Josh Pence To Play Ra's Al Ghul In The Dark Knight Rises!

Josh Pence To Play Ra's Al Ghul In The Dark Knight Rises!

Actor who worked on The Social Network with Armie Hammer to bring the Winklevoss brothers on the big screen, is set to portary a younger version of Ra's Al Ghul in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises. Check it out!

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By WolvieCBM - Apr 08, 2011 03:04 PM EST
Filed Under: Batman
Source: THR

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According to The Hollywood Reporter, Josh Pence is set to play young Ra's Al Ghul in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises. It looks like that the character will appear in scenes that take place in the past.

"The story line has also been kept locked up in the Batcave but Pence's casting throws more than a few crumbs to follow. Ra's Al Ghul was played by Liam Neeson in Batman Begins, thus paving the way for a possible return of the supposedly dead character. Also, while the studio never confirmed Cotillard's character, it has been rumored to be that of Thalia Al Ghul, the daughter of Batman's mentor-turned-enemy. Sources say Pence will appear in scenes that take place 30 years prior to the present story.


Starring Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Juno Temple, Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine The Dark Knight Rises is set to hit theatres on July 20, 2012!

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TorturedXGenius
TorturedXGenius - 4/8/2011, 3:53 PM
he even looks like a young Liam Neeson..good job by the casting director lol
ironknight
ironknight - 4/8/2011, 3:54 PM
Looking good for Talia.
LP4
LP4 - 4/8/2011, 3:55 PM
So we'll get a solid backstory for Talia then, awesome!
Moakynubs
Moakynubs - 4/8/2011, 3:56 PM
Good thing it'll be in flashbacks and not a young Lazarus Ra's.
lnTylerWeTrust
lnTylerWeTrust - 4/8/2011, 3:59 PM
I got an A on my political science test today guys

:D

golden123
golden123 - 4/8/2011, 4:05 PM
Awesome. I bet Talia is going to be in this and their going to emphasize on the line, in Batman Begins, where Ra's said he once had a family.
BlackSands
BlackSands - 4/8/2011, 4:07 PM
Screw the stupid realism overdone in TDK and bring in the Lazarus pit AND just make him a revived Ra's Al Ghul back from the dead. It's a CBM for crying out loud - GIVE it some fantasy elements!
AiyalKilU
AiyalKilU - 4/8/2011, 4:07 PM
source = the hollywood reporter?

no thanks, deadline and hero complex LA Times are the only ones to have confirmation
AiyalKilU
AiyalKilU - 4/8/2011, 4:08 PM
anyone else has been wrong or flat out lying
TayDee
TayDee - 4/8/2011, 4:09 PM
I think this movie will beat x men three for most comic book characters used in a movie
Jolt17
Jolt17 - 4/8/2011, 4:11 PM
YES...even from the first sight he looks like young LIAM!

Cool, and yes FLASHBACKS of course!
TheAmazingSmitty
TheAmazingSmitty - 4/8/2011, 4:14 PM
I actually think it would be cool if that were the actual Ra's Al Ghul brought back to life because of the Lazarus pit, or something similar to it.
spiderneil
spiderneil - 4/8/2011, 4:15 PM
30 years and he is a young guy? I guess you can forget ra's being hundreds of years old. part of me is glad this is nolan's last movie.
WellDrawn
WellDrawn - 4/8/2011, 4:16 PM
So this brings the villain count to what - 15?

(btw, he looks nothing like a young Ken Watanabe jk*)

Seriously though, why not bring back Liam Neeson and use the Tron Legacy effect to make him young again?
MovieMann
MovieMann - 4/8/2011, 4:16 PM
keep dreaming
phoe1
phoe1 - 4/8/2011, 4:19 PM
When was juno temple cast??
TurdFergunson
TurdFergunson - 4/8/2011, 4:19 PM
true or not, with Nolan driving this bus as fans we cant loose.
r4dagast
r4dagast - 4/8/2011, 4:20 PM
i hope ra's gets ressurected. i love liam neeson
Organa1978
Organa1978 - 4/8/2011, 4:22 PM
Awesome news.
This pretty much confirms Marion Cotillard as Talia!
Please be true!!!
AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 4/8/2011, 4:28 PM
yay ;) i love Marion Cotillard!
superotherside
superotherside - 4/8/2011, 4:28 PM
i feel sorry for bats right now...


