Update: Trailer removed at the request of WB. Check out the official poster below and come back Monday, July 18th when the official trailer launches online after being attached to Harry Potter this weekend. We’ve officially confirmed with WB the date, which will mark the 3-year anniversary of The Dark Knight hitting theaters.

With the first official teaser trailer (clocking in at 1 minute and 26 seconds) coming with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 this Friday, Warner Bros. has unveiled the debut poster for Christopher Nolan‘s massively anticipated finale chapter to his Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises. I have to say I love the design and it gives a harrowing hint at the destruction Tom Hardy‘s Bane villain will bring. Check it out below via the official site and click for high-resolution.

Scripted by David Goyer and Jonathan Nolan, the film also stars Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Juno Temple, Josh Pence, Daniel Sunjata, Nestor Carbonell, Matthew Modine, Tom Conti, Joey King, Brett Cullen, Chris Ellis, and Josh Stewart.

The Dark Knight Rises hits theaters July 20th, 2012 in IMAX theaters.

What do you think of the first official poster?