The images of the cast and crew filming The Dark Knight Rises are pouring out of Pennsylvania these days. If Christopher Nolan had really wanted to keep things under wraps, he’d have chosen to film in Sarajevo and not Pittsburgh.

It looks like Nolan’s employing half the city as extras. Nothing wrong with that. It’s so funny to see a guy in a cape with ‘bat ears’ standing amid a sea of casually dressed people. I also have to say that I love that they allowed a couple that had just been married in a nearby church to have their picture taken with the camouflaged Batmobile. That’ll be something to show the grandkids.

Besides Christian Bale’s Batman, we’ve seen a lot of Tom Hardy’s Bane and a peek at Marion Cotilliard’s Miranda Tate so far. Hopefully we’ll soon get glimpses of Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s John Blake and Anne Hathaway’s Selina Kyle and/or Catwoman. The film also stars Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson,  Matthew Modine, Juno Temple and Brett Cullan. I’m sure there will be much more from Gotham City aka Pittsburgh before The Dark Knight Rises opens on July 20, 2012.

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