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    Movie » The Dark Knight Rises released on July 20, 2012.

    Taking place eight years after The Dark Knight, Bruce Wayne has given up on being Batman, overwhelmed with grief for his lost love. But when a terrorist named Bane overwhelms Gotham City's Police, The Dark Knight must rise one more time to defeat this new menace.

    Spy Photos Emerge of Batman vs. Bane On The Dark Knight Rises Set [Spoilers]

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    Edited By No_name_here

    I wonder how many of these spy photos would leak if these movie sets let their security pack the kind of assault weapons that Bane’s goons have got. You’d figure that “Joe Getty Images” would be less inclined to shoot some snappies of THE DARK KNIGHT RISES if there was a possibility of him getting shot back at.

    Batman is so sporting in a fight.
    Batman is so sporting in a fight.

    A lot of us figured that this new Bat-movie was going to be setting more action during the daytime since sunlight factored most heavily into the imagery of the teaser trailer. That choice may be a boon creatively, but it may have just busted on-set secrecy wide open since everybody and their mother seemingly showed up to record a battle between Batman, Bane and a whole mess of their respective allies recently.

    == TEASER ==

    You can see more of the incriminating material at SHH but I want to pre-emptively shoot any naysaying about the look of the costumes down before you maniacs hit the talkback. You see all those people standing around Batman? The ones who aren’t in costume? They’re there to help this all look good for the cameras it’s all being staged for, not for the dudes with their flipcams across the street. Just keep that in mind.

    Speculating about this movie when it's so far away is a little silly, but I’ll say that it does look like they’re definitely playing Bane up to be even more of “anti-Batman” with all his gear. Also, Marion Cotillard being all up in this action raises an eyebrow, and I do wonder if that’s supposed to be the “day time action” variant of the Batmboile or perhaps a duplicate pirated by these n’er do wells, instead.

    For the record, this leak never would’ve happened if the project stayed in Chicago.

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    #1  Edited By xblah_blahx

    Is it me, or does Bane look a little small in these pics.

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    #2  Edited By Crimson Eagle

    I really have high hopes for this movie. :)

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    #3  Edited By KainScion

    bane looks awfull. and bale looks kinda..... happy in one of the pics

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    #4  Edited By 00MirageKnight00

    bane looks really bad.............

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    #5  Edited By mhanson108

    This is not what it looks like!  As said in the article, were not seeing it through the cameras their set up for, based on previous Nolan films  I'm sure it will look amazing.

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    #6  Edited By Sky_Jokiel

    Break his back!!! break his back!!! O wait... I don't think that bane could even pick batman up... ummmmm..... CGI break his back!!! CGI break his back!!! 
     
    Welcome to the future where we cant even hire a jacked guy to play the role of a jacked guy we just edit it in later :(

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    #7  Edited By quiksilver70777

    I guess Bane will not be using the venom to gain mass. I don't even see any of the plugs on him. I know the movie is going to be great, but I am very disappointing in casting of Bane. Tom Hardy is too small to play the role. As a DC fan this is all we got no Superman, Flash, Wonder Woman or Justice League film for 2012.

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    #8  Edited By cdeoleo
    I hate that comic book fans just complain about everything. These are spy photos so when you click something that says spy photos it should be obvious that this is not the way it was meant to be seen. Which would be hire a no talent "jacked guy" when they have available an amazing actor who has a good relationship with the director. This sounds like the same b****assness I heard when Heath Ledger was announced as Joker and I am sure you all enjoyed that performance. So shut up up enjoy the movie when it comes. 
     
    In Nolan I trust!
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    #9  Edited By Comiclove5

    The wait is killing me!!!

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    Im pretty pumped this is filmed in my home city, Pittsburgh!  Lets not bash it too bash b4 it comes out ;)

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    #11  Edited By CrimsonAvenger

    I still think The Avengers will be far better than anything Nolan is doing with this movie.

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    I like the part where Batman looks into Bane's beautiful eyes.

