Director Christopher Nolan has given us some insight today on Dark Knight Rises with the announcement of two cast members. Anne Hathaway will be playing Selina Kyle (catwoman) and Tom Hardy will be playing Bane.

Christopher Nolan stated, “I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Anne Hathaway, who will be a fantastic addition to our ensemble as we complete our story.”

Hathaway will have a bit to prove to fans. She does have great acting chops but we have yet to see her do a very physical role which Catwoman will be. Hardy did a wonderful job in Inception, so we’ll have to see how these two play out.

Nolan did not give any other information about how these characters will be used in the film. Or if they will be wearing the signature outfits.

The Dark Knight Rises has a release date of July 20,2010.

[source via NY Times]

UPDATE: As someone on Twitter pointed out, only Selina Kyle was mentioned in the press release. So it is a probability that Catwoman won’t be seen in the movie. Maybe just background information on Selina.

One way to describe this is hot. Another way is yes please. The company that previously made the Dark Knight motorcycle suit is back with a suit that any X-Men fan will love. The Wolverine Motorcycle suit is licensed from Marvel and includes a leather jacket, pants and gloves. Orders will start at www.udreplicas.com late this month.

“Wolverine has one of the sleekest, most amazing suits you can imagine, and what we’re creating is as close to the real thing as you could possibly get,” said David Pea, owner of UD Replicas, the officially licensed division of Universal Designs Ltd. “This is a project we’ve been working on for a long time, and it has taken literally hundreds of hours to get it right – but the end result is truly stunning and we hope fans will love it.”

This suit looks amazing. Every last detail has been taken into consideration and does actually have CE-approved Body armor, keeping you safe on your motorcycle ride.

But why stop at one suit? How about a suit that’s not even out yet? The team is making a leather replica or Tony Stark’s Mark V Suitcase Suit that will be seen in Iron Man 2.

“We’re putting our creative senses to work like we’ve never done before,” Pea said. “We’re going to mold and shape the leather to replicate the beautiful bevels and hard angles of the Mark V suit. We’re making the leather look like metal, and doing things we never thought would be possible.”

Now my question to UDReplicas.com is when are you going to make us ladies a suit? I’d take a Jean Gray or Rogue suit any day!

Yes, we’re still talking MW2 on GamingAngels. The title is making all kinds of waves and today it’s the good kind… money. Modern Warfare 2 has shattered theatrical box office and video game sales for five-day worldwide sales. The new records for five days of sales is now $550 million according to initial Activision estimates.

$550 million is huge. To give you some sort of idea on comparisons with other forms of entertainment, Activision sent over a list of items that they beat out:

The largest reported five-day opening worldwide box office gross figures, held by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ($394 million)

The largest reported five-day opening domestic box office gross figures, held by The Dark Knight ($203.8 million)

The largest reported five-day worldwide video game sales record, previously held by Grand Theft Auto IV (6 million units, $500 million)

The largest reported opening first-day domestic box office gross figures, held by The Dark Knight ($66.4 million)

The largest reported first-day book sales in dollars, held by Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows ($220 million)

The largest reported first-day worldwide video game sales record, previously held by Grand Theft Auto IV (3.6 million units, $310 million)

“In just five days of sell through Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has become the largest entertainment launch in history and a pop culture phenomenon,” said Robert Kotick, CEO, Activision Blizzard, Inc. “The title’s success redefines entertainment as millions of consumers have chosen to play Modern Warfare 2 at unprecedented levels rather engage in other forms of media.”

I guess the last thing to see is if Modern Warfare 2 will beat out Twilight Saga: New Moon.