With the release of BATMAN BEGINS in 2005, Christopher Nolan changed the face of comic book movies forever, ushering in the explosion of superhero films that would come a few years later, especially with the launch of the MCU in 2008. He followed that up with THE DARK KNIGHT — considered by many to be the greatest superhero movie of all time — before completing his trilogy with THE DARK KNIGHT RISES. In this series, we tell the story of how this trilogy came to be.