TheDarkKnightRises.com reveals first photo of Tom Hardy as Bane

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Earlier this morning Warner Bros. launched the official website for The Dark Knight Rises, TheDarkKnightRises.com. The site features a blank page with audio of people chanting. Then, a mysterious Twitter account started tweeting out a link and with a little digging through the source code, the first official image of Tom Hardy as Bane has been revealed! What do you think of our first official photo? Let’s hear your thoughts in the comments!

Update: Click here for a high-resolution version of Tom Hardy as Bane!

SOURCE: TheDarkKnightRises.com

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  • SYL

    AWESOME.

  • Simon

     Looks badass. But to be honest, I begin to fear a little bit that Bane is part of the LOS……….

    • Bryanbreguet

      Bane is probably what Bruce Wayne was supposed to be: a strong and smart leader. When plans fell down with Wayne, they went back to him. So he’s probably super pissed at Wayne and Batman for that. 

  • Anonymous

    *I Came*

  • Anonymous

    OMG

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Daniel-Everitt/1031768422 Daniel Everitt

    Wow i’m diggin it. Looks great in Nolans world,a spandex suit would have been silly

  • Anonymous

    AWESOME!

  • BRENDANGEARY88

     Truly EPIC!!! He will no doubt top Joker from intimidating factor and just plain awesomeness.  I am sorry, Heath did a great job but Bane will be Batmans definitive villain from these 3 movies… Tom will own the role, Nolan will blow us away, and we will all be left speechless from this movie.

    Hands down, best way I could ever imagine Bane too look like.

    • Stan31111

      he is cool and it will be great, but i dont feel that any actor in any role right now can outperform the dark knight joker, i agree i am excited and tom hardy is great in the few films ive seen him in, but the way ledger redifined and created a slightly different sicker less comedic type twist on it, i think hardy will do bane justice but he wont change the character the way ledger did. 

      • Carl

        Well, guess we have to wait and see.

  • Lee

    Fucking AMAZING! I’m so psyched for the viral!!

  • Simmonscorpllc

    Are those ports or something on his back along his spine?

  • Francis17

    Oh GAWD !
    Is it some skeletal stuff on the muzzle? (nose part)

    • http://grauskala.blogspot.com/ One_Eyed_Willie

       Yeah, kinda look like a skeleton hand, but I don’t think so…

      • Anonymous

        Look again. They definitely look like tubes. So sort of respirator maybe? 

        • http://grauskala.blogspot.com/ One_Eyed_Willie

          Some respiratory device, or some “inhalation” one… for venom drugs maybe.

          • Anonymous

            Precisely what I meant. Much more realistic than past Banes, and much more exciting…  ;) 

  • Why so serious!

    Holy Hell…this is an insane promo…and Tom Hardy seems to have done his homework for sure! 

  • Heyitstommyg

    Absolutely perfect for this role

  • Guanoman

     OH MY GOD CHRIS NOLAN IS STILL GOD.

  • Godspeeding

     HOLY FUCK

  • Anonymous

     HOLY JUMPIN’S! Hardy looks horrifying!

    TDKR = Epic.

  • Collin V.

    Cannot wait :O

  • Collin V.

    Cannot wait :O

  • Guanoman

     Also someone should take that sound byte and play it in reverse. Seems like something those viral geniuses would do.

  • Guanoman

     Also someone should take that sound byte and play it in reverse. Seems like something those viral geniuses would do.

  • Guanoman

    Still. HOLY SHIT.

  • Guanoman

    Still. HOLY SHIT.

  • Anonymous

    Works for me and our staff here at GeekRest.com . We couldn’t be more excited!

  • Anonymous

     Also, the first pic of Garfield as Spider-Man can suck on this. Hardy as Bane is WAY cooler!

  • Anonymous

    Works for me and our staff here at GeekRest.com . We couldn’t be more excited!

  • Godspeeding

     This picture has “League Of Shadows” written all over it. Are they chanting “Its His Father” on the website? If so then that explains the need for Ras Al Ghul and a flashback scene!

