Now, the set video below is hard to make out, but what it basically depicts is a scene in which Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) arrives at a nightspot in his fancy Lamborghini, and doesn’t so much walk the red carpet as he does hobble, aided by a cane...

This video is already sending Batman fans into a frenzy of speculation. There are other tidbits from the film that - when combined with this new set video - certainly tie together to form a pretty secure web of evidence that suggests that Bane will injure Batman/Bruce Wayne at some point in the movie.

"He's a big dude who's incredibly clinical, in the fact that he has a result-based and oriented fighting style," he said. "It's not about fighting. It's about carnage. The style is heavy-handed, heavy-footed, it's nasty. Anything from small-joint manipulation to crushing skulls, crushing rib cages, stamping on shins and knees and necks and collarbones and snapping heads off and tearing his fists through chests, ripping out spinal columns. He is a terrorist in mentality as well as brutal action."

Nolan said the plan was to give Batman a villain unlike any he's previously encountered.

"With Bane, we're looking to give Batman a challenge he hasn't had before," Nolan said. "With our choice of villain and with our choice of story we're testing Batman both physically as well as mentally."

Meanwhile, costume designer Lindy Hemming revealed a few more details about the villain's backstory as it relates to his mask [see picture, below].

"He was injured early in his story," she told Empire. "He's suffering from pain and needs gas to survive. He can't survive the pain without the mask. The pipes from the mask go back along his jawline and feed into the thing at his back, where there are two cannisters."

- Apparently Bane's dialogue is muzzled / not too clear


Nolan responded on MovieWeb.com that the nature of Bane's unclear voice was intentional (!) - - do we have to make out the words he will be saying, and then a whole new debate takes place "What exactly did Bane say?"

- After the prologue, quick scenes from TDKR including... the newly released poster scene - - Bane walking with Batman's mask then dropping it. Whoa dramatic... I am starting to think Bane might just do a perma-damage to Batman. Also Selina Kyle briefly. All in quick succession.

- Young Talia Al Ghul (reportedly not in prologue but has been heavily rumored to be in the movie)

- “The legend ends,” many fans are wondering if this movie will dare the unthinkable and actually kill off the caped crusader. - - I say it might just happen ! Give us that 'epic conclusion'. Make us... weep.