Batman: Break of Dawn is a 2014 superhero action-thriller film written and directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Michael Fassbender, Nathan Jones, Sir Ian McKellen, Jessica Chastain, Hugh Jackman, John Goodman and Eric Bana. It is based on the characters from DC Comics created by Frank Miller, and surrounds the story of Bruce Wayne, alternatively known as the Batman, as he comes across his hitherto greatest threat in the ruthless mercenary named Bane.