Warner Bros Begins Batman’s ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Viral Campaign With Soundtrack Sliver & Tom Hardy Photo As Villain Bane

COMMENTS (33)

• I thought the Joker was nuts. This guy… is going to be flat out bananas.

  Comment by Zach — Saturday May 21, 2011 @ 1:22am PDT  Reply to this post

• Looks genuinely horrifying. Can’t wait.

  Comment by Klint — Saturday May 21, 2011 @ 2:02am PDT  Reply to this post

• People have been saying the little white dot could be a cat’s eye. I think that’s kind of stretching it, more likely he’s in a cage & that’s a hole.

  Comment by deedeedragons — Saturday May 21, 2011 @ 2:31am PDT  Reply to this post

• My bet is the movie will be very well made, but we’ll need a road map, as well as clues to solve a crossword puzzle that will help us to understand the obvious Nolan-esque overly-complicated plot.

  Comment by JohnDoe — Saturday May 21, 2011 @ 3:38am PDT  Reply to this post

  • Maybe if, y’know, you’re an idiot. Dark Knight’s plot wasn’t too complicated for you surely?

    Comment by Jon — Saturday May 21, 2011 @ 4:19am PDT  Reply to this post

  • And 45 minutes too long, and make no sense. Nolan is a great shooter and possibly a great director of actors, but he needs editing. Badly.

    Comment by jer — Saturday May 21, 2011 @ 12:19pm PDT  Reply to this post

    • Not so much editing but an idea of pace and tightening. You could definitely point to the scenes in the first two films that were not necessary for the bigger picture.

      Comment by CMG — Saturday May 21, 2011 @ 1:03pm PDT  Reply to this post

      • Editing is about pace and tightening.

        Comment by B — Monday May 23, 2011 @ 9:47am PDT  Reply to this post

      • you guys need to shut up the first and second batman were perfect teh way they were he doesnt need any work on what he does

        Comment by Anonymous — Tuesday July 19, 2011 @ 1:42pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • You can definitely point to the scenes – in all Nolan films – that have a neon sign flashing “exposition” above the characters’ heads. I’m not worried. We’ll be sure to get road maps for this one too.

    Comment by SpenG — Monday May 23, 2011 @ 3:03pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • If it’s “too much” to ask an audience to keep up with a fairly basic story perhaps you should stick to simple films like Thor. Some filmmakers actually set out to make a product of quality as opposed to simplicity for the masses. Not all of us require a calculator to figure out how many shoes to put on in the morning.

    Comment by bd — Monday May 23, 2011 @ 3:18pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I predict Tom Hardy will steal every scene he’s in the way he did in Inception. The dude rocks!!!

  Comment by JMC — Saturday May 21, 2011 @ 3:40am PDT  Reply to this post

• BADASS! If I saw this dude on the street I would head for the hills! Batman is seriously screwed. Can’t wait for this to come out. This will be the blockbuster to beat for 2012.

  Comment by Alboone — Saturday May 21, 2011 @ 5:45am PDT  Reply to this post

• I predict another smart, intense, thrilling Nolan film and an unforgettable topper to the best superhero franchise so far.

  Comment by Necro — Saturday May 21, 2011 @ 6:14am PDT  Reply to this post

• Tom Hardy looks terrifying! The fight scenes between Batman and Bane will be the most epic in cinematic history. **spoiler** Bane may break Batman’s back. Crack!

  Comment by Kurt L — Saturday May 21, 2011 @ 7:25am PDT  Reply to this post

• I hope the climactic fight between Christian Bale and Tom Hardy will knock everyone on their ass and be so amazing and action-packed, audiences all over the world will be left breathless.

  Comment by Dom — Saturday May 21, 2011 @ 8:47am PDT  Reply to this post

  • Nothing like getting your hopes up!

    Comment by B — Monday May 23, 2011 @ 9:48am PDT  Reply to this post

• Badass.

  Comment by Liam Gallagher — Saturday May 21, 2011 @ 9:34am PDT  Reply to this post

• Nolan is a genius. Can’t wait for this flick.

