Director Christopher Nolan will be digging into his bag of favorites once again for the upcoming Batman sequel.

Nolan—who has worked with Christian Bale, Michael Caine and Cillian Murphy on a variety of projects—has tapped an Inception actor to star in his next film about the Caped Crusader.

According to Deadline, Tom Hardy has been given a “lead role” in the highly-anticipated film. It’s not known at this time which character he will play.

If the casting rumors are true, this film would reunite Hardy with Bale and Caine—two of his Inception costars.

The as-yet-untitled film is expected to hit theaters on July 20, 2012.