The Dark Knight Rises spy photos see Bane take on Batman (and confirm another villain?)

The third and final installment in Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises, is busy filming in Pittsburgh at the moment and inevitably, a flood of spy photos have made their way online. The first batch of photos gave us a look at Bane in full costume (courtesy of JustJared) along with filming of a prison break sequence, and now we get to see Christian Bale's Batman squaring off against Bane, along with a peek at the revamped Batpod and likely confirmation of another villain.

Expect plenty more of these to crop up over the next couple of weeks and you'd have to imagine that Warner Bros. will look to counter them with the release of some official material in the very near future. Anyway for the time being, take a look at a selection of the images here and head over to Getty Images for plenty more, including a few shots of Marion Cotillard's 'Miranda Tate'...





And check out the following video footage, which may finally confirm the inclusion of a long-rumoured villain (spoilers ahoy)...


The Dark Knight Rises is set for release next year and also stars Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle / Catwoman, Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth, Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox, Gary Oldman as Commissioner James Gordon and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as John Blake.