Five New Photos from 'The Dark Knight Rises'

The Dark Knight Rises isn't close to being out in theater, and I still couldn't be more excited.  Even with the release of five new photos from Christopher Nolan's final Batman chapter, an Entertainment Weekly cover and news that a third trailer is headed our way in May I can't get enough behind-the-scenes peeks at the caped crusader's next epic battle.  We all know Bane (Tom Hardy) is the next imposing villain who will ultimately crush our hero.

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Trailer For Zhang Yimou's 'The Flowers of War', Starring Christian Bale

As previously published, GTBP has covered a bit about China’s most expensive film to-date being directed by Zhang Yimou.  Starring Christian Bale in The Flowers of War, the (estimated is USD)$100 million price tag is an extreme amount for the country and the director.  Thankfully, we now have a trailer to watch its splendid imagery.

Even though the high price tag, the film has become China’s highest grossing film with $83 million so far.

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Director Zhang Yimou Discusses 'Flowers of War', Speilberg's Involvement & Christian Bale

So what if The Flowers of War is the most expensive ever made in China?  Director Zhang Yimou is certainly not being affected by it.  Afterall, he has Christian Bale starring in his film, thanks to Steven Spielberg's involvment, about the Nanjing Massacre. That's got a recipe for Oscar written all over.

Mentioned at a press conference, Bale got involved with the film when Zhang "asked Steven Spielberg, who is a friend, to read the English script and recommend actors," who then recommended Christian Bale, having directed him as a child in 1987 for Empire of the Sun.

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Christopher Nolan Discusses 'The Dark Knight Rises' IMAX Prologue

So the viral marketing begins with "Operation Early Bird" (to which Get The Big Picture's David Hoffman covered, click here to read) and the twitter handle "fire rises".  It's no surprise that promoting the heck out of the IMAX Prologue (which will premiere in front of Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol next week) will make the internet buzz with praise/scrutiny by comic book fans.  Until then, read up on what director Christopher Nolan has to say about the last installment The Dark Knight Rises.

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Bale Talks Batman Co-Stars & New 'Dark Knight Rises' Pics

GTBP has another 2-for-1 of The Dark Knight Rises variety tonight.  Yesterday we shared some comments from director Christopher Nolan and Tom Hardy about Batman's latest, most intimidating rival, Bane.  Now we've got the Dark Knight himself, Christian Bale, applauding the work of his fellow cast mates along with a couple new pics from the set to look at courtesy of Empire.

Almost lost in the all pre-Dark Knight vs Bane hype are co-stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Anne Hathaway, who has perhaps the toughest role of all in portraying iconic Batman baddie Catwoman.

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