Years ago there were rumours surrounding that the Batman trilogy is cursed and now it has resurfaced again following the Colorado massacre, where a gunman dressed as the film villain The Joker opened fire at a packed US movie theatre leaving at least 12 dead and 59 injured.

For the uninitiated, the horrific cinema shooting spree is the latest tragedy associated with the film after the death of Heath Ledger, who played the Joker in The Dark Knight. The Australian actor died in January 2008 at the age of 28 from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs, six months before the film's release.

Before this, the filming of The Dark Knight was marred by another misfortune, the death of New Zealander Conway Wickliffe. The special effects technician was on a camera truck filming a stunt when it crashed into a tree in October 2007.

On the set of the latest sequence, The Dark Knight Rises, a stunt double for Anne Hathaway, who plays Catwoman, reportedly crashed into expensive camera equipment during filming in Pittsburgh. The Batman curse also touched The Dark Knight's leading stars Morgan Freeman and Christian Bale. Freeman, who played Lucius Fox in the film, was seriously injured in a car accident in Mississippi in August 2008.

The trilogy's bad luck also followed Christian Bale, the star of the franchise. The famously volatile actor, who plays Batman, hit the headlines in July 2008 when he was arrested for allegedly assaulting his mother and sister at the Dorchester Hotel shortly before the London's premiere.

And now that the series has come to an end, we hope that curse also vanishes!

Source: TNN