  • Veronica-bellotti

    thats dedication for you

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000671572502 Jayden Velt

     Awesome indeed!

  • Anonymous

     =) =) =) =) =) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Es Eyes

     hanibal lecter ??

  • Anonymous

    X men First Class , Green Lantern , Captain America ,The Amazing Spiderman , The Avengers , Superman – Man of Steel , just got OWNED by Chris Nolan ! 

    • http://grauskala.blogspot.com/ One_Eyed_Willie

       hahaha! True, man… true!

    • Ahmadabbas91

      technically superman is also nolans project

  • Chris

    Fuck. That is all.

  • http://twitter.com/gautamvalluri Gautam Valluri

     Can anyone save the ‘chanting’ wav file from the TDKR website and play it backwards in some sound editor?

  • http://batman-news.com Batman-News.com

    I just added a link to a high-resolution version of Tom Hardy as Bane. This is my new desktop wallpaper!

    • Anonymous

      LOL. As soon as I read “high-resolution” I did the same thing! 

    • Anonymous

       Hope you don’t mind me stealing your idea!

      • Anonymous

        I think we all have it as the desktop wallpaper now… 

    • Thejokersmiles13

      That makes 4 of us! LOL 

      • Anonymous

        Make that 5 for 5 , This pic is better than the first Joker pic , and thats saying alot ! 

    • Bazman05

      Well done.

  • Federick Gonsa

     Man that is cool. Looks sort of like the last predator from Predators.

    • Anonymous

      Cool ! you know the vibe i get from the pic , if George Lucas had any sense , A Young  Darth Vader !

  • Big O

    Wow!!!!!! 

  • Anonymous

    yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes YES! 

  • Slidell38

     The chant and the photo are bad ass!

  • Anonymous

    Who thinks Hardy is to short now !!!!!!! 

    • Anonymous

      THIS. Anyone looking at Hardy, ripped and dressed like this, would be crap-your-pants intimidated.  

    • Anonymous

       This has to be post of the year…

  • Dhewitt24

    That just looks fuckin sick as hell. Can’t tell me this is going to be an EPIC movie.

  • http://www.facebook.com/JuliBaleGirl Juli Balehead

    Awesome !!!!!

  • Chris

     and here…we….GO.

  • 4479

    Bruce is so going to die.

    • http://www.facebook.com/JuliBaleGirl Juli Balehead

       No,he is not going to die…Nolan won´t do that.

      • Anonymous

        I think 4479 meant it more figuratively than literally. 

    • http://grauskala.blogspot.com/ One_Eyed_Willie

       Not dying, but… crippled! hehe

  • Patrick

    How do you improve the cheesy, spandex-wearing villain from Batman & Robin? If you’re Chris Nolan, you give him a Hannibal Lecter mask and Darth Vader’s bald, creepy head.  

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_UHPFCPPTOY3DKRIWN6AAKMTLPM v3t0

    looks like scorpions mask 

  • Jas Chiang

     what is the little white point, it looks like cat’s eye.

  • http://grauskala.blogspot.com/ One_Eyed_Willie

    Nolan’s Bane, ladies and gentlemen!!!
    Man, that looks cool as hell!! AWESOME!!! I don’t like Bane in comics, but that is just amazing!
    Reminds me a lot Hanibal fucking Lecter!

    • Anonymous

      Dude i told you by the end of the month ! I won the bet ,i want what , i am owed , if you do not deliver , i am sending BANE round to collect ! LOL ! It is amazing isnt it ! Nolan strikes again ! Next up Cat Woman ! SH*T just got real !  

      • http://grauskala.blogspot.com/ One_Eyed_Willie

         I want my six pack Heineken!!!

  • Ahmd_ej

    I like the fact that Nolan subjected Bane to reality, rather making him look like a freak!
    Reminds me of a buffed up Hannibal Lecter :D

  • Anonymous

    Nothing tops the first image we had of Heath Ledger as The Joker. But this comes pretty close.

