you with our godly detective skills?  Or was that all pretty damn wrong? Will The Dark Knight Rises after credit scene even exist?

 

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  • Rick

    Hmm, maybe a Supes snippet at the end? I hear that this is “the last” Batman movie, but imo, that is for Chris Nolan, not Batman per-se.
    I could imagine another Batman movie leading into a Superman movie, ie “Batman vs Superman”, which would then lead into Justice League. Were Batman and Supes the Founders of Justice League? I could be Waaaayyy out of the ballpark tho….

  • Alex

    Has anyone ever stopped to think that with all the remakes and rewrites and redubs and script add-ons and blah blah blah that this John Blake character could be Robin? He does have the “look” for it.

  • Ryan

    I think it’s more likely that DKR has Batman defeated/shattered by Bane at the start of the film then shortly cuts to 8 years later, with Bruce hobbling with a cane.

    Cue John Blake and WHERE’S BATMAN, IS HE DEAD, etc

    John Blake then manages to acquire a Batsuit and fights Bane, and dies (in the credits there’s that very un-growly Batman) fighting Bane, which is the inspiration for Bruce to return as Batman at film’s end.

  • cAP lOCK oN

    +HUGE SPOILER+ Bruce Wayne doesn’t die, but he does get so fcuked up by Bane that his Batman career is over. Blake does takes over as Batman and is guided from the cave by Wane himself much like Batman Beyond, with flying car and all.

  • superman1930

    Bruce Wayne hasn’t been Batman for 8 freaking years after the last film.Yeah he’ll get his ass kicked but just like Rocky Balboa, he’ll retrain and come back for round two stronger than ever against Bane.The Film is call The Dark Knight Rises, not Death Of Dark Knight.So enough with the whole garbage talk that he’s going to die.

    Last time I heard this type of talk when the fans of the Sopranos said that they believed that Tony Soprano died when the screen went black only to groan in irritation when he said that the mobster and husband, father did not die.

    Don’t even get me started on the Harry Potter ending which was quite fitting for the lead character of the book.He’s know as The Boy Who Lived but I digress.Batman will live in the end so get over your death premonitions already.

    • Tjm

      just because batman lives doesnt mean bruce wayne lives. Its The Dark Knight Rises not Bruce Wayne Rises. It will go to show that Batman lives on even if the man behind the mask meets his end. Shows you can not kill a legendary hero.

  • Randy Lee

    There could be an after credit scene, that include the new Superman movie, where Batman is talking to Superman.

  • John Adams

    Im a projectionist and have just finishing assembling our 35 mm prints of the dark knight rises and there is nothing after the credits just a lonely old Warner bros tag.

  • Shellhead

    Don’t hold your breath is all I’m saying! Man of Steel, when are we going to see the actual trailer? Sigh!

  • rickie-d

    Confirmation:

    Pre-credits Epilogue: YES.
    Post-credits Stinger: NO.