The Dark Knight Rises the final installment in Nolan's Batman film series

The Dark Knight Rises is an upcoming American superhero film under the development of Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer, and Jonathan Nolan. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, the film will be the third and final installment in Nolan's Batman film series. The film is scheduled for release in the United States and Canada on July 20, 2012, by Warner Bros

Cast

Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne / Batman, a billionaire socialite dedicated to protecting Gotham City from the criminal underworld

Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce's trusted butler and adviser

Gary Oldman as James Gordon, commissioner of the Gotham City Police Department

Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox

Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle

Tom Hardy as Bane. Hardy has stated that he intends to portray the character as "more menacing" than in Joel Schumacher's Batman & Robin and gained 30 pounds (14 kg) for the role, increasing his weight to 198 pounds (90 kg).

Marion Cotillard as Miranda Tate, "a Wayne Enterprises board member eager to help a still-grieving Bruce Wayne resume his father's philanthropic endeavors for Gotham"

Joseph Gordon-Levitt as John Blake, "a Gotham City beat cop"

Juno Temple as a "street-smart Gotham girl"

Josh Pence and Liam Neeson as Ra's al Ghul, with the former playing a young version of the character in scenes to take place thirty years before the events of Batman Begins and the latter reportedly reprising his Batman Begins role in a cameo appearance

Nestor Carbonell as Mayor Anthony Garcia

Matthew Modine as Nixon

Brett Cullen as a judge

Chris Ellis as a priest

Alon Abutbul as "a mad scientist"

The Dark Knight Rises the final installment in Nolan's Batman film series