You might well have noticed over the past few days that there seems to have been explosion of coverage for the upcoming The Dark Knight Rises. It seems that those who went on set visists and posh stuff like that have had their embargoes lifted, which has meant a mass of coverage has landed all at once.
There's been some interesting stuff pop up, too, but the piece that caught our eye was Christopher Nolan talking about The Joker, and his decision to not include him at all in The Dark Knight Rises.
It's appeared over at Empire, and Nolan says that "We're not addressing The Joker at all. That is something I felt very strongly about in terms of my relationship with Heath and the experience I went through with him on The Dark Knight".
He added that "I didn't want to in any way try and account for a real-life tragedy. That seemed inappropriate to me. We just have a new set of characters and a continuation of Bruce Wayne's story. Not involving The Joker".
At various points in the production of The Dark Knight Rises, there had been rumours that flashback footage would be used, or that The Joker would at least be mentioned. We think that Mr Nolan has safely put such speculation to bed, though. Nolan also, incidentally, reaffirms once more that The Dark Knight Rises is where he and Batman part ways.
The full interview is in the new issue of Empire magazine.
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