Three new pictures from THE DARK KNIGHT RISES

The Dark Knight Rises will grace the cover of Entertainment Weekly's Summer Movie Preview, which hits newsstands this week, but before it does we have three of the photos included in the magazine, to whet your appetites. Check out the shots of Tom Hardy as Bane, Anne Hathaway as Catwoman, and the Dark Knight himself Christian Bale as Batman.

Synopsis: Eight years after Batman took the fall for Two Face's crimes, a new terrorist leader, Bane overwhelms Gotham's finest, and the Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that brands him an enemy.

The Dark Knight Rises will be in theaters July 20, 2012.