'The Dark Knight Rises' Teaser Trailer Hits Web (VIDEO)

Here's some irony: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2," took down "The Dark Knight" for the biggest opening weekend in box office history, but before that film could play in theaters, moviegoers were treated to the first trailer for the next Batman film, "The Dark Knight Rises," as if to say, don't worry, the caped crusader will be back.

Given that both films are Warner Bros. productions, a little friendly competition can't hurt.

The trailer has now made its way to Facebook and the internet at large, and well, it's vaguely exciting.

While thin on news -- we already know Tom Hardy's Bane is the massive bad guy, and Gotham gets ripped to shreds -- viewers are treated to some cool moments with the Batcycle, sweeping rubble wide shots from "Batman Begins" and Commissioner Gordon, played by Gary Oldman, in the hospital and pleading for Batman's help. As he says, "The Batman has to come back."

Christian Bale is in his final film as Bruce Wayne/Batman, and this time around, in addition to Oldman as Gordon, he has Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a new ally in the Gotham Police Department. Whether friend or ally, Anne Hathaway will play Selena Kyle/Catwoman, while Marion Cotillard should be on the friendly side as Miranda Tate, a Wayne Enterprises employee.

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Comments

[Steven Cooper]

07:02 PM on 08/24/2011

I love when people criticize something as if no one else enjoys it... Face it, its one of the highest selling movies of all time for a reason! You're the odd one out, not everyone else.

[Certified Jatt]

03:33 PM on 08/05/2011

wait! this was a trilogy!!!!! noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. i thought this was an ongoing series and expected there to be a few more. noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo mommyyyyy...it's overrrrrr

[zeiben]

12:09 PM on 08/05/2011

I just watched a commercial so I could watch a commercial. Shoot me.

[DrJohnnySkeptic]

05:24 PM on 08/12/2011

Bang!

[Dshakey]

03:42 PM on 08/01/2011

Can't wait until this trilogy and all the hype is over.

Too bad Nolan jumped the shark about 3 films ago.

[staticouture]

01:33 PM on 08/04/2011

how does 'all the hype' actually affect you?

[primgb]

08:50 PM on 07/21/2011

There are 2 trailers I've found for the Batman upcoming movie 2012. You can watch both at http://www.moviereleases2012.com/darkknightrises

[santichrist]

01:08 PM on 07/20/2011

Wow that was pretty boring for something that's gotten so much hype.

[shenellrox]

10:20 PM on 07/20/2011

its teaser trailer it wont reveal a lot so ur dumb good day

[Sad But True]

11:24 AM on 07/20/2011

Interesting teaser breakdown on Yahoo:

http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/dark-knight-teaser-answers-questions-raises-more-001124184.html

[Dinkus850]

04:34 PM on 07/19/2011

Well that was certainly anti climactic.

[BuckyJamesDio]

11:15 PM on 07/19/2011

That's what she - nah, too easy.

[Certified Jatt]

03:35 PM on 08/05/2011

that's what she said.

[Nessa CRonaldo7]

01:17 PM on 07/19/2011

I lOVE BATMAN , this movie is gonna shiz all over "the amazing spiderman"

[beasteben]

01:03 PM on 07/19/2011

That bat is going to be broken.

[Sol76]

04:08 AM on 07/20/2011

He gets no respect.

[schtarkiller]

10:48 AM on 07/19/2011

Yeah this movie is gonna be SICK! I can't wait.

[tripboi]

08:43 AM on 07/19/2011

so basically its a minute and a half trailer with a minute and 25 sec of previous movie footage. What an awesome trailer.

[Sad But True]

10:54 AM on 07/20/2011

Teaser.

[fishnetdiver]

07:11 AM on 07/19/2011

SQUEEEEE!!!!

[GonzoBrawler]

06:58 AM on 07/19/2011

This is going to be Nolans best film yet..... I have absolutley no doubt that he will grealty exceed the very high expectations I have for this film..... I wish that is was Nolan who was remaking the Spiderman franchise, because theres no way in heII that he could mess them up.

[riazkj4]

09:55 AM on 07/19/2011

+1. Yea, too bad Raimi had to mess up Spiderman. The reboot will salve those wounds though.

[Colin Bogan]

04:04 AM on 07/19/2011

The best part about the new Harry Potter movie was that this trailer was before it

[omimaedilbi]

11:58 PM on 08/03/2011

hahahaah!