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THE DARK KNIGHT Will RISE With CATWOMAN & BANE!
 will be taking the role of <strong>Selina Kyle</strong> in the July 2012 release, and from the same press release we now know that <em>Inception</em>’s Tom Hardy will be playing <strong>Bane</strong>.</p>
<p>Interesting that the press release calls her Selina Kyle and NOT Catwoman, and I’m fairly sure that Hardy’s Bane will be more like the intelligent version from comics, not the dopey “Fat Bane” from 1997’s <em>Batman & Robin</em>.</p>
<p>Full press release follows. Color me VERY excited.</p>
<blockquote>BURBANK, CA, January 19, 2011 — Warner Bros. Pictures announced today that Anne Hathaway has been cast as Selina Kyle in Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight Rises.){kind=link}
In addition, Tom Hardy has been set to play Bane. Nolan said, “I am delighted to be working with Tom again and excited to watch him bring to life our new interpretation of one of Batman’s most formidable enemies.“
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: Deadline.com.
Wednesday January 19, 2011