Over the past couple of weeks, since the first teaser trailer was released, The Dark Knight Rises hype machine has kicked into high gear. The first official photo of Catwoman (Anne Hathaway) surfaced, as well as several unofficial on-set photos – including Christopher Nolan‘s incredible reimaging of the Batwing and a brutal dust-up between Batman and Bane.

Of all the photos released, here’s the pick of the bunch… (Warning: these photos contain spoilers!)

An official photo of Anne Hathwaway as Catwoman – well, Selina Kyle actually. The outfit has divided film geeks but I think she look’s pretty damn cool on that bike:

An unofficial photo of the incredible new Batwing, chasing what is assumed to be Bane and his assumed to be stolen camouflaged Tumbler:

A kick-ass unofficial photo of Batman fighting this installment’s chief baddie, Bane (Tom Hardy). Nice elbow, Bats!:

An unofficial photo of Bane standing on his new Tumbler. My how the tumbler has turned!:

A behind the scenes photo of Bane inciting the crowd of the fictitious Gotham Rouges (or, one could say, the not so fictitious Pittsburgh Steelers):

So are your excitement levels rising? What do you think of Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle? What do you think of Bane’s outfit? I’m not totally sold on it yet.