Claim: Batman Begins is the first entry in The Dark Knight Trilogy.
Evidence: 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 trilogy consists of Batman Begins -LRB- 2005 -RRB- , The Dark Knight -LRB- 2008 -RRB- , and The Dark Knight Rises -LRB- 2012 -RRB- , directed by Christopher Nolan.