THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Almost Featured A Batboat!

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Almost Featured A Batboat!

Visual effects wizard, Chris Corbould ("Inception"), revealed that he wanted a water vehicle for Batman to use in The Dark Knight Rises. Hit the jump to find out why director Christopher Nolan passed on that idea and decided to use "The Bat" instead.

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By nailbiter111 - Nov 26, 2012 08:11 AM EST
Filed Under: Batman
Source: digitalspy




Oscar-winning special effects veteran, Chris Corbuld, has been creating vehicles for all three of Christopher Nolan's Batman films. He began in 2005's Batman Begins with the half Lamborghini, half tank vehicle, The Tumbler, and then the Batpod for the sequel, The Dark Knight. And lastly he put together Batman's flying vehicle, "The Bat," for The Dark Knight Rises. But Corbuld didn't want to conquer the skies, he was thinking of an water vehicle instead. "I was heavily pushing for a Batboat," he said. "I love working on water and thought it would have been a great Bat-vehicle. Chris felt that it wasn't big enough for the last in his trilogy so he went for [The Bat instead]."

The Dark Knight Rises will be released on DVD, Blu-ray and Digital Download on December 4th. The film stars Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman, Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth, Gary Oldman as Jim Gordon, Tom Hardy as Bane, Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle, Joseph Gordon-Levitt as John "Robin" Blake and Marion Cotillard as Miranda Tate/Talia al Ghul.

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scarecrow007
scarecrow007 - 11/26/2012, 9:08 AM
Would have been more realistic though.
Mrcool210
Mrcool210 - 11/26/2012, 9:13 AM
-_-
Funsize
Funsize - 11/26/2012, 9:56 AM
Oh man that wouldve been so cool!!
Maximus101
Maximus101 - 11/26/2012, 10:10 AM
Ya I'm curious to how a bat boat would have looked like.
Brady1138
Brady1138 - 11/26/2012, 10:26 AM
They could have used it to explain how Batman escaped the nuke.
christianroch
christianroch - 11/26/2012, 10:28 AM
I prefer a flying vehicle.
Funsize
Funsize - 11/26/2012, 10:28 AM
I wonder if we'll see concept art on it. Maybe extras on the bluray?
imnotwearinghockeypants
imnotwearinghockeypants - 11/26/2012, 10:52 AM
Hard to top the ridiculousness of 'The Bat'.
Dragon316ca
Dragon316ca - 11/26/2012, 10:56 AM
Sorry, Colbould. I was rooting for a pair of Bat-Rocket boots :P
DrHorrible
DrHorrible - 11/26/2012, 11:04 AM
I'd rather them have the Batboat than the floating scrap heap known as "The Bat".
Shades
Shades - 11/26/2012, 11:15 AM
I would love to see what a Nolanized Batboat would have looked like.
StrangerX
StrangerX - 11/26/2012, 11:20 AM
All u would with the boat is The Penguin, The Joker, The Riddler and that dehydrating gun or whatever it was from the West film.
elcaballerooscuro92
elcaballerooscuro92 - 11/26/2012, 11:44 AM
that would have explainde how did he got back into gotham
LFANCH
LFANCH - 11/26/2012, 12:02 PM
I know exactly what the bat boat would have looked like, take the tumbler, remove the wheels and add on a propeller. done. It's actually pretty much the same way they made the bat. just a different propeller.
AmazingFantasy
AmazingFantasy - 11/26/2012, 12:12 PM
HOLY POINTLESS GADGET BATMAN
misfitmedic
misfitmedic - 11/26/2012, 12:13 PM
I think it would have been a mix of a tank and a speedboat
Malacos
Malacos - 11/26/2012, 12:19 PM
am i the only one that thinks the bat looks like a mechanical crab from the top?
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 11/26/2012, 12:22 PM
That would have been sick! But I had a feeling the plane would be with he last one.
datNAMEtho
datNAMEtho - 11/26/2012, 12:38 PM
Would've loved to see a boat but nothing can surpass The Bat! Absolutely stunning vehicle!!!
DaCottDamnBatman
DaCottDamnBatman - 11/26/2012, 1:19 PM
@MAMIMUS101 YEA ME TO SINCE THE BAT LOOKED LIKE A BEETLE
KingEmperor
KingEmperor - 11/26/2012, 1:38 PM
A boat would've been cool, but Batman wouldn't have been able to do much with it than he did with the Bat.
titansupes
titansupes - 11/26/2012, 2:49 PM
^There was nothing ambiguous about TDKR's ending. Or TDK. Or BB. Or Memento. Or Insomnia. Inceptions's the only one.
titansupes
titansupes - 11/26/2012, 2:51 PM
Oh, and nothing ambiguous about The Prestige's ending, either.
Wingding
Wingding - 11/26/2012, 3:10 PM
I'm with @Brady1138 that would've been a neat way to explain how he survived the nuke. He could've flown low enough and dropped into the boat at the eve of the city or something...
Wingding
Wingding - 11/26/2012, 3:10 PM
Edge***
Wingding
Wingding - 11/26/2012, 3:12 PM
@titansupes I believe the ambiguousness he is taking about, is how Bruce got out of The Bat and survived that nuclear explosion
Preston
Preston - 11/26/2012, 5:58 PM

Bomb, Robin, and a Batboat, was this supposed to be a re-imagining of BATMAN (1966)?!?



bomb
boom
some_text

robin

mgeoff88
mgeoff88 - 11/26/2012, 6:50 PM
Wow! That's would've been interesting to see. Going by The Bat, I'm sure the design wouldn't be very sleek though.

I'm not sure if I'm remembering this right, but on an episode(been awhile since I've seen it) of B:TAS, Batman was sealed in an oil drum, and was was thrown into the water. Batman then remotely accessed his Batboat and shot its anchor into the oil drum lid to escape.

What I'm saying is, the Batboat is bad ass.
Jdo4031
Jdo4031 - 11/26/2012, 7:02 PM
DKR Was just Bad move from start to finish Really people open your eyes, things just did not make logical since, A winy batman in hiding for 8 years, a prison with a big whole at the top, that people Cant get out of, well unless they all work together, fixing a broken back with a hit to it and some rope,getting back into America, then into blocked off Gotham City with out no money, this is just the start, its a bad movie people. and I was board from start to finish.
DravinClaw
DravinClaw - 11/26/2012, 7:46 PM
so I guess no Nolanized Bat-Shark repellent
KnobGoblin
KnobGoblin - 11/26/2012, 8:30 PM
The Bat is just a helicopter with the blades on the bottom, and the stabilizers on the front. Whats so hard to believe about that?
Azazel1
Azazel1 - 11/27/2012, 6:47 AM
BEST CBM of the year

Nolan would have made the bat boat like everything else, top class

Nolan for Best Director...
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