The Dark Knight Rises Anne Hattaway Catwoman First Look

Warner brothers has released the first image of Anne Hattaway as Catwoman from the upcoming film The Dark Knight Rises.

This photo has  has many mixed feelings but I personally like it.

The blog DC Women Kicking Ass has done a pretty in depth investigation of the above pic and I would like to share it with you.

Next the mask; is it a harlequin mask as worn in the TV show and seen being carried by her stand-in yesterday? Or is it goggles as the Darwyn Cook costume gave her and she wears in Arkham City?

It seems like a bit of both.

On closer examination this looks like goggles over a mask. Not the nose piece seems separate. And the top of the goggles seem to be in the same style.

Now the costume. We can see it is a zip-up and textured. The texture is more Arkham City than Cooke’s version which was very smooth.

The zipper is not round version of the Cooke costume (left) but a plain zipper as in the

Arkham City costume (right)

And onto the gloves. These appear to be plain leather gloves avoiding the pointy fingers of other costumes including the Burton version (see below).

And now the footwear. Cooke’s costume went for the study thick boots.

Arkham City has high-heeled boots.

But Hathaway’s costume has what appears to be flat leather boots. I like that. Heels would just be ridiculous.

And finally the hair. Clearly it’s long but Catwoman has long been shown with long hair. More interestingly is that her head is uncovered.

This is a very detailed examination of the pic – and I appreciate the effort you put in!!