Posted January 21, 201114 yr 2011 is certainly gearing up to be a big year for Anne Hathaway as the actress has landed the coveted role of Selina Kyle, aka Catwoman, in the next instalment of the Batman franchise, 'The Dark Knight Rises'. The actress will be following in the footsteps of Michelle Pfeiffer and, less successfully, Halle Berry. Christian Bale is returning as the film's hero, and BAFTA-nominated Tom Hardy will be playing the villain Bane. Director Christopher Nolan said in a statement: "I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Anne Hathaway, who will be a fantastic addition to our ensemble as we complete our story." Hathaway, who recently landed a guest role in 'Glee' and will also be presenting this year's Oscars, reportedly saw off competition from Keira Knightley, Rachel Weisz, Blake Lively, Jessica Biel and the pregnant Natalie Portman for the part in Christopher Nolan's third Batman movie. Christian Bale previously said that the movie, scheduled for a 2012 release, could be the last in the franchise, commenting, "We've got to up it." That would certainly be the case if the film is to stand any chance of topping the success of 'The Dark Knight'. The film won't be shot in 3D but the IMax format instead and it seems unlikely that Killer Croc will appear among the villains as previously speculated.Pretty decent casting. Particularly looking forward to seeing Tom Hardy playing Bane!
January 21, 201114 yr Great casting for Catwoman Rachel Weisz would have been great as well, I'm not familiar with Killer Croc, I don't think he appeared in any of the old Batman films, or the TV series.
January 21, 201114 yr Hmm, not sure about Anne Hathaway. Fine acting skills but not sure she's sexy enough for Catwoman
January 21, 201114 yr A big role for anne and very different. She plays the innocent likeable girl next door characters. But i urge any actor to go out their comfort zone and do something different. She is beautiful but yeah not sexy to do catwoman but cant full knock her till we see her in action.
January 21, 201114 yr I was holding out for Halle Berry to be Catwoman :smoke: but Anne Hathaway should do a good job.
January 22, 201114 yr Nowhere does it actually say that Anne will be playing Catwoman, just Selina Kyle. This may mean that in the film we never actually see her as Catwoman. Regardless, I think she's perfect casting.
January 23, 201114 yr Author What? :lol: Reports are everywhere about Anne being the new Catwoman :lol:
January 23, 201114 yr What? :lol: Reports are everywhere about Anne being the new Catwoman :lol: Except that wasn't what Christopher Nolan ever said. He stated that she was playing Selina Kyle, not that she was playing Catwoman. But everyone has jumped straight to "ANNE'S PLAYING CATWOMAN!!11 OMFGZ" when that's not what he's said. I'm not saying she's not playing Catwoman, but just to be aware that her part may not require slipping into a catsuit.
January 23, 201114 yr Mr Lovett makes a valid point. It nowhere says from the horse's mouth so to speak that she's playing Catwoman only Selina. Selina may be set up for a 4th movie (although Nolan has implied he wants to finish with the series) The're also still much speculation that the second female lead will be for the role of Talia Al Ghul - a character with known associations in the comics with that of Bane. Also Ra's Al Ghul's daughter and he was in the first movie in the series.
May 20, 201113 yr http://splashpage.mtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/bane-575.jpg Tom Hardy as Bane!
June 22, 201113 yr Author They're filming some of this at Wollaton Hall in Nottingham (about a 30 minute walk from where I live!!) It's going to be Bruce Wayne's Manor! :D http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/20812/bru...o-wollaton-hall Nottingham seem to be buzzing about it :wub:
July 12, 201113 yr http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lo7cedjRF91qexqmio1_500.jpg someone on tumblr posted this and said it's the first offical poster. i'm also hearing rumours there will be a trailer before Harry Potter.
July 12, 201113 yr Author Yeah. A teaser will be shown during Harry Potter this coming week! EXCITED :D
July 12, 201113 yr The poster has been confirmed, and what a stunning poster it is. If the story about the teaser is true, will be seeing it this saturday when I go to see Harry Potter; if they play the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo teaser aswell I think I will pass out from fanboy overload. The word is that it will be 1 min 33 secs long, over 30 seconds longer than the first Dark Knight teaser. Excited! Edited July 12, 201113 yr by Daniel II
July 12, 201113 yr The poster has been confirmed, and what a stunning poster it is. If the story about the teaser is true, will be seeing it this saturday when I go to see Harry Potter; if they play the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo teaser aswell I think I will pass out from fanboy overload. The word is that it will be 1 min 33 secs long, over 30 seconds longer than the first Dark Knight teaser. Excited! is there a new GWTDT teaser? :o 1.33 is a well decent length. hope the rumour is true.
July 12, 201113 yr Author 'The Girl With A Dragon Tattoo' teaser has been doing the trailers round for a while now. I see it all the time when I go and see a film. So I think, maybe Daniel just means, it'll be the first time he sees it on the big screen? :unsure:
July 12, 201113 yr 'The Girl With A Dragon Tattoo' teaser has been doing the trailers round for a while now. I see it all the time when I go and see a film. So I think, maybe Daniel just means, it'll be the first time he sees it on the big screen? :unsure: thats what i was thinking, there was a quite a big hoo-hah about it (and rightly so). such an epic trailer.
July 12, 201113 yr Yeah, I just meant it would be the first time I would be seeing it in the cinema (if they do play it, which I hope they do; they played it in front of First Class and The Hangover II and this would be great promotion) should probably have made that they more clear haha. Totally agree, it's an amazing trailer, one the greatest I've ever seen, to see it in IMAX with the music blasting would blow my mind. Yeah, I thought all we would get would be similar to the The Dark Knight one; the logo with a few lines of dialogue. But if the length is true, then I'm hopeful we'll get some images too. Saturday is going to be a good day. Edited July 12, 201113 yr by Daniel II
July 18, 201113 yr So did anyone see the teaser trailer then? I saw it before the midnight showing of Harry Potter, but it wasn't shown again on the Saturday when I went back. It didn't give much away to be honest, but it did show a quick clip of Batman and Bane fighting. It looked like Batman was stumbling around a bit, as if he'd taken a bit of a beating, and the camera was at such an angle that you could only see the huge shape of Bane's head, shoulder and right arm rising up in front of Batman, as if he'd been on the ground. That looks like it could be from the big "back" scene ;) Edited July 18, 201113 yr by PaulM1983
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