In this movie Batman is an outlaw and a criminal as a result to the end of TDK. The city will need a hero to rise up and take the role of Protector, a leader type. A leader can be a generous King or a Totalitarian Tyrant. While one man can wish to rebuild the rubble of a broken city, the other may intend to burn it to ashes and eliminate the Burden. This is fits the characterization of the Hero and Villain from the Comics and truly seems like the direction of the film.
