See Tom Hardy In Full Costume As Bane & Video of New Tumbler In THE DARK KNIGHT RISES

SPOILERS in this article as revealing spy shots of Bane hint at major plot points and we can get a look at the new Batmobile!

WARNING: THERE ARE SPOILER IMAGES IN THIS ARTICLE As Warner Bros have begun filming the Pittsburgh leg of The Dark Knight Rises shoot, they are going to find themselves faced with an old problem they endured daily whilst making the previous film The Dark Knight. You see, from what I understand much of what Chris Nolan filmed during the lengthy shoot in England was mostly in-house studio stuff, which is the reason why we have been mostly set image spoiler free so far. Despite filming for months there has been no leak of Batman in costume, no shot of Catwoman (barely even any of Anne Hathaway) and no shot of Bane - except for the one publicly released by the studio. But in Pittsburgh, things are going to be tough. The majority of what is planned is on location work and without the tightest security, and even with it, the chances of them stopping some guy taking a shot of what's going on with their iPhone is almost impossible to avoid. And so it is... only a few days into filming, where we have already had a dozen snaps taken of Nolan shooting a scene in a Lawrenceville home, and we get a shot at Bane in full costume and in full daylight. Not quite as menacing or as cool as he looks in the trailer but let's remind ourselves that this is not a photo Chris Nolan will be happy about us seeing in this way. Indeed, Tom Hardy's Bane doesn't seem to be too happy about it either; The next image could be revealing. Is that Batman's new tumbler he is standing on there? And perhaps the most intriguing image of all as Bane rips up an image of Harvey Dent. Does Bane know the truth about Batman/Gordon's cover-up at the end of the last movie? And look at this. We all expect Bane to break out of Blackgate Prison in the movie and wouldn't ya know who the facility has been dedicated too? The fallen White Knight and Gotham's protector Harvey Dent... Here's two more images of Bane with what looks to be the photograph pre-tore up; In the images above it looks like Tom Hardy is standing on top of the new tumbler, which has been rebuilt as a camoflauged vehicle. See video of it below from SubaruWRXFan who promises more vids to come soon! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndRzQDRm9QU So lots of The Dark Knight Rises leaks already from Pittsburgh and there's almost an inevitably about it all, isn't there? If I were Warner Bros I would seriously think about releasing an official image of Anne Hathaway as Catwoman before someone gives the game away with a spy image..... Images via Just Jared.
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