Aerial view of a prison on a small island. The camera slowly zooms into the island. Soldiers carrying guns are milling out of several speedboats and walking up to the prison. Some of them are carrying canisters. The group is led by a woman. Close-up of the womans face- it is Marion Cotillard AKA Talia al Ghul. She walks through the door, as the soldiers start pouring a liquid onto the prison walls and doors from the cannisters. Talia walks up to a desk.
Talia
I think that there's somebody here who me and my team have been
waiting for. Waiting for a long time.
The person at the desk looks petrified of the soldiers sprinkling gasoline on
the building. Outside, some soldiers are battling with the guards.
Receptionist
Um- I don't know what you're talking about
They talk as the soldiers and guards fight outside.
Talia
I think you do. You took him from us. And we want him back.
A soldier throws a match into the gasoline, and the building sets ablaze. The screen turns white. The flames remain, but this time they are destroying a small
village. Soldiers are running everywhere, taking orders from a young man in a ninja-style outfit.
Ras al Ghul
Don't stop burning my followers. People need to learn that actions have
consequences. Actions such as not paying your benefactor.
A bald chinese man crawls out of a burning building. His clothes are torn and ragged.
Chinese man
This isn't fair! We couldn't pay upfront!
Ras approaches the man. He puts a machine gun to the mans head.
Ras al Ghul
You knew what you were in for when we agreed that I would supply your village's resources. And you didn't pay. Your payment is your lives.
Ras shoots the man in the head. He collapses and the his body catches fire. At the end of the track, where the flames are highest, a figure walks out of them.
It is a small boy. Some of the soldiers raise their guns, prepared to shoot, but Ras ushers them to stand down. He slowly walks up to the boy. He puts his hands on the boy's shoulders. Suddenly, there is a huge explosion behind him. Ras ducks down and rolls backwards, but the boy stands still knowing that he would not be harmed.
The flames flash back to the burning prison. The receptionist has been shot by Talia. Soldiers are searching all the cells and avoiding the flames. They reach a cell with a muscular man sitting on the bench in the corner. The soldiers unlock the door, and the man stands up and walks into the hallway. He is huge, and has a strange type of mask on. Talia strokes his cheek.
Talia
Oh my Antonio, I have missed you so much! What have they done to you?
Bane looks down at her, sympathetically. The screen turns white. The muscular man is lying on an operating table with scientists surrounding him, wiring him up to machines.
Scientist 1
Today we will undertake an experiment that has never been seen by man before- we are going to create a superhuman. We will inject venom into his brain, which boosts physical strength to a phenomanal level. He will be the Bane of any mortal. His intelligence shall exceed one of a mere mortal. He is Bane.
Scientist 2
He is ready.
Bane
No I'm not! This isn't fair! I could die!
Scientist 3
You are mentally and physically stronger than the other inmates. You are ready.
Bane is strapped down to the table. His mouth is taped shut. He struggles to break free but fails. The scientists around him switch on their machines. A red liquid travels up the tubes and injects into his brain. As soon as this happens, he lurches upwards with a horrible gurgling sound coming from his mouth.
The scene changes back to the burning prison. Bane and Talia are leading the soldiers out of the exploding prison.
Bane
Why have you taken me? After all these years in prison, I thought you had forgotten me.
Talia
We never forgot you. We've been searching ever since you were arrested. My father kept to his word, up until the day he died.
Bane stops in his tracks.
Bane
Who killed him?
Talia
That is precisely the reason why we've sped up the search. He was murdered when we attempted to take control of Gotham City. Batman killed him. After you left, he arrived and my father trained him. He was nearly made heir of the League of Shadows. But he murdered him in cold blood. Because he is no longer the heir, it has reverted back to you. You are now our leader. And your first mission is to finish what my father started. We need you to Break the Bat.
The teaser poster video -the same as the one from the teaser trailer- appears. The screen turns black. Then this text appears on the screen:
The Bat will be Broken
July 20 2012