Oh, those clever folks at Warner Brothers! The studio has been on a marketing tear all week, releasing a dozen pieces of new artwork for The Dark Knight Rises. One of the first was a slick new image featuring Batman backed by a flaming Bat-emblem in the Gotham sky. It was a cool one-sheet, so much so that nearly everyone missed a little something extra that was hiding in it. A QR code at the bottom was discovered by a sharp-eyed fan, and when scanned it reveals this awesome new poster of Catwoman crushing a Bat symbol under her heels.
Christopher Nolan may have requested this image be hidden for a reason. Every image we've seen of the film so far has positioned Catwoman as someone who was working alongside Batman in his battle against Bane, but this poster seems to indicate otherwise. Catwoman has played on both sides of the fence throughout her comic book history, so it never really made sense to have her as a straight arrow hero. It's more likely she's straddling both sides of the fence, and looking out for her own best interests.
We'll find out the answers for sure when The Dark Knight Rises opens on July 20th. Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Juno Temple star. [TDKR]
