Bam! Pow! Action-Packed Set Pics from ‘The Dark Knight Rises’!

Take a look at all the action-y goodness in these new set pics from ‘The Dark Knight Rises’!

-Lucia Peters

Slowly but surely, bits and pieces of Christopher Nolan’s new Batman flick, The Dark Knight Rises, have been making their way out into the world. First there pics of Catwoman as played by Anne Hathaway… then there were images of Bane (Thomas Hardy) with a mysterious tissue in his hand… there have been shots of Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s new cop character… and now, we’ve got all of the above and more in some of the most action-packed set pics yet! Take a peek at these new shots, fresh off the streets of New York. In addition to Christian Bale’s stern-faced Batman, seen above, we’ve got…

Tom Hardy as villain Bane and his freaky Hannibal Lector-type face mask:

Anne Hathaway’s stunt double as Catwoman on her badass motor bike:

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The Tumbler, first seen as the proto-Batmobile in Batman Begins:

Bane and Batman facing off:

And, of course, a big explosive finish:

We don’t know about you, but we think The Dark Knight Rises is shaping up to be quite the blockbuster. The best part is knowing that it won’t JUST be a blockbuster; if it’s anything like its two predecessors, it will have plenty of smart themes running through it as well. Now THAT’S a superhero film we can get behind.

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Lucia Peters is BettyConfidential’s associate editor.