Empire Magazine's piece on The Dark Knight Rises not only revealed that the movie will take place 8 years after the previous instalment, but also several very interesting comments from director Christopher Nolan and stars Christian Bale and Tom Hardy. The issue is on sale now and well worth picking up (more details can be found HERE) but until then, here are three more hi-res scans from their article as well as the covers themselves courtesy of Empire Online and Twitter's @RIMBreaks.
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