which character does the story revolve around?
Batman
The Dark Knight Rises
Based on the DC Comics character Batman,
who played bane in the dark knight rises Tom Hardy was it a television series? No, a  superhero film who directed it? Christopher Nolan
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The Dark Knight Rises [SEP] Introduction
The Dark Knight Rises is a 2012 superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Jonathan Nolan, and the story with David S. Goyer. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, it is the final installment in Nolan's "The Dark Knight Trilogy", and the sequel to "The Dark Knight" (2008). Christian Bale stars as Bruce Wayne / Batman, alongside Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Morgan Freeman. Eight years after the events of "The Dark Knight", the revolutionary Bane forces Bruce Wayne to resume his role as Batman and save Gotham City from nuclear destruction.