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    #13  Edited By Fnz

    I like the  Bane's "military" outfit but he should be MUCH bigger... He's my favourite Bat-villain so I have high expectations :)
    Nevertheless, I'm waiting for the movie, because all of this is a spy-foootage and it' will look much better on the screen, for sure.

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    #14  Edited By batmanboy11

    Before anyone goes crazy with speculation on the batmobile, let's remember that Wayne Enterprises built them, and "Miranda Tate" is supposed to be high up there, so...
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    #15  Edited By Burnstar1230

    Looking at Bane, it reminds me of a Black Scorpion villain....not a good thing. I'm not expecting him to use Venom and getting huge, but no amount of good  CGI would make him look bigger than Bale without looking silly.

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    #16  Edited By Sky_Jokiel
    @cdeoleo:  O I have full faith in Nolan and I know the movie will be awesome and i'm sure Hardy will make an awesome Bane. I'm just saying that Bane is huge in the comics and not very big in those pictures. Gerard Butler worked out for 8 hours a day for 6 months straight to get ready for 300 and ready he was.. He was a skinny that naturally got big because he was playing a strong guy...
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    "For the record, this leak never would’ve happened if the project stayed in Chicago." true, but I seem to be getting a recurring theme of 'crumbling cityscapes' for this film - I think industrial Pittsburgh is the perfect place to pull something like that off.
     
    @Dark_Guyver said:

    Is it me, or does Bane look a little small in these pics.

    nothing a few good angles won't fix.   good cinematography has been making little people look intimidating for a long time now.   haven't you ever seen people argue about Schwarzenegger's height?   online, he's listed as being six-foot and above, but if you ever catch any anecdotes, they usually end with people being surprised about how short he is.   personally, I'll wait until a trailer with some more Bane exposure to make any real judgment.
     
    @sesquipedalophobe said:

    I like the part where Batman looks into Bane's beautiful eyes.

    Brokeback Gotham, perhaps?
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    #18  Edited By Ruudi9

    It could well be that Bane gets his ass kicked the first time he meets Bats, then gets all venom'd up and giant for the replay. Also, not in any shots do we see that it is Tom Hardy, it could be a stunt guy doing the 'smaller' role or some such. 
    @Sky_Jokiel: Have you seen him Bronson era? He put on some meat for that role.

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    #19  Edited By HexThis

    C'mon Pittsburgh! Up the ante on the security, we've seen too much. 
     
    Jeez, give that town one thing to brag about and there's loose lips and camera phones all around. They're only filming in the parts that may sorta could kinda look like Chicago or New York anyways....

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    #20  Edited By Bestostero

    I'm still not convinced on the overall look of Bane.

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    #21  Edited By darth bul

    it looks good

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    #22  Edited By King Quisling
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    I think Hardy as Bane looks awesome. The spoiler-ish leaked photos just get me more excited for DKR. People worried about Bale as Batman when Begins was announced. They worried about Ledger when TDK was announced. It's only natural they would worry about Hardy as Bane. I have confidence that Nolan knows what he's doing with both Hardy & Hathaway. I can't wait.... Next summer seems too far away. :P
     
    Side Note: I've said it before, will say it again, I'm sure Bane breaks Gordon's back.
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    #23  Edited By mbueti

    Weird seeing the Tumbler on the stairs I walked up every day for work :D

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    #24  Edited By Caligula

    is that our first look at Talia? on the tumbler?

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    #25  Edited By Dark Cell

    Batman during daylight hours, WHAT IS THIS MADNESS??

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    #26  Edited By goldenkey

    I don't mind the mask.  The rest of the outfit looks stupid.  Gotta see the movie to see how this going to work, but if the fight coreography is anything like Dark Knight was, then it's going to be gay.  Batman Begins fight  scenes worked so much better because the camera was so close, you had to guess what was happening a bit, but in Dark Knight, they had Batman moving so sloooooooow.  It was the only thing about the film I did not like.  No way in hell is Batman that slow.  He would get his ass handed to him. 
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    #27  Edited By robokungfu

    I wish you comic vine folks wouldn't even post this or at least not an image on the newspage at all. I want to stay as cold from dark knight set photos and other things as much as possible. I would have been livid if I had seen Two-Face before I finally saw TDK.