  • http://twitter.com/lethargicj Jason Castleman

     I think Bane would shave his arm pits.

  • Lowend922

     God dammit that is great. Hardy is going  to own this role. This will be his huge break through role! I hope the movie is great enough that it gets some Oscar recognition. Nolan deserves something out of these films. 

    • http://twitter.com/lethargicj Jason Castleman

      Wait…..Hardy is starring in one of the most anticipated movies ever. Wouldn’t the breakthrough role be the one that got him THIS awesome job?  haha 

  • Vanilla Shake

    Oh. My. God.

    I creamed my pants.

  • Anonymous

    Anyone else picking up on the tubes on the mouth and pipe entry holes along the side and back of the mask when looking in detail?

    Or am I just looking too much into it?

    • Anonymous

       No your TOTALY right , there is a TUBE , running around the Neck area ! Great spot !

    • Anonymous

       Venom pills, maybe?

    • http://grauskala.blogspot.com/ One_Eyed_Willie

      I don’t like tubes, but let’s see what’s Nolan will bring for us geeks!

      • Anonymous

         lol What, like ALL tubes? or just the ones on Bane’s mask?

        • http://grauskala.blogspot.com/ One_Eyed_Willie

          I don’t like tubes in costume at all! I think it’s just stupid, you know! The only thing you must do is to come closer with a child scissors or penknife and “CLIC” – cut the damn thing!
          Well, now I want to know who is the bastard that would go closer of Bane! :D

    • Anonymous

      I’m thinking it’s some sort of respirator. Maybe Nolan’s ‘venom’ isn’t an injection…

      • http://grauskala.blogspot.com/ One_Eyed_Willie

        Exactly! 

    • CmputrBlu

      No I see an entry on the back of the “mask” too.

      I’m guessing here that the comic book Venon has been repalced by some gas compound like what we saw in Batman Begins used by the LOS and Scarecrow. The front of the mask looks like is has breathing tubes where the gas will come out from and Bane will breath. What it will do to him exactyl we’ll have to wait and see. :) 

      • Bazman05

        I like the idea that your getting away from the comic’s version of venom, and I would of said that if there was going to be something like venom that Bane uses than I would said a gas but I don’t like the idea that he uses something others could easily get their hands on.

        It makes Bane that little bit less special.

  • Anonymous

    If you slow the chant down, it does say something. Its distorted, but I can make out, “this is my ___” and something different at the end. Use audacity to slow it down and append the following to the website to get the sound: /sound/rises.wav

    It says nothing backwards. Good luck!

  • Anonymous

    Fucking Pure Awesome! I love the new mask design!  And the sound of the site os something interesting too.Who was hail the Batman? Gotham Citizens? League of Shadows?

    Damn,Tom Hardy will kick butt seriously in that film. HAS BEGAN!

  • Anonymous

    Holy Shit! I found the source of the distortion! Using Adobe Audtion, I looked at the spectral Frequency Display and found this: http://lockerz.com/s/103275519

    Ask me questions at twitter.com/curbsideaudio

    This is much like the Pokémon sound that was discovered a few years ago. A neat trick, much better than backmasking.

    • wss687

      That’s crazy… I work at a studio and edit in that view all the time. I would of never thought to look at it for this 

    • Anonymous

       Why doesn’t this post have 1000 likes? That’s so freaking awesome.

    • LuciusFox

       Incredible find, nicely done!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_MJTPX42RL23YISZHPYXWFM2KVE Drew

    BEAST!

  • Anonymous

    So ‘EXCITED’ doesn’t BEGIN to describe what’s happening to Batman fans. SO STOKED!!

  • Joker

    This looks like shit… :/ 

  • Anonymous

    Holy shiznit, Bane looks like a monster. Mask is Hannibal Lectre meets…well, Bane.

    • Anonymous

      Some people on various boards gave been claiming its Hindu for “long live, long live”.

