Whether or not you felt that The Dark Knight Rises couldn't quite live up to the months (no, make that years) of hype that led up to it, we can all agree that the film's marketing campaign was one of its best parts. The series of teaser trailers and posters doled out carefully in the first half of 2012 kept fan anticipation stoked, and promised yet another film from Christopher Nolan that was grander and darker than the average superhero saga, with poster designs that emphasized Batman's fall from grace at the end of the last film.
While there's already a huge amount of posters out there from the film's release this July, three new ones-- that were never actually used in the campaign-- have just emerged online from Trailer Park, the marketing company that created the posters on behalf of Warner Bros. With the film soon to arrived on DVD and Blu-ray on December 4, now seems like the right time to get them a look, so check them out below and on the next page.
The two "Rise" posters are pretty similar to the rain-soaked posters that eventually were used, but the "Fear" one-- with the abstract rendering of Bane's mask-- looks like nothing else that wound up out there, and is pretty fascinating (I guarantee some Bat-fan collectors are now itching to get their hands on one). Even as someone who was fairly disappointed with what The Dark Knight Rises wound up being in the end, these posters make me want to see the movie again-- maybe Bane will be a better villain this time around!
For more on the upcoming Blu-ray release of The Dark Knight Rises, you can check out the promo trailer here, and see our review on the site as the release date gets closer!
