Anne Hathaway

Musicals are among the hardest of film genres to pull off with conviction. Long gone is the heyday of the musical film, and with a few exceptions, the forms have gone their separate ways, musicals relegated to Broadway, far from the gaze of film. While there are some musical films that have been quite successful both artistically and financially in more recent years (Chicago, Sweeney Todd) the only reason they have successfully worked in a keen awareness of genre type. 

I can't believe The Dark Knight Rises is only 11 days away. I am so unbelievably excited, it is physically painful to wait. Luckily, this 13-minute featurette that's just been released has taken some of the edge off, teasing an incredibly epic finale to Nolan's Batman trilogy. Packed into this video are some great sound bytes from the cast and crew, a few new bits from the film, and most awesome of all, some mind-blowing behind the scenes footage and pictures.

Apologies in advance Avengers, I know this is your week (and I'll definitely be seeing you at midnight), but this might steal a bit of your thunder. The Dark Knight rises has received a third trailer, and wow, WOW, it's awesome. There's not much more to say except that this one has a significant number of money shots, so many that I feel like maybe I've seen to much. If that's okay with you though, check it out below. It's pretty great.

Production on Christopher Nolan's epic conclusion to his Batman trilogy is in full swing, and we've got another batch of news, rumors, set photos and more below the break. Check 'em out and let me know what you think.