      Obviously I have no idea if its true or not but interesting none the less.

  • Anonymous

    Here’s my thoughts on what they’re saying.

    Bane’s being trained, and they’re simply saying.

    “Kick, faster, faster, kick, faster, faster, kick” etc.

    • Maxwell Action

       I’ve translated it to “Gas break honk. Gas break honk, Honk honk punch, Gas Gas Gas.”

  • Anonymous

    FLAWLESS VICTORY!  Sub Zero wins!

  • Stevenscorreo

    If Bane can look already this awesome, how awesome is Selina Kyle/Catwoman going to look?!??!! I’m VERY curious at what she’ll look like in her outfit^^.
    Can’t wait!!!!!!!!!!

  • Anonymous

    http://www.thedarkknightrises.com/image.html
    That’s the link to the super-cool image of Bane being created via Twitter/Facebook posts.
    AND if you look in the top-left corner, on the first line (put your mouse just below the space between ADD and ME), you can see BatmanNews.com ‘s contribution!!

  • ares

     No talk of the chanting tho?
    That’s gotta be something… maybe it means something played backwards or the like. who knows?

  • Simonmorris007

    awesome! tom is world class actor and this picture looks mean.

  • Thejokersmiles13

    Is this wicked or what?!!! Hardy looks even bigger than when we saw before on set 

  • Zubeida_ct

    Honestly. Im kinda frightend by him on that pic. Cant imagine how amazing he will be. 

  • Anonymous

    Since it hasn’t been posted here yet…take a look at the new casting details:
    http://www.nolanfans.com/2011/05/20/3-more-cast-members-join-the-dark-knight-rises/

    • http://batman-news.com Batman-News.com

      I wanted to let the Bane hype die down. I’ll definitely be posting that story tomorrow.

      • Anonymous

        HAHAHA. A good idea. People were having heart attacks over Bane, so the casting news would definitely be overshadowed. Which it still is. But not as much now that there was time to process.  =)

  • http://www.chaosjester.blogspot.com Manos Jester

    OH MY GOD! That shirt under Bane’s left hand is lacking a head. I’m pretty sure that he’s holding his uniform in prison , but imagine if it’s a beheaded guard  sitting there , you know, beheaded.

    • Maxwell Action

       That’s his knee. Right?

      • http://www.chaosjester.blogspot.com Manos Jester

         Yeah I figured it out myself eventually. Last night I had no mind left after I learned about the photo

        • http://grauskala.blogspot.com/ One_Eyed_Willie

           Man, I want what you’re smoking! But your guess would be great, anyway! hehe

  • Seangrasse
  • Anonymous

     Anyone else squinting, moving their screen, viewing the image from different angles, in a vain attempt to figure out where the hell Bane actually is?

    • Anonymous

      Is it just me , or does the circular shape at the back of the mask look like a button , I imagine this needs to be pressed to circulate the VENOM ! 

    • Thomaskellynetuka

      yeh i am, i have tried to adjust the image, to find what lurks in the dark, all i see is a shadow of a figure, in the bottom left corner..

      • Anonymous

        There’s also a bit of crap on the floor.

        • Sodadreamers

          BANE needs toilet training

  • Ingrid

     BAAAAANNNNNEEEE. So much excitement! I think the design is pretty wicked, I’m really curious who they’re going to incorporate venom for his character and possible his design. I did like the venom tubes, but the ‘mask’ kind of looks like it’s ventilated or have some type of detail.

  • Bazman05

    Not diggin the mask, but it’s only a side view and I’m sure it’ll be pretty good.

    He certainly look’s menacing enough though. Worthy of Bane.

  • Just a random guy

    The mask reminds me of  reptile from MK, so i’ not 100% digging it (though it still beats the hell out of the last bane we saw!). I think it’s the tubes, that look like teeth. I’m sure it’s only beause it’s a picture and that it’ll look great “in motion”. Loving the rest… Bane looks like a seriously scary SOB, i love that! Enough muscle to make him threatening, not so much that he looks absurd.

