Pittsburgh Set To Be Gotham City

The Dark Knight Risesis set to film in Pittsburgh, PA this summer. ThePittsburgh Post Gazettehas confirmation from Nolan himself.

"Pittsburgh is a beautiful city,"he tells the newspaper."We have been able to find everything we were looking for here and I am excited to spend the summer in Pittsburgh with our final installment of Batman."

The director of the Pittsburgh Film Office, Dawn Keezer, is working to make sure the film has everything it needs in the Steel City.  It remains to be seen what big landmarks will appear in the film.

Pittsburgh has some gorgeous architecture and buildings that will serve as a great background for the third film.

The Dark Knightwill hit theaters on July 20, 2012.

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Plot Details For The Dark Knight Rises Leaked?

The plot forThe Dark Knight Riseshas been revealed, according to a couple different sources.

First,Badass Digestrecently posted details of an apparent storyline for the highly anticipated sequel.  Then, the fan siteBatman-On-Filmbacked up those claims.  The site posted this message on its Facebook page:"SomeTDKRdetails have leaked. I know that they are true because I've known about it for a few weeks now."

The Dark Knight Risesis expected to start filming in the spring and wrap up in November.  It is slated for a July 2012 release.

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According to the report, the film will focus on Batman (Christian Bale) facing off against the League of Shadows, which is a vigilante group led by Talia al Ghul (Marion Cotillard), the daughter of Batman Begins' villain, Ra's al Ghul (Liam Neeson).

The League of Shadows was featured in the first installment of the film, where it was led by Ra's al Ghul, who pretended to be Henri Ducard, a mentor to Bruce Wayne.

Meanwhile, Bane (Tom Hardy) will be Talia's"muscle"and"possible love interest,"rumored star, Joseph Gordon-Levitt will appear as another villanous character connected to the organization, and Catwoman (Anne Hathaway) will ultimately choose the side of good and fight with the caped crusader.

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