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    #28  Edited By I'maDC/ImageGuy!

    I like Bane's Rick Deckards trench coat.

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    #29  Edited By batflasharrow96
    @Dark Cell: It might be edited.
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    #30  Edited By ssejllenrad

    Bane is too small! Blah Blah Blah! This is going to be bad! Blah Blah Blah!
     
    Wait for the movie before judging it people!

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    #31  Edited By Wattup

    I like Batman movies.

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    #33  Edited By mbembet

    Bane looks awesome Nolan is the best

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    #34  Edited By Golden Cod
    @mbueti said:

    Weird seeing the Tumbler on the stairs I walked up every day for work :D

     
    I felt the same way while watching the Dark Knight.   So much of it felt bizarrely like deja-vu, especially the street where Batman and Joker play chicken using the bike and semi-truck.
     
     
    @ssejllenrad said:
    Bane is too small! Blah Blah Blah! This is going to be bad! Blah Blah Blah!  Wait for the movie before judging it people!
    Quoted for truth!
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    #35  Edited By The_Ghostshell

    @Caligula said:

    is that our first look at Talia? on the tumbler?

    My first thoughts as well.

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    #36  Edited By maxicere

    He's not Bane, he's the Puck of Alpha Flight.

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    I think that the pics look great.  I swear, Marion Cotillard gives off such a Talia vibe in those pics though. But who knows for certain? And those ones that look like paratroops with Marion...who ar those? I can guess they can only be two things, one that horrid Gestapo like SWAT team that was part of GCPD's HQ during the Batman: Year One storyline...or League of Assassins (Shadows) henchmen.  One way or another, awesome pics!

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    @Gambler said:

    @Caligula said:

    is that our first look at Talia? on the tumbler?

    My first thoughts as well.

    It looks like Marion Cotillard and they've said she's not playing Talia. She's billed as Miranda Tate. 
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    #39  Edited By difficlus

    Tumbler is back! F*ck yeah!

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    #40  Edited By twisted17

    THE TUMBLER RETURNS! And the Bat-Pod looks much more modified than the last incarnation.

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    #41  Edited By Psykhophear

    I was hoping they would upgrade the Bat Tumbler to the Batmobile that we all know and love.  
     

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    #43  Edited By JonesDeini
    @00MirageKnight00 said:
    bane looks really bad.............
    Yes, yes he does, but at least he doesn't look as bad as he could. 
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    #44  Edited By blueninjapanther

    I don't like how bane looks in this movie. Bane should be a small slim dude who transforms to a big dude on steroids
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    #45  Edited By RichIII

    Lets not forget that the Tumbler Batmobile from the pictures is actually the 1st Prototype that Lucius Fox let Bruce test in Batman Begins when he visits Wayne Enterprises for the first time since his "return from the dead", and Bane looks alright considering his first movie debut: 
     

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    #46  Edited By B_Heart

    I like the way Bane is looking. Next year can't come soon enough

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    #47  Edited By ImperiousRix

    I wish Bane looked more imposing.  I think without Hardy's massive arms exposed, he doesn't look so good... :/

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    #48  Edited By shawn87

    Awesome pictures. I know Bane is getting a lot of criticism and I can understand why. I have faith that Nolan knows what he's doing. I know nothing about making movies and yes Bane looks small but like someone else said, we're not looking at it through the actual cameras. Perhaps they're doing something to Bane we're not seeing that will show up in the final footage. Regardless I'm ecstatic about this movie

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    #49  Edited By CaptainCockblock

    I really tried not to click on this, but I couldn't resist.  Love Bale in the last pic. "LOL. Elbow in the face. I'm Batman."

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