  • Spunky Chipmunk

    I’m guessing its in India since the pic came out right after they were there.  Prison cell, maybe? The tiny white dot could be his only window out.

  • Krys Penrose

    i am not sure how i feel about this yet! we need to see more of him! lol does look pretty interesting though. i think tom hardy will do an awesome job as bane

  • Antrozous

    You will hunt me.You will condemn me, set the dogs on me… 

    Bane is coming for you Batman, and this dog… has no leash!

  • Antrozous

     Anyone else heard THIS IS SPARTA! in the sound file? Hahahahaha

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000573223252 Miles Löffler

    BEST

  • pheonixrising

    Think the ports are on the back of his head 

  • TDKR_2012

    This will be the most awesome film ever!!!
    Be aware Avatar, BANE WILL BREAK YOU!!!

    • http://grauskala.blogspot.com/ One_Eyed_Willie

       Why Avatar, dude?? You need to go higher grounds…

      • http://batman-news.com Batman-News.com

        Avatar is currently the highest domestic grossing movie of all time:
        http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/domestic.htm
        The Dark Knight is #3, right behind The Titanic.

        • http://grauskala.blogspot.com/ One_Eyed_Willie

          Oh… got ya! You’re talking at those $$ terms… yeah, sure!

  • TDKR_2012

    For all of you fans below i present my TDKR POSTER!!!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_QVHD4OFV2HVFE6MLATKUWIOZQQ slick will

    freakin awesome! Tom Hardy will own as Bane! Has anyone heard the rumor that the dark knight rises teaser trailer will be released in the last harry potter film? hopefully its true since they are both from warner bros.

    • Anonymous

      Yeah i heard that ,to , but the rumour came from Comicbook movie wich is very hit and miss , but i do excpect a teaser this summer , maybe no footage , just audio , like the ” Youve changed things ” teaser from TDK 

  • Anonymous

    @TDKR 2012 Cool poster , here is my own quick attempt for what its worth ! 

  • Anonymous

    5 Things i want or would like to see from BANE in TDKR

    1.BANE to completley physicaly obltarate BATMAN !
    2.KILL LUCIUOS FOX , someone has to go ,carnt be BRUCE,ALFRED or GORDON sorry Morgan =)
    3.WAYNE TOWER reduced to RUBLE !
    4.VENOM Enduced RAGE !
    5.Dont be just a villian , have a compelling and tragic Origin . 

    • http://grauskala.blogspot.com/ One_Eyed_Willie

      1- agreed
      2- no dude, not Lucius! Kill the mayor or some other politician… not the coolest guy of the trilogy!! :)
      3- kinda difficult… too much CGI here!
      4- yeah!
      5- hell yeah!

      • http://grauskala.blogspot.com/ One_Eyed_Willie

        my turn:

        1- killing spree, with Bane releasing Arkhan psychos.
        2- DON NOT want to see tubes… c’mon!
        3- venom working in a different perspective.
        4- complex, profound psique as he did in Bronson, not just rumble all the time. 
        5- …and  completley obltarate Batman, not just physicaly, but strategic too!

        • Anonymous

          1. EPIC
          2. 1 tube is o.k
          3. That could work
          4. Cool
          5, Great point , on Strategy , 

  • Just a random guy

    Looking a bit  closer to the pic i noticed something I couldnt place my finger on until now: The little stare, right off the corner of the eye, like saying “what the **** are you looking at”… very meanacing…. Hrdy will do great as bane!!

  • http://twitter.com/puninspired Pun Inspired

    Maybe the two lights above his elbow are from a video camera.  The white one is light from another source reflecting off the lens, and the red one is the “record” light.  That, in combination with the mask and his posture makes it look to me like he’s sitting up after a Venom procedure.

  • Psyoper79

    Pleas not Tom Hardy he isn’t big enough at all they keep screwing Bane up in all the movies.  He was suposed to be a criminal master mind/hired gun and also size wise was one of the largest villans in DC Comics, he was ripped even without the Bane gogo juice before and after jail. 

