"The Dark Knight Rises," Christopher Nolan's third film in the Batman trilogy,  is now set to make a two week production trip to New York and could be heading straight to a hot locale: the Occupy Wall Street protests.

The Warner Bros./Legendary Pictures production will arrive in the big apple for 14 days starting Oct. 29, according to a casting notice recently issued by producers. The buzz around the production is that the shoot could include scenes shot at the Occupy Wall Street protests.

Occupy Wall Street is of course the movement that began in Lower Manhattan and has since spread to other cities, both in the US and around the world. The demonstrations will almost certainly be continuing during the period that "The Dark Knight Rises" shoots in NYC.

Exactly which scenes are scheduled to be shot in New York remain a secret. According to the casting call, interested actors should have "military and/or law enforcement training/experience, weapons training, and/or martial arts training."

So Occupy Wall Street may work its way into The Dark Knight Rises as a recent addition, or at least a part of the background action. But using a real-life location like the Occupy Wall Street protests would add an element of raw authenticity to 'Rises." It also would fit with the franchise's preoccupation with themes of urban order and civil unrest, which "Dark Knight" explored at length.

The original casting call in New York was looking for extras to play law enforcement "within a city besieged by crime and corruption," and images from the Occupy Wall Street protests have shown striking images of law enforcement facing off against protesters that most filmmakers might be eager to recreate. 

One thing is for sure, it's going to be very interesting to see how Nolan will incorporate real-life politics into his fictional superhero universe. And how the Occupy Wall Street protesters will react to a $250-million production financed by one of the world's largest media conglomerates y yet to be seen!