First post. The Dark Knight Rises.

The Dark Knight Rises


The Dark Knight Rises, is the upcoming American superhero film that is directed by Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer, and Jonathan Nolan. The film is of course the third and final installment in Nolan's Batman series.  It is due out in theater's on July 20, 2012.

The film stars (just the main characters): Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/ Batman.  Sir Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth, Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox, (new cast member for this movie) Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle, (new cast member for this movie) Tom Hardy as Bane. Marion Cotillard as Miranda Tate, Joseph-Gordon-Levitt as John Blake.

Everyone knows that this is the follow up to the blockbuster film " The Dark Knight," which was one of my favorite films of, not only 2008, but all time. This time around, Christopher Nolan is back to direct, after putting out Inception, and will now put out what many, including myself, hope to be an amazing Batman movie.

This movie has a budget of $250 million, and filming started on May 6, 2011 in India, and is scheduled to be complete by November of 2011.  At the current date (August 15, 2011) the crew and cast are in Pittsburgh shooting scenes for the movie, shooting under the working title "Magnus Rex."  The movie will include scene's with members of the Pittsburgh Steelers football team, as well as many other area's of the city being used in the film.

Also new for this film is the main villain Bane.  Actor Tom Hardy was cast to play him and for this role, Hardy had to add 30 lbs.  The character of Bane was seen in the film "Batman & Robin," in which the audience finds out that he became so muscular by being the sole-surviving person from the experiments done on him by Venom.  Hopefully Nolan and Hardy do a good job of really playing up the troubled past that the character has had.

This film will be one of the most "Must See Films," of 2012! Can't wait to see how Nolan decides to tell the story and how he will tell the story of Bane and what role he will play in the movie.


Below is a link to the teaser trailer for the movie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apMXFloDH6M