The Dark Knight Rises teaser poster

Gotham is falling as the Dark Knight rises....

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Tom Hardy as BANE

The Dark Knight has begun to rise. Here is the first look at Tom Hardy as Bane.

For those who aren't familiar with the character of Bane, he is an intelligent, Venom (super-steroid) fuelled strategist who blew up Arkham Asylum to release a gauntlet of foes to wear Batman down before attacking him in the Batcave and breaking his back.

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The Dark Knight Rises Casting News

You can now add
Joseph Gordon-Levitt as John Blake, cop under Gordon with special assignment and
Marion Cotillard as Miranda Tate, Wayne Enterprises employee.

The vocal minority has already thrown it's toys out of the pram because Cotillard hasn't been cast as Talia Al Ghul (daughter of Ra's Al Ghul). Who says that she hasn't? I'm sure that John Blake won't be all that he seems either. What would a Nolan movie be without a few twists?

To those who spout negativity over this news, I simply say:

Calm down and enjoy having some bloody surprises in a movie!

Gary Oldman reveals The Dark Knight Rises secret ending

Ah, word play, tricked you here thinking that I had the leaked ending to TDKR?
Well, you'll never see one, because Nolan has intentionally left it out of the script. That's right, the ending has been written in Nolan's head, not on paper. That's how seriously he is taking secrecy on this flick.



Source: Slash Film via arkhamcity.co.uk
or Batman on Film

The Dark Knight Rises with more casting news: Joseph Gordon-Levitt locked and Juno Temple in talks

It looks like the rumours were true, Joseph Gordon-Levitt has signed onto the Dark Knight Rises. As we're only a few months away from principal photography, I'd expect more details to come to the fore quite soon.

Update 20th March: it appears that the rumours were even more true, with JGL's role being touted as none other than Alberto Falcone as featured in The Long Halloween and Dark Victory. I won't spoil those stories other than saying he is Carmine Falcone's son. Interesting choice, I think that I'll be reading those two collections very soon.

After much speculation, the Inception star will re-team with director Christopher Nolan again for an as yet, still unknown role.
Warner Bros is also looking for a supporting role to be filled as well with British indie starlet Juno Temple (Kaboom, Atonement). The part is said to be that of a street-smart Gotham girl. No formal offer has been presented to her as of yet though.
Unfortunately nothing too revealing to report here as Joseph Gordon-Levitt's role still has not been disclosed but Variety's Jeff Sneider adds his thoughts on what it may or may not be:
Nolan's camp is extraordinarily airtight -- but speculation has ranged from The Riddler (don't bet a plug nickel on this) to League of Shadows villain Deadshot (more likely).
The Dark Knight Rises stars Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Michael Caine Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman. Nolan will direct the film from a screenplay he wrote with Jonathan Nolan, from a story by Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer. Nolan will also produce the film with his longtime producing partner, Emma Thomas, and Charles Roven. “The Dark Knight Rises” is slated for release on July 20, 2012. The film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.

Source: DailyBlam

Inception sequel

What's that you say internet-chatter?
Tom Hardy has signed on for a sequel to 2010s best film?

Interesting...

TDKR will be phenomenal

GeekTyrant have written up an interview with Nolan's Bat-cinematographer, Wally Pfister. The DoP (Director of Photography) has said that he has been blown away by the script and that he was impressed by how it ties the first two films into a trilogy.
Personally, I'm thrilled because Chris Nolan could have just done another film in the series, but to tie everything that he has done up into a whole package is just sublime. I cannot wait to see this at IMAX. Chris Nolan has very quickly become my Scorcese, my Hitchcock and my Spielberg all rolled into one. He could direct a My Little Pony movie and I'd watch it.

Here's what he had to say:

"I read the script two weeks ago, and he's done it. Plain and simple — he's done it. It's a phenomenal script. He's still in the process of cutting it back because it's a very long script right now, but it's really phenomenal. And he actually had me go back and wanted me to watch, in IMAX, Batman Begins and The Dark Knight again. When I watched those I had read the script for The Dark Knight Rises and was like, 'dude, it is a perfect trilogy.' I think that was his intent, to work of those two pictures — and they are very different pictures. And it's funny, we all had different opinions about which picture we like better.

Our goal is to shoot as much in IMAX as we can. We're going to put in on the screen, and put it on the screen big. And I really encourage everyone to see it in IMAX if they can because we're really going for it this time. In terms of the action, we are all scratching our heads right now trying to figure out how we're going to do it; how we're going to do it in the amount of time we're going to do it in. The opening scene of the movie will blow your mind."