Batman: The Dark Knight Returns is a two-part direct-to-video animated superhero film, an adaptation of the 1986 comic book The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller and is set in the same continuity as Batman: Year One.

What was the point of The Dark Knight Returns?

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns is the story of one man’s journey to discovering his true self and finding comfort within it. Conflicted throughout most of his life, Bruce Wayne’s mission never changes. Almost without volition, Bruce Wayne is sucked back into the lifestyle and calling he had given up decades earlier.

Is The Dark Knight Returns a sequel to Dark Knight Rises?

The Dark Knight Returns is an upcoming 2014 superhero film directed by Sebastian Holloway (and partially by Jonathan Nolan), who developed the story of the film with a screenplay written by James Vanderbilt and Nolan. The film is a sequel to the 2012 film The Dark Knight Rises.

How old is Bruce Wayne in The Dark Knight Returns?

55
The Dark Knight Returns is set in a dystopian version of Gotham City in 1986. Bruce Wayne, aged 55, has given up the mantle of Batman after the death of Jason Todd ten years prior.

What happened at the end of The Dark Knight Returns?

At the end, Bruce abandons his personal life and persona as Batman by faking his death so he can have a fresh start with his crime-fighting career. In the film, Bruce fakes his death so he can finally move on from Batman and start a new life with Selina Kyle in Florence.

Is there a sequel to The Dark Knight Returns Part 2?

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2 is the twelfth animated film in the Batman animated film series and the sequel to 2012’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1….

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2
Release Date:January 29, 2013
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