Christian Bale is The Dark Knight

Christian Bale captures a moment in time with his camera while shooting a scene Friday on the set of the next Batman installment The Dark Knight (currently filming in Hong Kong, China).

Director Christopher Nolan was, of course, on hand to provide direction. The film also stars Heath Ledger as the Joker, Aaron Eckhart as district attorney Harvey Dent/Two-Face, Maggie Gyllenhaal as assistant D.A. Rachel Dawes (formerly played by Katie Holmes), Michael Caine as butler Alfred Pennyworth and Morgan Freeman (pictured below) as Lucius Fox, the CEO of Wayne Enterprises.

The Dark Knight has a tentative release date of July 18, 2008. Filming will reportedly conclude by the end of this month.