Batman: Knightfall

Batman: Knightfall is a 2022 American Superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan and produced by Tim Burton. The film is the sequel to The Dark Knight Rises and introduces the characters of Edward Nygma, the mentally unstable crime-lord The Riddler, Oswald Cobblepot, the deformed and vengeful underworld ring leader The Penguin and Jerome the mysterious maniac who would soon become the second criminal to work under the name The Joker.

PLOT:

On a chilly autumn day in Gotham City, Bruce Wayne is kicked back and relaxed at his home in Wayne Manor. It will soon be his third year of retirement as the Batman and he is enjoying not having to dress in black and fight thugs all night. Unknown to Bruce however, crime is brewing in Gotham.

Edward Nygma is a technician working at the Gotham Electrical Power Plant. He enjoys solving and creating mind puzzles and is highly intelligent but not very good with people skills which landed him this job. While working in his office, he looks at a puzzle book and asks himself why he is submitting himself to work for people he is extremely more intellectually advanced than. He also considers the fact that Gotham is without a hero and is only under the protection of Commissioner James Gordon and the GCP. When Nygma's boss comes in to check on him, Nygma pulls out a gun and shoots him in the head after asking him a riddle who's answer is death. Nygma than leaves the plant, completing his transformation into The Riddler.