We have known for quite some time that Christopher Nolan‘s forthcoming entry into his Batman franchise, The Dark Knight Rises would be shooting in multiple locations around the globe, we were surprised to find out back in January that the filmmaker had chosen Detroit over Chicago, which had stood in for Gotham City in both Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.

Now, director Christopher Nolan has confirmed that The Dark Knight Rises will also be filming in Pittsburgh sometime this summer.

Nolan said,

“Pittsburgh is a beautiful city. We have been able to find everything we were looking for here, and I am excited to spend the summer in Pittsburgh with our final installment of Batman.”

Dawn Keezer, the director of the Pittsburgh Film Office stated to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette that the director was lured to the city by its architecture and the sequel will shoot in downtown Pittsburgh and adjacent areas for four to six weeks.

“They’re still nailing down actual locations but what they really fell in love with was the diversity of architecture and the gorgeous buildings that we still have in Downtown Pittsburgh and the surrounding areas.”

The Dark Knight Rises, directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman is slated to hit theaters on July 20th, 2012.