Ever since Bane was announced as the villain in
The Dark Knight Rises, speculation that he would "Break the Bat" in Christopher Nolan's third and final Batman movie has run rampant. While several different rumours and set photos have all given us reason to believe that we'd see the iconic comic book scene recreated in the movie,
Bleeding Cool now claim to have confirmed this information with a reliable source. Here's an excerpt from their report.
So, we’ve been told – amongst a few other things that we hope to make sense of and share in the near future – that The Dark Knight Rises gives Bane the opportunity to break Batman’s back. And he grabs that opportunity with both hands. So to speak. And I’m guessing he’ll also make use of his knee. Our source cracked wise about the various "rumours" surrounding Bane in the film, expressing some amount of disbelief that people thought the back-breaking might, somehow, not be featured. "Rumour: Joker to smile in new Dark Knight movie."
We did ask, specifically if the film was going to be derived from the Knightfall comics but, as it was pointed out, there’s already a prologue and trailer full of material that doesn’t originate in those strips, so this isn’t an adaptation at all. Seems like Nolan has just magpied the shiniest bit...
Normally, this would be a good time to tell you to take this information with a very large grain of salt, but the site have a good track record when it comes to scoops such as this one. Those of you who follow their comic book coverage will know this for yourselves. Of course, it's highly unlikely we'll know for sure until the movie is released next July, so stay tuned and start getting excited.
STARRING:
Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman
Michael Caine as Alfred
Gary Oldman as Commissioner Jim Gordon
Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox
Tom Hardy as Bane
Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle/Catwoman
Joseph Gordon-Levitt as John Blake
Marion Cotillard as Miranda Tate
Josh Pence as Ra's Al Ghul
RELEASE DATE: July 20th, 2012