Udhayanidhi Stalin's Red Gaint Movies has acquired the distribution rights of Christopher Nolan's much awaited The Dark Knight Rises of the Batman trilogy.

The Dark Knight Rises is set eight years after the previous movie. Gotham city is faced with a genetically enhanced villain Bane, who forces Batman to come out of hiding. Tom Hardy takes on the role of the hunk Bane while Christian Bale reprises his part as Batman for one last time. Marion Cotillard, Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway, Michael Caine and Joseph Gordon-Levitt have also played integral roles in the movie.

The film is all set to hit screens on July 20.