By now, you’ve likely seen the trailer for The Dark Knight Rises, and you may have seen the prologue as well. While everyone is basically in awe about the things that take place in both, it’s become an almost unanimous chorus of complaints about Bane’s (Tom Hardy) voice being virtually unintelligible in both.

According to THR, the complaints about Bane’s voice are reportedly making the folks at Warner Bros. Pictures very nervous about what they’re now calling “the Bane problem”.

“Sources close to the movie say Warner Bros. is very aware of the sound issue. One source working on the film says he is “scared to death” about “the Bane problem.”

Director Christopher Nolan is only planning to make slight alterations to the sound mix prior to the release of the film, despite requests from the studio to take more drastic action.

An anonymous high-level executive is quoted as saying,

“Chris wants the audience to catch up and participate rather than push everything at them. He doesn’t dumb things down, You’ve got to pedal faster to keep up.”

What do you think? Did you understand Bane? Watch the trailer and vote in the poll below!

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Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ The Dark Knight Rises is the epic conclusion to filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, Leading an all-star international cast, Oscar winner Christian Bale (The Fighter) again plays the dual role …of Bruce Wayne/Batman. The film also stars Anne Hathaway, as Selina Kyle; Tom Hardy, as Bane; Oscar winner Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose), as Miranda Tate; and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, as John Blake. Returning to the main cast, Oscar winner Michael Caine (The Cider House Rules) plays Alfred; Gary Oldman is Commissioner Gordon; and Oscar winner Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby) reprises the role of Lucius Fox.

The Dark Knight Rises is slated to hit theaters on July 20th, 2012.