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Anne Hathaway to play Catwoman

Actress Anne Hathaway kisses the Harvard University Hasty Pudding Theatrical's Woman of the Year pudding pot trophy inside the New College Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts on January 28, 2010. UPI/Matthew Healey

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Published: Jan. 19, 2011 at 1:10 PM

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Hollywood's Warner Bros. studio says Anne Hathaway will play Catwoman in its upcoming Batman flick "The Dark Knight Rises."

Hathaway, whose film credits include "The Princess Diaries," "The Devil Wears Prada" and "Love & Other Drugs," will play the role of Catwoman previously inhabited by Eartha Kitt, Julie Newmar, Michelle Pfeiffer and Halle Berry.

The studio also said it has cast "Inception" co-star Tom Hardy as the villain Bane opposite Christian Bale's Caped Crusader in "Rises," The Hollywood Reporter said.

"I am delighted to be working with Tom again and excited to watch him bring to life our new interpretation of one of Batman's most formidable enemies," Nolan said in a statement Wednesday.

Topics: Anne Hathaway, Christian Bale, Eartha Kitt, Julie Newmar, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tom Hardy

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