Christian Bale's Batman in The Dark Knight trilogy did not serve as the Caped Crusader for that long. The story of Bale's Bruce Wayne first began in 2005's Batman Begins, in which director Christopher Nolan sought to bring a grounded sense of realism to Batman's story. After successfully restarting the Batman franchise on cinema screens, Batman Begins was followed by The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises, the two respectively releasing in 2008 and 2012.

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