The first teaser for The Dark Knight Rises has hit the Web. It is the third Batman film from director Christopher Nolan and judging from the clip, the final one for Nolan and its star Christian Bale. Little is known about the actual plot, though judging from short clip, the Caped Crusader will still be engaged in a back and forth with Gotham City over his reputation.

The highly anticipated next installment of the long running franchise will hit theaters on July 20, 2012.The Dark Knight Rises stars Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Daniel Sunjata and Anne Hathaway.