We did get ahold of this key art featuring a full body image of Anne Hathaway as Catwoman however, so hopefully this will tide you over until more news, photos and promos break before the July 20th release.

Production of the follow-up to the popular “X-Men: First Class” film has been delayed and set to begin in January 2013 due to the popularity of “The Hunger Games”.

As most of you know, “The Hunger Games” released to huge box office numbers and production of the sequel, “Catching Fire”, will be using the talent of Jennifer Lawrence who plays Katniss in the films and Mystique in “First Class”.

Fox has decided to move production of “X-Men” back in order to allow Lawrence time to shoot the follow up to “The Hunger Games” and I’m sure giving her another movie to build her popularity will only make her that much more desirable for “X-Men: First Class 2″

Mark Ruffalo has replaced Edward Norton as Bruce Banner in the film and Joss Whedon wanted to give The Hulk a new look which is detailed below.

Recent news has revealed that fans of James Cameron’s “Avatar” will have to wait 4 more years before being able to check out the sequel to the 2009 hit film.

Fans were told to expect “Avatar 2″ to hit theaters in 2014 and “Avatar 3″ in 2015. According to producer Jon Landau, that’s not the case and due to the use of new technology that will take the film to the next level, the time frame has be delayed to 2016.

Maybe they are just reviewing “Pocahontas 2″ for more story ideas.

We recently learned that Patty Jenkins, known for her film “Monster” and set to direct “Thor 2″, was released from the project last week after Marvel felt there were some creative differences that didn’t make Jenkins the best candidate for the job.

This week, Natalie Portman has voiced her displeasure with Marvel’s decision as Jenkins’ part in the film was a major reason she signed on. Portman, who wanted to take some time off after the birth of her child, is now contractually obligated to star in the film.

The Hollywood Reporter spoke with and insider who said:

Marvel became concerned that Jenkins was not moving decisively enough and feared the film might miss its November 2013 release date.

And

Jenkins lacked an overall clarity in her choices.

Marvel is working to hire a replacement that has a vision that aligns itself with the project.

Check it out and let us know what you think…

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES VIRAL CAMPAIGN

12/7/11 – Wired and Empire Magazine unveil two “leaked” CIA documents both concerning a missing Russian nuclear scientist named Dr. Leonid Pavel – documents attached below. The first document is a profile of the scientist and the second, a transcribed conversation between “MILITIA” and an unknown party. It wasn’t entirely certain at the time whether this was relevant to TDKR, but the photograph of Dr. Pavel, played by actor Alon Aboutboul who is known to be in the film, practically confirms it. As much as fans have tried to draw away any hidden messages in the documents, nothing has come up.

12/8/11 – A third CIA document is tweeted by account @thefirerises, announcing an “Operation Early Bird” that will commence tomorrow (Friday) morning at 10 am PST.  Document below.  A countdown timer can be seen at http://www.operationearlybird.com.  Be sure to check the site tomorrow and stay tuned!

12/9/11 – At 10 am, http://www.operationearlybird.com, is activated to show a world map where GPS coordinates can be entered.  Heading over to http://www.thedarkknightrises.com, an audio track of a woman reading off coordinates is heard.  The coordinates are entered into the Operation Early Bird site to reveal IMAX theater locations holding free advance screenings of the prologue the following Tuesday.

Contrary to the film “Batman And Robin”, where Bane is a clumsy, steroid injected, freak, the character was actually a very intelligent villain who was capable of defeating Batman both mentally and physically. In the popular story arc, “Knightfall”, Bane had defeated Batman by breaking his back and leaving him as a paraplegic.

In this new photo from the set of “The Dark Knight Rises”, Tom Hardy has a crew member bent over his back similar to the cover of the famous issue, Batman #497.

Will the Dark Knight suffer the same fate? Will the “epic conclusion” of Nolan’s franchise leave Batman broken?

Let us know what you think!

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According to British movie site, Total Film, this is what we can expect from “The Dark Knight Rises” prologue which is set to premiere before IMAX showings of “Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol”.

According to the site’s sources:

Bane and his mercenaries hijack a military plane transporting a dictator of a country which is in unrest (think Saddam Hussein type figure). He successfully kills the leader, but makes some mistakes along the way and is unable to safely land the plane.

Because of the resulting injuries from the accident, he has to undergo complicated surgeries and that is how he winds up with that scar down his neck and the need for the mask to numb the pain.

Also, it appears that Nolan has reimagined Bane’s origin story. This also comes from Total Film’s source:

He is raised by Ra’s al Ghul (Bruce Wayne’s old mentor) and his upbringing mirrors that of Bruce Wayne. It’s a mirror of Bruce, except it’s darker and twisted.

Bane is trained to be an assassin for the League of Shadows. He kills political figures that are deemed unfit by the LOS. So he is a bit of a Che Guevara/Jason Bourne type character.

 

In the latest issue of Empire Magazine, some details were given in regards to the time frame of “The Dark Knight Rises”. When we last left The Dark Knight, he told Commissioner Gordon that he would be what Gotham needed him to be. Leaving Harvey Dent to die a hero, Batman fled from the scene and left us with nothing more than the end credits.

In an interview with Empire, the film’s director, Christopher Nolan, explained where TDKR would begin:

It’s really all about finishing Batman and Bruce Wayne’s story. We left him in a very precarious place. Perhaps surprisingly for some people, our story picks up quite a bit later, eight years after The Dark Knight. So he’s an older Bruce Wayne; he’s not in a great state.

For those of you who have followed the comics, Bane wasn’t just a brute who used toxins to boost his physical state, but an extremely intelligent being who was able to break Batman both physically and mentally.

Tom Hardy discussed a bit about Bane in his interview with Empire and the brutality that went along with the character:

Anything from small-joint manipulation to crushing skulls, crushing rib cages, stamping on shins and knees and necks and collarbones and snapping heads off and tearing his fists through chests, ripping out spinal columns. He is a terrorist in mentality as well as brutal action.

With the evidence provided, what can we expect from Nolan’s final installment of the Batman franchise? Will we see Bane leaving a tired and deflated Batman left to die? Will Nolan’s Batman separate itself from the other series for a definitive ending?

Let us know what you think in the comments below!