THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Batcave To Match Batman Begins?

We are told the new Batcave "looks like the same set we saw in Batman Begins" and that we shouldn't "expect a radical redesign as most fanboys are expecting".

By Matt Holmes /

A Batman-news reader going by the name of "ChicagoBat" has a detailed report of what he has seen of the new Batcave set from The Dark Knight Rises, which reportedly is being housed at Sony Studios in Los Angeles. Of course we already knew the Batcave was to make a return in the new movie, with a waterfall et all, but this is the most detailed report so far of what exactly is being planned. Sadly from the sounds of things those of us who were wanting something a bit more high-tech and elaborate are going to be a little disappointed;
Visiting L.A. and had a friend working at Sony Studios show me the Batcave set. It€™s half finished, and pretty much looks like the same set we saw in €œBatman Begins€. They€™re still completing the quarry walls but the wooden manor foundations were all there in the corner. They may add more set dressing with equipment and such but don€™t expect a radical redesign as most fanboys are expecting. Funny thing was I asked the construction guys if they were using the same blueprints/plans from €œBatman Begins€ to match continuity, they said no, but as the set resembled the cave from €œBegins€ and I€™m a detail freak who knows the movies, (right down to the waterfall entrance where the tumbler flies through) while they may have had new blueprints I could see it was the same cave from seeing the foundation beams that were iconic from the first movie. Also the stage can hold water, they€™ll fill it when the quarry wall work is finished and they pull all the rigging lights up to illuminate the set.
The Batcave is of course a massive part of The Caped Crusader€™s mythology and was a memorable setting in Batman Begins. There was no Batcave in the sequel as Wayne Manor had been burned down to the ground and was yet to be rebuilt but as The Dark Knight Rises€ so too shall his new home. Click HERE to see our previously posted spoiler of how the Batcave might feature in the new Batman film, due out next July.