    • Psyoper79

       realy he was Dc’s answer to the kingpin smart and strong.  Broke Batmans back.

  • Mavmu1988

    why does everyone like this picture, it really made me think twice about bane in the movie because of how ignorant to mask is. having the teeth stick out looks stupid, why couldn’t they stick with his mask from the comics i can understand losing his stupid shirt. this was a disappointing surprise

    • Batarang

      Those are not teeth sticking out, they’re tubes that seem connected to the back of his mask/muzzle by the tube that runs across his jaw. Look at it closely with the higher resolution version of it. Don’t judge just yet, for it’s only just a picture. Need I remind you of what people said when Heath Ledger was cast? Tom Hardy is a phenomal actor, whom I trust will prove his worth. Don’t take my word for it. Just watch his performance in “Bronson” definitely a top notch actor.

  • Akid Mooner

     Like comming here, so just for my contributin thought Id share this pic here…

    • http://batman-news.com Batman-News.com

      That’s awesome!

      • Anonymous

        That is EPIC , that is my new Desk Top Back Ground  , Great job !

  • Bradley Eversley

    I personally think the chanting on the blank page of thedarkknightrises.com will be BANE’S theme music, as Zimmer did for The JOKER…He DID say it was going to be epic, and what’s more epic than a choir? If you haven’t heard The Matrix Revolutions Choir orchestra, you have no idea what an epic score is. lol

  • Chriszani24

    Unreal

  • Anonymous

    I hope the LOS doesn’t have much to do with this. Because it would make the Joker a spinoff character pretty much.

    Any thoughts on the chanting?

  • Pure Bulky Hunky Bro

    My thoughts:

    This mask is similar to the league of Shadow’s gas masks used in Batman Begins. Same colour and tech design, but Bane’s is designed to pump (Venom) gas into him. Bane is DEF linked to the LoS.

    There is a button on the back of the mask which could be used to activate the venom serum.

    If Bane is linked to LoS, maybe they have found a way to extract the venom steroid compound from the “blue flowers”.

    I predict Bane will demolish Batman in the opening scene; not break his back, but just really mess him up. batman will be out of action for a while and Gotham will get really crime ridden (enter Catwoman as a vigilante). Batman will retrain, bulk up and “rise” in the last 45 mins of the film and kick major ass.

    He will conclude that Gotham will always need him, there will never be any rest for him until he dies.

  • Unique Jenique

    Grammy Epic :)

  • Drizzle

    I don’t know about the villain. I’m sure I’ll be wrong when the movie comes out and I see it’s awesomeness, but I just feel like all Bane has going for him is strength… I didn’t really watch the cartoon too much to see if Bane did anything more than be strong. I feel like so much more can be done with a different villain. I liked the idea of Hugo Strange being the villain, but again, I’m sure i’ll be absolutely amazed at what Christopher Nolan can do with Bane and Cat Woman

  • Bane

    This picture is absolutely awesome.I lovebatman  films and  i cannot wait to see how Nolan reinvented bane.

  • Sherrycherry85

    imho I’d prefer the Red Hood, he would totally present the ultimate morality challenge to batman, links back to the Joker and is a good way to end the score with Joker.

  • tankD

    hardy focuses to much on his back. in BRONSON he did appear to be huge but his aarms wernt in proportion with the rest of his body. he needs to have HUGE arms for this one im not down for big back big body small shoulder small biceps bane simply wont work 

  • Guest

    So the beautiful Doe-Eyed Anne Hathaway is going to be cat-woman… GOD I HOPE TO SEE HER TATAs!!!!

