Anne Hathaway is Catwoman in 'The Dark Knight Rises,' Tom Hardy is Bane

Christopher Nolan announced today that Anne Hathaway will be playing Selina Kyle/Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises. He also revealed that Tom Hardy will be playing Bane, not Hugo Strange as had been speculated. For non-nerds, Bane is a villain who derives super-strength from experimental drugs, best known for breaking Bruce Wayne's spine in the Batman comics.

• Selina Kyle, aka Catwoman

  

• Anne Hathaway, aka Ella Enchanted

  

• Bane

  

• Tom Hardy

  

  Tom Hardy in "Bronson"