More than ten years have passed since its premiere, and few sagas have managed to live up to what The Dark Knight was. The ending of the Bruce Wayne story directed by Christopher Nolan was almost perfect and even gave us a hint about what could happen in the future with the appearance of Robin. However, it seems that these plans were never a priority.
Through an interview with the American media Inverse, Joseph Gordon-Levittwho played Robin John Blake, confirmed that despite the ending of The Dark Knight Rises, Christopher Nolan never intended to produce a Robin spin-off film.
“Nolan was making a trilogy, he didn't want to make more movies. This was the end of his trilogy. It's funny, we see it now in the context of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: everything is a sequel of a sequel of a sequel. But in those In the old days, making a trilogy was a lot, and that's how it was thought.”
As Gordon-Levitt tells it, Nolan did not think beyond the trilogy, and the ending with Robin arriving at the cave Bruce Wayne It was simply the outcome that the director saw as right for the character, implying that he would be Gotham's next vigilante.
It is clear that the Marvel Cinematic Universe has caused many to think about sequels and more sequels, but the reality at that time was different. Making a superhero trilogy was almost inconceivable, but luckily, Nolan knew how to stop in time and give a farewell worthy of Bruce Wayne.
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