While a lot of people mock Batman because his one superpower is having a ton of money, said cash flow has resulted in quite a great number of wonderful toys over the years. If there's one drawback of the hyper-real universe Christopher Nolan has created in his films, however, it's that not every gadget is 100% believable. Take, for example, the Batwing. In the comics, the modified jet is the perfect way for the Dark Knight to get places quickly and easily, but in the real world strict FAA regulations would likely have a great deal of control over Gotham City's airways and it would be fairly difficult for Bats to get the thing to and from Wayne Manor without anyone noticing its origin or destination. Despite all of those issues, it seems as though Nolan has found a way.

London-based boom operator and sound recordist Frederick Z. Roche has tweeted a bit of info from the set of The Dark Knight Rises that is undoubtedly going to raise a few eyebrows. Said Roche in his Tweet, "'The Dark Knight Rises': Inside Info, they are Building 2 Attack Helicopters in the same design as the Bat Mobile from The Dark Knight! BOOM." By "Bat Mobile" one can assume that he is referring to The Tumbler, meaning that the copters will likely be huge, black and covered in large metal plates. Roche's message seems to confirm a story from back in March that Batman would be getting an assortment of new vehicles in the third film. The move would also fit a progression, as Batman Begins introduced the Tumbler, while The Dark Knight had the Batpod. The film is currently in production with Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, and Nestor Carbonell returning and newcomers including Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Josh Pence, Juno Temple, Matthew Modine, Tom Conti, Joey King, Brett Cullen, Chris Ellis, Daniel Sunjata, Diego Klattenhoff, Josh Stewart and Burn Gorman.

It should be noted that Roche doesn't have an IMDb page and there's no real way of telling if he actually has a connection to the production (Roche's official website doesn't include any information about the Batman film either). Also, if it is true, because helicopters don't have wings, what do you call it? The Batcopter? The Batblade? Guess we'll just have to wait until July 20, 2012 to find out if he's telling the truth,