GIFSoup
fattieacid
fattieacid - 4/8/2011, 4:31 PM
CANT NUTHAF****N WAIT
mbomb22
mbomb22 - 4/8/2011, 4:31 PM
@phoe-a couple weeks ago. where have you been lol
Supes17
Supes17 - 4/8/2011, 4:32 PM
MAn you guys WHINE WAY TOO MUCH! This hasnt even been confirmed! TDK had Joker, Gamble, Two Face, Maroni, The Russian, Scarecrow. thats 6 VILLAINS. I remember when people on this site complained about TDK's casting
and look how it turned out, it became THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CBM OF ALL TIME, critically AND commercially.

Seriously, some of you guys (grif) are about as whiny as a FAT KID crying over some noodles

FAT KID-Trolls, Whiners
Cousin-Director Chris Nolan.
Enjoy the Vid
Warning: Bad Language
Dynamo
Dynamo - 4/8/2011, 4:33 PM
@savexmen
No more than TDK or Inception.
AskaniSon
AskaniSon - 4/8/2011, 4:35 PM
So...do we even NEED confirmation that Talia's in this now? Who the hell else is gonna have a flashback to a younger Ra's Al Ghul?
MoumentheBatman
MoumentheBatman - 4/8/2011, 4:37 PM
Grif... frick off with ur always lame pics and trolling remarks!!

As for those wanting .. ahem.."fantasy" elements coz it's a comic book movie... Let's see here...
The main character (in Nolan's Batman movies) dresses up as a bat, rides these increadible armored car that leaps through roofs and when that car got blasted a motorbike came out of it. And let's not forget that the guy swoops through rooftops in his cape that morphs to wings!!
His adversaries are a deranged psychotic clown who wants to bring down order and spread chaos..., a League of ninjas lead by a man who wants to destroy the world, and let's not forget the half-burned DA who went nuts. Of course that's not counting the chick in the cat-suit and the beefed up masked rogue in the upcoming movie...

And because all that screams of realism and we see these things in the streets just about every day it's rather boring to see them again on screen!! So I guess yeah Nolan really ought to bring in some fantasy stuff into his so uber-real movies. Perhaps nolan should call Joel Schumacher for some ideas, right?!!

Sheesh!
Supes17
Supes17 - 4/8/2011, 4:41 PM
@moumenthebatman: totally agree with you. People are never going to be satisfied, even with TDK being the first CBM to have 8 Oscar nominations. They WHine to Much
Thats y I compared them 2 the fat kid in the vid above ^^
GothamsViper
GothamsViper - 4/8/2011, 4:41 PM
Superman17, nice.

:up:

patriautism
patriautism - 4/8/2011, 4:58 PM
YES!!!

This will be an epic piece of giant epicness
marvel72
marvel72 - 4/8/2011, 5:05 PM
don't like talia al ghul & now her dad returns........great(rolls eyes)

at least its got bane & catwoman.

it may suffer from "too many villains in the third film" syndrome.
soberchimera
soberchimera - 4/8/2011, 5:06 PM
I'm still keeping my hopes up for a Liam cameo.
soaponapope
soaponapope - 4/8/2011, 5:18 PM
marion cotillard is definitely talia.
DocDrop
DocDrop - 4/8/2011, 5:24 PM
Who gives a crap about the Al Ghul's &League of Shadows, really??? The reason TDK was so much better than BB was because it had villains people actually recognized & liked. Catwoman & Bane are ok, I guess, but definitely would like a Riddler, Penguin, or some other big name. I couldn't careless about secret ninja daughters...
BarKelly
BarKelly - 4/8/2011, 5:27 PM
SUPERMAN CAMEO!!! PLEASE!!! [frick] DA REALISTIC APPROACH IT WOULD TOTALLY WORK.
BlackSands
BlackSands - 4/8/2011, 5:34 PM
@MoumentheBatman, Batman Begins mostly HAS those fantasy elements that gives a sort of "mysticism" to Nolan's Batman that makes him seem larger than life. All I saw in TDK was a guy with throat cancer voice in a Batman costume trying to be Batman while driving a super-customized car while the movie gives away all explanation in regards to character motivation....

For me, Batman Begins was a lot better "story-wise". TDK is a good film, and I liked it for what it was, but it took itself way too seriously and bogged itself with trying to be too "real"... as for the psychotic analbags that you call a deranged psychotic clown -- we actually HAVE them in real life... only that we call them Terrorists, extremist jihadists, rapers, murderers, hate crime mongers, extremist racists, etc... and a few of them ACTUALLY DO want to bring down order and spread chaos regardless of mental stability.
Hawksblueyes
Hawksblueyes - 4/8/2011, 5:34 PM
VideoColor: I won't delete your comment because I try not to delete comments period, let alone in other peoples articles. However, in some sort of effort to show the other people on this site that you have just a little bit of class and intelligence you should delete or change the comment yourself. This is a public forum not a bathroom stall door.
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