Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle

Today, Warner Brothers released/leaked the first image of Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle/Catwoman from The Dark Knight Rises. I was none too impressed with the costume choice, until I read on one blog that perhaps this character is purely Selina Kyle, before she transforms into the feline femme fatale that we all know and love (forgetting about Halle Berry, and remembering purely Eartha Kitt and Michelle Pfeiffer). Hathaway has proven that she is an actress to be trusted in almost any role, so I hope, for every fanboy out there that she brings to the role what she has brought to countless others.

The release of this photo comes on the heels of other set photos being leaked, as the film continues to be shot in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

There was originally much speculation as to whether Hathaway would be playing just Selina Kyle, as well, but she put those rumors to rest after confirming to Oprah back in February that she would indeed be playing her feline alter ego as well.

Other new additions to the the Christopher Nolan-directed film also include Tom Hardy as Bane, Joseph Gordon-Levitt as John Blake and Marion Cottilard as Miranda Tate, in addition to returnees Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman and Liam Neeson.

I would trust Christopher Nolan with my life after seeing what he did with The Dark Knight, so understandably my expectations are quite high for the film. We shall wait and see, however, as The Dark Knight Rises will be released in theaters on July 20, 2012.

**Picture courtesy of Warner Brothers/TheDarkKnightRises.com

Can friends fall in love for "One Day?"

So it's already May? Wow, that sure came out of nowhere. Well, with the summer creeping up on us, we also welcome the start of the summer movie season (YAY for some people, NAY for others). With a lot of films coming up, I will be looking at the ones that I am most excited about.

And just released today was the trailer (or see below) for the film One Day, starring Jim Sturgess and Anne Hathaway. They star as a would be couple who sleep together on the night of their college graduation. Their relationship is then revisited once a year for the next twenty years. To me it sounds like When Harry Met Sally meets A Lot Like Love- pretty much any film that deals with people in love pretending that they can just be "friends," which we all know as not being true.

The trailer looks cute, although nothing too extraordinary. Jim Sturgess has always been on my radar, ever since Across the Universe, and he made quite the impression after the "just okay" 21. I see him as a lower grade James McAvoy, and it seems like Hollywood has been treating him quite the same.

It will also be interesting to see whether Anne can truly pull off the accent. She supposedly handled it well in Becoming Jane, which I never got around seeing (and probably never will), but that film lost all the buzz it ever had soon after its release. Will audiences buy it this time around?

One Day is Lone Scherfig's follow up to the amazing An Education, which brought us the beginning of what looks like a great career from current "It" girl Carey Mulligan.

Speaking of "it" girls, Anne Hathaway has already had her "it" girl moment (many times over it feels), and with her role as Selina Kyle coming up in the near future (who knows when the new Batman will actually be ready, though I am already peeing my pants excited about what Nolan will do with this one), she seems to have some exciting projects coming up.

Sturgess, on the other hand, already had the epic The Way Back released last year (which I loved), and has another film with Kirsten Dunst called Upside Down that has already been completed (though I know nothing about it, only having first learned about it after taking a look at his IMDB page.)

The truth is, these type of films are usually cute, and usually one that women always fall in love with. And with Lone Scherfig at the helm, I definitely am eager to see if she can pull it off.

PS--Anne Hathaway as butch? Not quite sure how I feel about that. But I do think these two looks good together--anyone smell off-camera romance?