It’s been pretty much confirmed in the past, but if you were in desperate need of some definitive proof, you now have it. Warner Bros has announced that Liam Neeson will be reprising his role as Ra’s al Ghul in “The Dark Knight Rises.”

Of course, they didn’t just come right out and say it, but instead slipped the little nugget of information away in a press release. Neeson stars in the upcoming “Wrath of the Titans,” and got their hands on the production notes for the flick. In them, Warner Bros reveals that Neeson will definitely be in the third and final Batman film.

“Neeson next appears in Peter Berg’s actioner ‘Battleship,’ and he also will be seen in Christopher Nolan’s much-anticipated action thriller ‘The Dark Knight Rises,’” the production notes read.

Well, there you have it. Neeson first appeared in “Batman Begins” as the villainous R’as al Ghul. It has long been speculated that Martion Cotillard will play his daughter, Talia al Ghul, in “The Dark Knight Rises.” The trailer for the film features a voiceover by Neeson, so it’s fitting that he return to the franchise in some capacity for its final installment.

Back in January, Neeson had admitted that he had been on set, but wouldn’t give away any details regarding his scene.

“I was on set for maybe an hour-and-a-half and the director didn’t tell me anything of what it’s about,” said Neeson. “So, I’m being very honest when I say I have no idea what’s going to happen.”

“The Dark Knight Rises” is due to hit theaters on July 20. It stars Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman.

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終于在親自否認(rèn)、片場被拍、承認(rèn)“探班一個(gè)半小時(shí)”等歷時(shí)一年的風(fēng)波之后，關(guān)于連姆·尼森回歸《黑暗騎士崛起》的傳言日前終于有了定論，在同為自己出品的《諸神之怒》的制作清單中，華納兄弟“不慎”首次官方確認(rèn)了一個(gè)重大信息——大叔將重拾Ra's al Ghul一角，出現(xiàn)在由克里斯托弗·諾蘭打造的《蝙蝠俠》系列最終篇中?。ㄏ聢D）此外據(jù)內(nèi)幕人士確認(rèn)，近日在網(wǎng)上流傳的《黑暗騎士崛起》9月2日登陸內(nèi)地已被證實(shí)為假消息。

《諸神之怒》后，尼森還將帶來兩部重磅大作——《超級(jí)戰(zhàn)艦》和《黑暗騎士崛起》。

對于華納這一“無心之舉”，反應(yīng)迅速的CNN立刻展開行動(dòng)，他們在《諸神之怒》發(fā)布會(huì)上特別逮住尼森向其求證，對此大叔則再次打起了太極，“我不確定，對故事內(nèi)容更是毫不知情，即使他真活下來了，那也只是個(gè)特別客串出境而已?！?/p>

的確，熟悉諾蘭這一重啟系列的朋友都記得，在第一部《開戰(zhàn)時(shí)刻》結(jié)尾，連姆·尼森飾演的反派Ra's al Ghul在與蝙蝠俠的最終決斗中與列車一同葬身火海，所以此次他的回歸也充滿了多種可能，夢中現(xiàn)身、閃回登場，當(dāng)然也不排除會(huì)安排Ra's al Ghul像漫畫中一樣復(fù)活重生的橋段，但不管最終上演的是哪一出，參照去年6月份他在片場逗留的僅僅一個(gè)半小時(shí)來看，時(shí)間的嚴(yán)重限制顯然不會(huì)拍攝出什么重要戲份。

此外，在本月中旬，諾蘭已為華納高層放映了《黑暗騎士崛起》的粗剪版，得到一眾認(rèn)可與好評(píng)，隨后關(guān)于影片時(shí)長的消息就不絕于耳，從最初的4小時(shí)（已被澄清為假消息），到昨日相繼流出的兩小時(shí)和136分鐘兩種更靠譜兒些的說法，對此無論官方或影片主創(chuàng)均未作出回應(yīng)，但已經(jīng)確定無疑的是，與前作《黑暗騎士》30分鐘左右的IMAX畫面相比，此次將會(huì)翻一番，接近一個(gè)小時(shí)！

早在1月份，紐約、舊金山以及洛杉磯三地的午夜場IMAX電影票在發(fā)售不久便全部售罄，稍后更有黃牛黨在網(wǎng)上將原本17.5美元的票價(jià)炒到了三位數(shù)，而隨著上周末《饑餓游戲》屢創(chuàng)票房紀(jì)錄的奇跡，相信到了今年暑期，諾蘭的粉絲們將會(huì)盡全力幫助《黑暗騎士崛起》奪回失去的榮譽(yù)。

最后讓我們抑制住激動(dòng)的心情，再次歷數(shù)一下《黑暗騎士崛起》耀眼的星光陣容：克里斯蒂安·貝爾、湯姆·哈迪、安妮·海瑟薇、邁克爾·凱恩、加里·奧德曼、摩根·弗里曼、瑪麗昂·歌迪亞、約瑟夫·高登-萊維特、內(nèi)斯特·卡博內(nèi)爾以及朱諾·坦普爾等，同時(shí)共同銘記并期待傳奇終結(jié)之日——7月20日。