Sure we have heard this one before, but I don't think many people gave it much credence given that the sources for the rumor were sketchy at best. But now we have some more solid info. Harry Knowles reckons the next movie will indeed follow the "Prey" storyline.
From AICN..
It seems that Chris & Jonathan Nolan and that David Goyer have been digging deep for the villain. In fact, Batman first went up against this guy in 1940 in the pages of Detective Comics. The word is, Tom Hardy is playing Dr. Hugo Strange, who has a bit of an obsession surrounding The Batman. Strange how common that seems to be in Gotham. In fact - it seems that Nolan and crew are exploiting that great PREY arc that was written by Doug Moench and illustrated by the great Paul Gulacy and Terry Austin - and ran from September of 1990 to February 1991.
Harry says that for now to treat this as a rumor but not to be
Surprised if he's right. I also noticed that in the talk back section he says he was
"shown proof, in a manner of speaking". I for one am certainly giving this a bit more attention as Harry's scoops are usually on the money. What do you folks think? Confirm or debunk below.
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