According to screenrant.com, "Christopher Nolan says that each movie in The Dark Knight Trilogy belongs to a different genre... It all started in 2005 with Batman Begins, starring Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne... Nolan then followed the film up with 2008's... The Dark Knight, co-starring Heath Ledger as the Joker... Wrapping up the Batman trilogy in 2012 is Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises...