12 years after The Dark Knight trilogy came to a conclusion, I can’t believe how close the DC series came to almost never existing in the first place. While most live-action Batman movies have their fair share of fans, The Dark Knight series is arguably the most beloved of these, with its gritty yet emotional rendition of the Caped Crusader and the city he protects being one of the most universally resonant and significant additions to Batman’s cinematic history. That said, things weren’t always necessarily as straightforward for the movie series as it might seem looking back now.

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