"The Dark Knight Rises" is going to get an official novel, just don't expect it to spoil you before the movie comes out.

Titan Books announced via press release that they'll be releasing the book on July 20, the same day "The Dark Knight Rises" hits theaters. The novel will be written by Greg Cox, who is best known for writing official novelizations for comic book storylines like "Infinite Crisis" and "Countdown."

Even though "The Dark Knight Rises" is based on the "Batman" comics, there are plenty of reasons we're excited to get our hands on this book. Christopher Nolan is a director known for his subtlety, and we can't resist geeking out over every bit of detail about a project we can get.

Hopefully Cox will work closely with Nolan so he can make sure that all his additional insights into Batman, Bane and the rest of the characters align themselves with Nolan's plan in the film. Also, this is a nice back up in case it turns out that Bane is incoherent after all. (Sorry, we couldn't resist!)

Both "Batman Begins" and "The Dark Knight" also received official novelizations, but Dennis O'Neil wrote those. It's interesting that the folks in charge decided to switch authors for the book based on the last of the three Nolan films, but hopefully it's because Cox will have something new to add to the saga.

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