Warner Bros. just issued an official press release confirming the casting of Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marion Cotillard in The Dark Knight Rises and with the announcement comes confirmation of the roles each will be playing.
Cotillard will appear as Miranda Tate, a Wayne Enterprises board member eager to help a still-grieving Bruce Wayne resume his father’s philanthropic endeavors for Gotham. Gordon-Levitt will play John Blake, a Gotham City beat cop assigned to special duty under the command of Commissioner Gordon.
Both Gordon-Levitt and Cotillard had roles in director Christopher Nolan’s Inception, as did Tom Hardy who is playing the film’s villain. As for the two former names, Nolan was quoted in the release saying, “When you collaborate with people as talented as Marion and Joe, it comes as no surprise that you would want to repeat the experience. I immediately thought of them for the roles of Miranda and Blake, and I am looking forward to working with both of them again.”
The Dark Knight Rises is slated to hit theaters on July 20, 2012 with shooting is expected to take place in London, Pittsburgh and Los Angeles starting next month. Returning cast members include Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman and Nestor Carbonell and along with Gordon-Levitt and Cotillard the newcomers Tom Hardy as Bane, Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle, Juno Temple as “a street-smart Gotham girl” and Josh Pence as Ra’s Al Ghul.
