Directed by Rian Johnson (Looper)
Jim Caviezel as Bruce Wayne/Batman (though i like the Karl Urban angle people have been mentioning...)
Bryan Cranston as Jim Gordon
Robin origin story. It allows Batman to still be a shadowy figure, while we still have an introductory point of view into the world through Dick Grayson's eyes. After adopting Dick, Batman is trying to do his best for the boy by relentlessly hunting down Tony Zucco and (reluctantly with the help of Batgirl who Bruce has refused to be a proper mentor to) exposing the drug plot that is the reason why Dick's parents were killed. However Alfred tries to make Bruce realize that he has to be there as a father for Dick as well. But as a result, Zucco goes underground and manages to escape Gotham. In embracing his fatherly role, he sees that Dick needs to find justice for his parents in much the same way Bruce did - a parallel he never quite shared with Barbera Gordon. Bruce eventually starts training Dick, but is incredibly harsh and blunt - almost brutal (not quite All-Star Batman & Robin, but you get the idea). However, after almost two years later, the training has clearly paid off. Robin joins him regularly on patrol, a move Gordon heavily disapproves of, not wanting to see children in the crossfire (awkward...). But regardless, with Batgirl also finally accepted under Batman's wing now, together they move to take down the reemerged Zucco, and simultaneously, the drug plot that leads all the way up to the Scarecrow.
Film 2 would be set afew years later. The Joker already exists in this universe. It'd be a mix of The Killing Joke with the Joker trying to push Gordon over the edge and crippling Barbara, and Mad Love with Harleen Quinzel being seduced by him and facilitating in his escape. It'd also have Dick seeing how far the Joker is pushing Bruce, and after having to even stop Batman from brutally beating a low-level Joker henchman in front of his wife and young son, in the end he has had it and refuses to be part of what he sees as Batman's inevitable downfall. Robin leaves, leaving Batman again alone, having to see that his crusade has both put the ones he loves in danger, and has pushed the others away.