The next wave of the content for the world's number one super hero brand will come in the form of The Dark Knight rises, the third instalmanet in the Christopher Nolan directed franchsise and arguably the most highly anticipated film release of 2012.
Leading an all-star international cast, Oscar® winner Christian Bale returns to play the dual role of Bruce Wayne and Batman. The film also stars Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle; Tom Hardy as Bane; Oscar® winner Miranda Cotillard as Miranda Tate and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as John Blake.
Returning to the main cast Oscar® winner Michael Caine plays Alfred; Gary Oldman is Comissioner Gordon' and Oscar® winner Morgan Freeman reprises the role of Lucius Fox.
Facts
• The Dark Knight Rises movies opens inJuly 2012
• The Dark Knight earned Warner Bros. Two Oscars® and $1 billion in box office revenues worldwide when it was released in 2008, making it the biggest grossing super hero movie of all time.
• Batman Begins and The Dark Knight DVDs have sold more than 40 million units to date
• FCUK sold more than 150,000 of the iconic Joker t-shirt in one season alone
