"The thing I liked so much about the fight sequences with [Bane] is they're never just knock-down fight sequences. You learn something more about each character throughout each fight, which is the mark of a good fight. ...You learn about what Batman has had to go through from the beginning of the movie to the end in order to be able to defeat this man."



"And you're learning about Bane as well, and the changes that have come over him. And that's always essential in any fight. That's really what you're looking for.. We've seen so many people punching each other non-stop, who cares? You're looking for 'what are the changes? What are the weaknesses? What are the strengths of each character that are going to allow them to dominate one or the other?'"

Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ "The Dark Knight Rises" is the epic conclusion to filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy. The screenplay is written by Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan, story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer. The film is produced by Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan and Charles Roven, who previously teamed on “Batman Begins” and the record-breaking blockbuster "The Dark Knight." The executive producers are Benjamin Melniker, Michael E. Uslan, Kevin De La Noy and Thomas Tull, with Jordan Goldberg serving as co-producer. The film is based upon characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. Batman was created by Bob Kane.

STARRING:



Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman

Michael Caine as Alfred

Gary Oldman as Commissioner Jim Gordon

Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox

Tom Hardy as Bane

Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle/Catwoman

Joseph Gordon-Levitt as John Blake

Marion Cotillard as Miranda Tate

Josh Pence as Ra's Al Ghul



RELEASE DATE: July 20th, 2012

While fans continue to debate whether or not we'll see Bane (Tom Hardy) "Break The Bat" in, there's no doubting just how brutal the battles between him and Christian Bale's Batman will be. At a press conference for the film yesterday, the latter went into detail about exactly what fans should expect when the two come to blows in director Christopher Nolan's epic finale to his take on the Caped Crusader.According to HitFix , Bale had earlier referenced the villain as,While his analysis of how Nolan handles such scenes is an interesting one, some fans previously criticized the fights inand. However,showed just how fantastic a handle the director has on these sequences, while the snippets of footage in the TV spots and trailers are surely proof enough that fans have nothing to worry about.