New DARK KNIGHT RISES Set Photos Show Catwoman in Newark, Batman Battling Bane During Wall Street Riots

Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy and Matthew Modine were getting in on the action this weekend for Warner Bros highly anticipated third Batman film from director Chris Nolan.

The Dark Knight Rises is the highly anticipated final installment of Warner Bros​ and DC Entertainment's new Batman film franchise. Christopher Nolan has returned to direct the film from a screenplay he wrote with Jonathan Nolan​, from a story by himself and David S. Goyer. Details about the film's storyline are scarce, but it has already been established that one of villains set to take on the Batman (Christian Bale​) will be the powerhouse known as Bane (Tom Hardy​). Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway), better known to comics fans as Catwoman, will also have a central role in the movie. The will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.

Filming took place around Manhattan, New York, and in Newark, New Jersey, over the weekend for the upcoming action film. Hathaway was spotted attempting to keep her Catwoman garb covert by Newark airport while Bale and Hardy participated in a faux slugfest on Wall Street. Though no details have been revealed to explain the massive riot scene currently being filmed, once can only assume it will be a crucial aspect of it's storyline.

The Dark Knight Rises stars Christian Bale, Gary Oldman​, Michael Caine​, Morgan Freeman​, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt​, Anne Hathaway, Marion Cotillard​, Josh Pence, Daniel Sunjata, Diego Klattenhoff, Burn Gorman​, Nestor Carbonell, Alon Aboutboul​, Matthew Modine​, Tom Conti, Brett Cullen​, Chris Ellis and Joey King and is scheduled to hit theaters July 20th, 2012.