Bane's Voice Altered In The Dark Knight Rises Prologue

Christopher Nolan has re-worked Bane's voice in The Dark Knight Rises, after audience members who have seen the prologue to the Batman film complained about not being able to understand what he is saying.

Tom Hardy plays the villain in Nolan's closing installment of his Batman trilogy and, true to the comic book character, wears a mask over his mouth.

A source has now told Collider that IMAX theatres has received a new mix for the clip

They told Collider: "A friend of mine who is an IMAX projectionist told me they received a new soundtrack for the Dark Knight Rises prologue,"

"He said it's now a combo soundtrack with Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, but the cool thing about this is that they've cleaned up the dialogue,"

Adding: "They've gone in and lowered the background noise of the plane and other things, thus making Bane's dialogue clearer and more understandable.

"He asked some people after they left the movie if they could understand Bane and they all said they had no issue understanding him, and were excited for the movie."

Hardy is joined by Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Gary Oldman, Marion Cotillard and, of course, Christian Bale in the film.

The Dark Knight Rises is released on July 20, 2012.