Michael Caine Says 'The Dark Knight Rises' Starts Filming in May« FirstShowing.net

If there's one person who hasn't been all that shy when speaking about the highly anticipated sequelThe Dark Knight Rises, it's the greatMichael Caine. Whether it's simply his best guess orwildly inaccurateinformation, Caine usually hassomething to saythat gets the online community in a tizzy. However, with the timeline leading up to the release of the sequel, combined with the casting rumors we've heard, this time it sounds like he might be right. Caine recently toldEmpirethat he's expecting to have thescript by Januaryand is under the impression they'll beshooting the film in May. Hopefully we'll get official word on cast sooner than later.Read on!

As for Caine's remarks, he attributes this timeline to director Christopher Nolan himself and producer Emma Thomas. The actor said,"Emma {Thomas}, the producer, said we'd get the script in January. Christopher said: 'Script in January, shoot in May, finish in November.'"Sounds about right to me. That gives them about 8 months of post-production and that roughly follows the same schedule when The Dark Knight was heading into production. Remember, Tom Hardy is supposed to have amajor rolealongside franchise stars like Caine, Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman and Gary Oldman. In addition, we've heard some rumors aboutfemale casting for a couple roles, and now we're just waiting for some real character and story details. More news forThe Dark Knight Risescan't come soon enough.Commence with your excitement below!

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