Batman Begins came into being before The Dark Knight.
It is followed by The Dark Knight -LRB- 2008 -RRB- and The Dark Knight Rises -LRB- 2012 -RRB- in a continual story-arc , which has later been referred to as The Dark Knight Trilogy .	The Dark Knight	The Dark Knight (film)	The Dark Knight Rises	The Dark Knight Rises	The Dark Knight Trilogy	The Dark Knight Trilogy
