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[DEKO]

The Dark Knight Rises Pittsburgh Press Conference

Filming on The Dark Knight Rises will begin in Pittsburg, PA tomorrow, but before it does, Christopher Nolan and his team decided to hold a press conference thanking the city’s officials and residents for their hospitality and cooperation in advance. The film production will be in the city of Pittsburgh for approximately a month before moving on to Los Angeles. A fair number of stunts and action scenes will be filmed within in The Steel City, in addition to a large amount of fake snow that will be spread across the city’s streets. Christian Bale and many of the film’s star will be present for this portion of filming, which is trying to stay as vague and nondescript as possible. To signal that production is in town, a large laser-inscribed Bat Signal has been placed on the side of one of the city’s prominent skyscrapers. Batman-News has some more cool photos of the signal being displayed by Lightwave International, so head over there to check it out. Meanwhile, Local News Station WPXI was able to take video from the event and post it on their website for your viewing pleasure.

To see video of Christian Bale at the conference, click here: http://www.wpxi.com/video/28694769/index.html. To see the eloquent Christopher Nolan speak, click here: http://www.wpxi.com/video/28694858/index.html. The Dark Knight Rises will hit theaters next Summer on July 20, 2012.

[doggfather]

Bane Standing on Tumbler! (Filming The Dark Knight Rises) http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=I4SotJA1nQo#at=76

[DeeezNuuuts83]

And on top of that, apparently there were also three camo'd Tumblers on the scene, just like the first one in Batman Begins:

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/08/01/batmobile-tumbler-caravan-snagged-rolling-through-pittsburgh/

This is getting intriguing.

[DEKO]

First Look at Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle/Catwoman
Warner Bros. has released the first official photo of Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle/Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises. Trading cat ears for high tech goggles and a bat-pod, Nolan’s Catwoman appears to be an incarnation of the character unlike anything we’ve seen before. She fits the more practical, less theatrical approach of Nolan’s previous Batman characters, but this also raises the question of whether or not Selina Kyle will actually have the name Catwoman in the film – the photo simply bears the title Selina Kyle, as have the official press releases. Check the image below:


 

[Chamillitary Click]

This better win Picture of the Year lol.

[JohnnyL]

 Well, regarding the Anne Hathaway pic, Warner Bros. have been careful to refer to it as a a pic of Selena Kyle, which makes me think that this is either not the final version of her costume or Nolan is simply not going to refer to her as Catwoman at all, in this movie.  If the latter proves true then this probably is the only costume she'll use.  It resembles the one in the current comics with the obvious omission of any kind of cowl.
  So far I'm more impressed with the overall look of Bane, but we don't really know the context of this picture either.

[DeeezNuuuts83]

Keep in mind that long before the release of The Dark Knight, they never mentioned Two-Face, but rather only referring to him as Harvey Dent, even though he did become Two-Face in the movie.

[DeeezNuuuts83]

Apparently Selina Kyle/Catwoman (no word if it was Anne Hathaway or a stunt double) crashed the Batpod into a camera during filming.  Here's an article (though the video had been taken down):

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/08/09/batpod-riding-catwoman-takes-out-camera-rig-on-set-of-dark-kn/

[Sikotic™]

What is so cat-like about her in that picture?

[JohnnyL]

What is so cat-like about her in that picture?

  Nothing really in that picture.  According to what Hathaway said in this brief  interview though, that isn't the entire outfit.

http://www.shockya.com/news/2011/08/09/anne-hathaway-addresses-the-invasion-of-unofficial-photographers-on-the-set-of-the-dark-knight-rises/

Here's the excerpt where she mentions it:

    They just released your first official still, but we also got a ton of unofficial material from the fans hanging around the set. How does that make you feel? Is it stealing your thunder and is there any concern about revealing too much about that final product?

    It’s disappointing. I think everyone feels a slight frustration with it because those stills so undercut the work that’s being done. No, no one’s nervous about it. I mean, honestly, like, wait till you see this movie. Chris is doing insane things in it. And it’s gonna be marvelous and it’s gonna be way beyond what anyone imagines that it could be. You can’t imagine the things that he’s doing, at least I couldn’t until I read the script and I was like, ‘You’re really? Okay, you’re going there!” And it’s Chris Nolan; even the picture that he released of me, that’s not everything. That’s like a tenth of what the catsuit is. And I’ve got to say, I find it frustrating and I know he finds it frustrating, but I also think that he’s having fun with it, kind of like spooning out secrets. He has a lot more control than you think.


