The Dark Knight is a 2008 superhero film directed, co-produced, and co-written by Christopher Nolan.
 Featuring the DC Comics character Batman, the film is the second part of Nolan's "The Dark Knight Trilogy" and a sequel to 2005's "Batman Begins", starring an ensemble cast including Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Morgan Freeman.
 In the film, Bruce Wayne/Batman (Bale), Police Lieutenant James Gordon (Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Eckhart) form an alliance to dismantle organized crime in Gotham City, but are menaced by a criminal mastermind known as the Joker (Ledger) who seeks to undermine Batman's influence and create chaos.
The Dark Knight Rises is a 2012 superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Jonathan Nolan, and the story with David S. Goyer.
 Featuring the DC Comics character Batman, the film is the final installment in Nolan's "Batman" film trilogy, and the sequel to "Batman Begins" (2005) and "The Dark Knight" (2008).
 Christian Bale reprises the lead role of Bruce Wayne/Batman, with a returning cast of allies: Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth, Gary Oldman as James Gordon, and Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox.
 The film introduces Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway), and Bane (Tom Hardy).
 Eight years after the events of "The Dark Knight", merciless revolutionary Bane forces an older Bruce Wayne to resume his role as Batman and save Gotham City from nuclear destruction.
Christopher Nolan (6 September 1965 – 20 February 2009) was an Irish poet and author, son of Joseph and Bernadette Nolan.
 He grew up in Mullingar, Ireland, but later moved to Dublin to attend college.
 He was educated at the Central Remedial Clinic School, Mount Temple Comprehensive School and at Trinity College, Dublin.
 His first book was published when he was fifteen.
 He won the Whitbread Book Award for his autobiography in 1988.
 He was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters in the UK, the medal of excellence from the United Nations Society of Writers, and a Person of the Year award in Ireland.
Bored (stylised as Bored!)
 were an Australian punk rock band which formed in Geelong in 1987.
 The original line-up was Grant Gardner on bass guitar, Adrian Hann on keyboards, Justin Munday on drums, John Nolan on guitar (ex-Behind the Magnolia Curtain) and Dave Thomas on guitar and vocals (ex-Bodies, Slaughter House).
 In 1989 Gardner was replaced by Tim Hemensley (ex-Royal Flush, God).
 Both Hemensley and Nolan left in 1991 to form Powder Monkeys.
 Bored!
 released four studio albums by 1993 and disbanded later that year.
 Thomas briefly joined Magic Dirt and subsequently has enlisted various line-ups for reformed versions of Bored!
 in 1998, 1999 and 2000.
The Prestige is a 2006 British-American mystery thriller film directed by Christopher Nolan, from a screenplay adapted by Nolan and his brother Jonathan from Christopher Priest's 1995 novel of the same name.
 Its story follows Robert Angier and Alfred Borden, rival stage magicians in London at the end of the 19th century.
 Obsessed with creating the best stage illusion, they engage in competitive one-upmanship with tragic results.
 The film stars Hugh Jackman as Robert Angier, Christian Bale as Alfred Borden, and David Bowie as Nikola Tesla.
 It also stars Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine, Piper Perabo, Andy Serkis, and Rebecca Hall.
 The film reunites Nolan with actors Bale and Caine from "Batman Begins" and returning cinematographer Wally Pfister, production designer Nathan Crowley, film score composer David Julyan, and editor Lee Smith.
Theodore John Nolan (born April 7, 1958) is a Canadian former professional hockey left winger, former head coach of the Buffalo Sabres and Latvia men's national ice hockey team.
 He played 3 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings and the Pittsburgh Penguins.
 He also coached for the Buffalo Sabres and New York Islanders, after serving as assistant coach for one season with the Hartford Whalers.
 On November 13, 2013, the Buffalo Sabres re-hired Nolan as interim head coach; he remained in the Sabres' head coach position until April 12, 2015.
 Ted Nolan’s success in hockey didn’t come easily to him.
 He had fought through poverty growing up on the Garden River reserve, in a small house that had no running hot water or electricity.
 He loved hockey as a kid so much that he would build fires around the well to free up the frozen pump, than he would carry the pail of water to his little rink.
Jeremy Theobald is a British actor best known for his portrayal of "The Young Man", the main character in Christopher Nolan's 1998 major picture debut "Following", and for which Theobald was also a producer, Filming was scheduled around their day jobs.
 Jonathan Romney, writing in the "New Statesman", noted that "Nolan and his cast are terrific finds: I wouldn't normally say this to struggling artists, but they might want to give up their day jobs."
Taking Back Sunday is an American rock band from Long Island, New York, formed in 1999 and featuring the current line-up of Adam Lazzara (lead vocals), John Nolan (lead guitar, keyboards, vocals), Eddie Reyes (rhythm guitar), Shaun Cooper (bass guitar), and Mark O'Connell (drums, percussion), accompanied on tour by Nathan Cogan (guitars, keyboards).
 The group was originally formed by Antonio Longo, John Nolan, Eddie Reyes, Jesse Lacey, and Steven DeJoseph.
 The band has gone through multiple line-up changes in their career spanning seven studio albums.
 There have been eleven official members of Taking Back Sunday, four touring members, and twenty-three session members.
John Nolan (born 22 May 1938) is a British film and television actor, known for his role as Wayne Enterprises board member Douglas Fredericks in "Batman Begins", "The Dark Knight" and "The Dark Knight Rises" promotional segments "Gotham Central".
 Nolan had a recurring role in his nephew Jonathan Nolan's television series "Person of Interest" as John Greer, a mysterious British figure connected with Decima Technologies and the main villain from seasons 3 to 5 on the show.
Inception: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack to the 2010 film of the same name directed by Christopher Nolan, released under Reprise Records on July 13, 2010.
 Hans Zimmer scored the film, marking his third collaboration with Nolan following "Batman Begins" and "The Dark Knight".

Question: What franchise are both Christopher Nolan and John Nolan known for?
Answer: Batman