Pittsburgh Film Office Announces THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Will Shoot This Summer

Pittsburgh, PA (April 5, 2011) – The Pittsburgh Film Office announced today that Warner Bros. Pictures’ feature film “The Dark Knight Rises”, the conclusion of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, will be filmed in Pittsburgh during the summer of 2011. The film is slated to open nationwide on July 20, 2012.

“We are thrilled to be welcoming the Batman film to Pittsburgh, and eager for the economic impact that our City will experience,” Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl said. “This is another example of the growing film industry in our community and we will be rolling out the red carpet for them.”

This will be Christopher Nolan’s first film in southwestern Pennsylvania. The filmmaker said he chose Pittsburgh for its great architecture and diversity of locations. “Pittsburgh is a beautiful city.  We have been able to find everything we were looking for here and I am excited to spend the summer in Pittsburgh with our final installment of Batman.”

Dawn Keezer, director of the Pittsburgh Film Office said, “Film production means jobs for Pennsylvanians, it’s as simple as that. A single film can mean millions of dollars and many local jobs. A franchise as prestigious as Batman opens our region up to an entirely new audience as filmmakers and studio executives experience southwestern Pennsylvania.”

The film stars Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Nolan will direct the film from a screenplay he wrote with Jonathan Nolan, from a story by Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer. Nolan will also produce the film with his longtime producing partner, Emma Thomas, and Charles Roven. The film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.