  Comment by G — Saturday May 21, 2011 @ 9:40am PDT  Reply to this post

• “Bring out the Gimp.”

  Comment by Zed — Saturday May 21, 2011 @ 10:22am PDT  Reply to this post

• I am so glad Tom Hardy is getting the breakout that has long been long overdue.

  It looks like his Bronson character with a gasmask. I remember Ledger’s first Joker headshot that had all of distorted makeup and face minus the green hair that was later added. I hope they keep this one as is because it is just what I imagined Bane to be in the Nolan universe.

  Comment by CMG — Saturday May 21, 2011 @ 10:55am PDT  Reply to this post

• For the doubters: Nolan has never made a bad movie, and most likely never will. He’s got what you call raw talent for film making, which not many people have. Some people are just born to make films, and some people try to learn how to do it, with the latter not being nearly as successful. I mean has Scorsese, or did Kubrick, ever make a bad movie? No. It’s called raw talent, and your man Nolan has got it. This movie will be epic.

  Comment by Jdsmoothe — Saturday May 21, 2011 @ 12:38pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • I dunno. I thought “Shutter Island” sucked. Maybe it was just me.

    Comment by Brandon Jones — Sunday May 22, 2011 @ 12:07pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Dude, I respect your opinion but have you honestly seen all of Scorsese and Kubrick’s movies to say that either of them have NEVER done a bad movie? Come on… For the record, I’ll take Nolan over Scorsese any day of the week. I hated “Age of Innocence” and “Bringing Out the Dead” to name a few.

    Comment by Zach — Sunday May 22, 2011 @ 4:22pm PDT  Reply to this post

• God forbid a movie makes you use your brain.

  Comment by N — Saturday May 21, 2011 @ 1:02pm PDT  Reply to this post

• My guess is that Bane was formerly Ra’s al Ghul’s apprentice in the league of shadows, and they’ll show a flashback with Bane and young Ra’s (Josh Pence). Bane will now head the LoS (and perhaps use a new panic inducing gas), and the mask is a gas mask like the one Liam Neeson wore in the first one.

  Comment by Am — Saturday May 21, 2011 @ 5:12pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Good guess. Although in the comics Bane was hopped up on a super steroid called Venom. That’s why he was able to beat Batman. Without it, Batman would clean his clock.

    Wonder if Nolan is going to include that?

    Comment by Joe Cool — Sunday May 22, 2011 @ 9:41am PDT  Reply to this post

• Nolan always manages to surprise us, so the road map and clues may be worth it. I also expect the soundtrack to be as amazing as TDK’s soundtrack was.

  Comment by Stephie — Saturday May 21, 2011 @ 6:29pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I agree, CMG, when I watched ‘Bronson’, I went, “Who IS this guy?”
  Then, piece by piece, his name was popping up everywhere. Even imdb suddenly started adding back-credits and such.
  Bit of a nut, but a desirable one, who goes all-in when he accepts a role.
  Don’t know all the ‘Batman’ lore, as it were, but trust he’ll do something worth watching.

  Comment by Todd — Saturday May 21, 2011 @ 6:32pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Dude is epic in WARRIOR. Wouldn’t be surprised if he got nominated. Movie is outrageously good. And the Nolan haters are crazy.

  Comment by Tony — Saturday May 21, 2011 @ 7:45pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Maybe my ears deceive me, but is it “Bane, Bane, matalo, matalo”?
  Bane, Bane, kill him, kill him.

  ?

  Comment by InformedViewer — Saturday May 21, 2011 @ 7:54pm PDT  Reply to this post

• so cool!! didn’t Nolan say he wanted to do a bond movie? hope he does!!

  Comment by dick grayson — Saturday May 21, 2011 @ 9:27pm PDT  Reply to this post

• The mask gives Bane a Frank Booth vibe. Wonder if he’ll call Catwoman ‘Mommy’?

  Comment by oodlesofnoodles — Saturday May 21, 2011 @ 11:07pm PDT  Reply to this post