And here it is! (Click on the image for a way bigger version.)
So, unsurprisingly, it’s pretty different from Bane the comic book character, but definitely retains enough elements to keep it familiar. And it looks like those reports of Tom Hardy beefing up for the role were no joke.
The picture was released through a viral campaign started on the @TheFireRises Twitter account, which leads to the film’s site. It was announced just yesterday that filming had started on The Dark Knight Rises, so we can surely look forward to plenty of leaked set photos, news, rumors, script details and assorted other fun in the next 14 months or so. (Image via Huffington Post and Dark Horizons).
May 20th, 2011 at 11:54 am
I’m so excited for this!!
May 20th, 2011 at 12:15 pm
Woop!
Also, are those white tubes I see on the front of the mask?
May 20th, 2011 at 12:17 pm
hm, i almost mistook it for a pic from a gay fetish website…
May 20th, 2011 at 12:24 pm
I’m not sure what to think of this. The Dark Knight was pretty dull for me and would have been terrible without Heath Ledger.
This looks like some kind of Mortal Kombat 3: the Movie wannabe, and that doesn’t give me much hope.
May 20th, 2011 at 12:30 pm
looks ok.
May 20th, 2011 at 12:37 pm
Bane needs to get that mole in his armpit checked out.
May 20th, 2011 at 12:47 pm
Cool. Let’s see Catwoman now!
May 20th, 2011 at 1:15 pm
Just so long as it isn’t Bane from Batman & Robin, I’m cool with it!
May 20th, 2011 at 1:16 pm
I can’t really see enough to judge.
May 20th, 2011 at 2:33 pm
that’s cool enough for a preview image, considering this movie is still two years away from being released.
May 20th, 2011 at 2:37 pm
one year ****
my bad
May 20th, 2011 at 3:50 pm
Pic doesn’t really show much, he looks like a beefed up Hannibal Lecter
May 20th, 2011 at 4:19 pm
Did anyone happen to zoom in and notice the “intake hole” on the back of his mask???
Guess what goes in there?
This obviously “pre-venom” Bane
May 20th, 2011 at 4:50 pm
Not only is there a valve on the back of his head, but there is a tube running around to the front of his mask. Looks like Nolan eliminated Banes giant obvious weakness: the tube running from wrist to head.
Mask looks great.
May 20th, 2011 at 6:07 pm
That looks great. Like a deranged mental patient!
May 20th, 2011 at 7:54 pm
I totally trust Nolan to make sound decisions with his interpretations of Batman characters. This version of Bane serves as a good starting point, and I’m sure things will improve in the next 2 years. Way too soon to bitch (or rave) about anything… but Bane is looking good.
May 20th, 2011 at 10:08 pm
Bane has always bored me. If this movie can make Bane interesting, I’ll be impressed.
May 21st, 2011 at 12:46 am
See Hardy is a great actor because he beef up for roles!
May 21st, 2011 at 1:48 am
I’m wondering about what can possibly be the two light sources in the background!
May 21st, 2011 at 11:23 am
Looks ok…I’m sure he will look more in line to the comics eventually. I was not to pleased at the first fight pics released of the Joker & Batman in The Dark Knight, but when I watched the scene I was pleased. So I think it will turn out well!
May 22nd, 2011 at 2:18 am
Wait. It’s Batman and Catwoman and they decided to title it “The Dark Knight Rises”? Did they really think this out? The porn industry won’t even have to change the title of the knock off.
May 22nd, 2011 at 6:38 pm
No se que pensar, pero es muy poco para jusgar, pero se ve ok, im eciting right now! saludos desde Guatemala!