Dirt Alum Joins TDKR

 Josh Stewart has joined Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight Rises" says Variety

Christian Bale Anne Hathaway,Tom Hardy Josh Pence,Alon Aboutboul and Nestor Carbonell star along with return of the trilogy's ensemble cast such as Gary Oldman Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine

Matthew Modine Tom Conti (The Tempest), 11-year-old actress Joey King Daniel Sunjata, Diego Klattenhoff  Burn Gorman Brett Cullen and Chris Ellis  take on secondary roles  Stewart's role in the sequel is unspecified in the film.

Nolan calls action on the DKR from a screenplay he wrote with bro Jonathan Nolan, from a story by Nolan and David S. Goyer

Production is underway in the UK and the sequel is set to hit theaters on July 20th, 2012