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“The choice has to be made: Is Batman going to return?” The choice was always clear externally after The Dark Knight earned a billion dollars. The decision is more difficult for Bruce Wayne in the universe of the movies, as Christian Bale points out in a new 13-minute TV special for The Dark Knight Rises. The featurette covers a lot of ground, enough to prepare you for all 2 hours and 45 minutes of the movie. In addition to Bale, they talk to co-stars Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Marion Cotillard, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, as well director Christopher Nolan and other behind-the-scenes crew members. (Cinema, The Dark Knight Rises)