'Dark Knight Rises': The Batwing's Many Looks

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[url="http://splashpage.mtv.com/2011/08/16/dark-knight-rises-batwing-photo/"][b]FROM SPLASH PAGE:[/b][/url] [url="http://www.mtv.com/movies/person/3146/personmain.jhtml"]Christian Bale[/url]'s incarnation of Batman had hardly been confined to the gritty streets of Gotham City in "Batman Begins" and "The Dark Knight." His Caped Crusader perched high atop skyscrapers, spun aerial pirouettes through the night sky with a pair of retractable wings, and plucked a corrupt businessman into the air thanks to some nifty black-ops technology and a white cargo plane.

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But never before has Bale's hero had his very own aircraft, a super-slick [url="http://splashpage.mtv.com/2011/08/15/dark-knight-rises-set-photos-2/"]Batwing [/url] perhaps to park in the Batcave next to his Batpod, which resides within his Batmobile. That's about to change, as photos from the Pittsburgh set of [url="http://www.mtv.com/movies/movie/454627/moviemain.jhtml"]"The Dark Knight Rises"[/url] make clear. Director [url="http://www.mtv.com/movies/person/205647/personmain.jhtml"]Christopher Nolan[/url] has given the craft an entirely new spin, updating what was once an undeniably hokey comic-book creation into the latest, greatest way for Batman to shoot through the air and bust bad-guy butt. Here's a look at the aircraft's evolution.

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