Read more: http://www.shockya.com/news/2011/08/09/anne-hathaway-addresses-the-invasion-of-unofficial-photographers-on-the-set-of-the-dark-knight-rises/#ixzz1Ud4VQB6d

[Hood Crawler]

Anne Hathaway's hot, I'll watch it.

[Sikotic™]

What is so cat-like about her in that picture?

  Nothing really in that picture.  According to what Hathaway said in this brief  interview though, that isn't the entire outfit.

http://www.shockya.com/news/2011/08/09/anne-hathaway-addresses-the-invasion-of-unofficial-photographers-on-the-set-of-the-dark-knight-rises/

Here's the excerpt where she mentions it:

    They just released your first official still, but we also got a ton of unofficial material from the fans hanging around the set. How does that make you feel? Is it stealing your thunder and is there any concern about revealing too much about that final product?

    It’s disappointing. I think everyone feels a slight frustration with it because those stills so undercut the work that’s being done. No, no one’s nervous about it. I mean, honestly, like, wait till you see this movie. Chris is doing insane things in it. And it’s gonna be marvelous and it’s gonna be way beyond what anyone imagines that it could be. You can’t imagine the things that he’s doing, at least I couldn’t until I read the script and I was like, ‘You’re really? Okay, you’re going there!” And it’s Chris Nolan; even the picture that he released of me, that’s not everything. That’s like a tenth of what the catsuit is. And I’ve got to say, I find it frustrating and I know he finds it frustrating, but I also think that he’s having fun with it, kind of like spooning out secrets. He has a lot more control than you think.


Read more: http://www.shockya.com/news/2011/08/09/anne-hathaway-addresses-the-invasion-of-unofficial-photographers-on-the-set-of-the-dark-knight-rises/#ixzz1Ud4VQB6d

Maybe the dumb ass studio shouldn't release a movie still that could potentially hurt the film's performance in theaters.

Dumb ass Warner bros.

[doggfather]

Anne Hathaway's hot, I'll watch it.

+1

[JohnnyL]

What is so cat-like about her in that picture?

  Nothing really in that picture.  According to what Hathaway said in this brief  interview though, that isn't the entire outfit.

http://www.shockya.com/news/2011/08/09/anne-hathaway-addresses-the-invasion-of-unofficial-photographers-on-the-set-of-the-dark-knight-rises/

Here's the excerpt where she mentions it:

    They just released your first official still, but we also got a ton of unofficial material from the fans hanging around the set. How does that make you feel? Is it stealing your thunder and is there any concern about revealing too much about that final product?

    It’s disappointing. I think everyone feels a slight frustration with it because those stills so undercut the work that’s being done. No, no one’s nervous about it. I mean, honestly, like, wait till you see this movie. Chris is doing insane things in it. And it’s gonna be marvelous and it’s gonna be way beyond what anyone imagines that it could be. You can’t imagine the things that he’s doing, at least I couldn’t until I read the script and I was like, ‘You’re really? Okay, you’re going there!” And it’s Chris Nolan; even the picture that he released of me, that’s not everything. That’s like a tenth of what the catsuit is. And I’ve got to say, I find it frustrating and I know he finds it frustrating, but I also think that he’s having fun with it, kind of like spooning out secrets. He has a lot more control than you think.


Read more: http://www.shockya.com/news/2011/08/09/anne-hathaway-addresses-the-invasion-of-unofficial-photographers-on-the-set-of-the-dark-knight-rises/#ixzz1Ud4VQB6d

Maybe the dumb ass studio shouldn't release a movie still that could potentially hurt the film's performance in theaters.

Dumb ass Warner bros.

Agreed.  That probably wasn't the smartest move on their part.  Also, I've noticed their security on this movie must be lax as hell, because there have been hella fan shot videos leaking from some of the various movie sets of scenes from the movie.  I think that probably hurts the movie too because people see these scenes out of context and with no effects added and they don't even make sense, but I think it probably still puts a negative image in people's minds.

[DeeezNuuuts83]

Anne Hathaway's hot, I'll watch it.

You've seen Havoc, right?  She gets topless in that one a few times.