  • Archmagus327

    It looks as if they tried hard to show him bulkier than he is, without using Photoshop…

  • Weathertop9

    I think the emotional theme conversation is the most interesting at this point. I agree BB was Fear. TDK was Chaos. But I’m not sure this one will be Rage. Rage has the potential to be blind or shallow. Nolan has never copped out to either. Bane, while capable of rage, is also very smart. I think that his wits outweigh his physicality as his strongest weapon. The emotional themes of the first two dealt directly with Bruce/Batman. Rage is not something Bruce has to grapple with inside himself like fear and chaos; he has used rage as a tool, one that aids him in conquering Fear or Chaos. I also have a feeling that Bane is not the primary antagonist. I could be wrong though. The theme, following the established pattern, will both be personified by the primary antagonist and be a psychological hurdle for Bruce.So where does that leave us?Obsession. Perhaps?
    Bane is both obsessed with “venom” and with his metal proclivity. He is the closest we’ve seen to Batman’s brain equal. He does discover something about the Batman that no one ever has before…
    Likewise, Bruce becomes obsessed with the mantle of the Batman. Nolan shows us that in the first two films. The mantle heals something broken inside him. But like every addiction/obsession, that can eat you. Can Bruce come to the realization that the mantle, the symbol of the Batman is larger than one man?I don’t know… Just ranting!Thoughts?

  • TehFuryMan

    That boy got swoll!!!

  • Henrycoburn42

    Was skeptical if Hardy could play this role. Once I saw his performance in the British film “Bronson”, no more doubts.

  • abw2

    I hope they put something more on the actual TDKR website soon. You people may or may not be aware of this by now, but currently there is only this “background” music that keeps playing over and over. It’s pretty epic, and I really do like the sound of it.

    BUT

    I would also appreciate some actual details, maybe some photos or some trailers ya know, just somethin’ to make the site more appealing to viewers.

    BUT

    I don’t know, maybe that’s just me. P :)

  • Kap

    Oh…My…God…. The anticipation – the anticipation… What I love about the Batman universe is that the villains steal the show. And what a show it will be. Bane’s brutal macho-ness in contrast to Catwoman’s sophistication. It has got to become legendary.

  • Jables

    Does anyone else hear something about ra’s in the chanting?

  • Ron

    The people chanting in the audio from thedarknightrises.com are yelling ‘Esmaga!” which is spanish/portuguese for “Smash!”

  • abw2

    Pretty bad-ass. I can’t wait to see a full picture of him (as well as Anne Hathaway as Catwoman, never-mind the rest of the returning/new cast members – in character of course). P :)

  • abw2

    Pretty bad-ass. I can’t wait to see a full picture of him (as well as Anne Hathaway as Catwoman, never-mind the rest of the returning/new cast members – in character of course). P :)

  • 1990′s Batfan

    i am very confused on how we are already doing bane when the haven’t even done robin or many of the stories that lead to bane am i suppose to forget knightfall when i see bane or what?? looks good too but i hate all the switch ups in story i feel like it’s 97 all over again . as long as he is very intelligent like the bane in the comic then it’s all good but we get another hulk smash bane i will be pissed .real talk ..

  • Nickhosein

    To Christopher Nolan,

    Make Bane happy.

  • Nickhosein

    To Christopher Nolan,

    Make Bane happy.

  • Anvesh Dhanvalkar

    amzing man!!!!!! awesome…… can’t wait for summer 2012…………..

  • jj

    y is bane so small?

  • Pert ner suppertime

    I’m thinking the bane character will be LAME! Isn’t the character suppose to be huge like 7ft and bulky?

    • MCB

      I can’t see hardy working as bane even with tricks/chops and CGI! Bane was highly articulate and very educated (albeit from a harsh prison regimen from childhood) He was also a BEAST of a man and roided to death and back, if Hardy is to be CGI’d or movie magic’d to appear MASSIVE then Nolan could of used almost anyone for the role! HOPE I AM WRONG THOUGH :o)

      • MCB

        On another similar note though….ideally Bats would of been bulkier for my PERSONAL taste, if anything Bale seemed leaner in TDK than Begins! I didn’t quite ‘get’ how the joker (feeble build) managed to pin batman for so long before Bats shot his spines into him and threw him off building!