Found this segment on
deleted scenes on IMDB - and wow, I knew of some of these. I don't know what the source is, but I know some of them were confirmed prior.
But man, some of these sound awesome and I know the film is already long, but some of these seem necessary, IMO. Would've addressed the 'plot hole' nonsense.
- "The final shooting script features several deleted/extended scenes not found in this movie. Most are "character moments", though some also clarify details of the plot.
- A longer speech by the Mayor, explaining the powers of the Dent Act and an elaborate police search for Batman which drove Bruce Wayne into exile.
- A scene at Wayne Manor where the Congressman tells Foley that he's next in line for the role of Police Commissioner, setting up the conflict between Gordon and Foley and Foley's obsession with arresting Batman for the murder of Harvey Dent.
- A scene at Wayne Enterprises where Miranda warns Lucius Fox that Daggett is trying to take control of the company.
- A longer scene of Bruce Wayne and Lucius Fox at the Applied Sciences warehouse. Fox gives Wayne the special leg brace which allows him to walk again. Their conversation also establishes that while the Applied Sciences equipment and weaponry is kept "off the books," the warehouse is not. This explains how Bane knows the location of the armory, as its location had not changed since the events of Batman Begins (2005).
- A conversation between the two thugs that capture Commissioner Gordon where they debate killing him before taking him to Bane (giving a direct explanation on how Gordon learned Bane's name).
- A scene at Wayne Enterprises where Miranda warns Lucius Fox that Daggett is trying to take control of the company.
- Bruce testing the leg brace in the Batcave, explaining to Alfred how it works to match the muscle patterns of his uninjured leg.
- A longer and slightly different scene outside the stock exchange and a lengthy chase scene between Bane, the Police, and Batman, where they race around Gotham.
- An argument in the Batcave between Bruce and Alfred revealing that Bruce bought up all the land and homes surrounding Wayne Manor to prevent anyone from seeing him coming and going as Batman. An extended, much more heated confrontation between Bruce and Alfred. Alfred threatens to leave Wayne Manor if Bruce continues as Batman, and Bruce argues that since Rachel Dawes' death, Batman is his only reason to live.
- A longer conversation between Bruce, Miranda, and Fox discussing the reactor and Dr. Pavel.
- An extended conversation between Bruce & Blake where Blake warns Bruce that others will eventually figure out Batman's true identity. Blake also jokingly gives Bruce cash for cab fare.
- A much extended scene of Bane storming Blackgate Prison. Bane burns a picture of Harvey Dent and explains that Dent became the villain Two-Face after his injuries and encourages the city's poor to attack the wealthy and powerful before he destroys Blackgate, releasing all of the inmates.
- A brief conversation between Fox and Bruce establishing that he purposely hid The Bat under camouflage on a rooftop instead of the Batcave to prevent Bane from finding it.
- A brief scene of Selina escaping Blackgate.
- A series of extended or omitted scenes showing how the city reacts to the burning Bat-signal on Gotham Bridge. Most significantly, Bane's army of mercenaries begins to panic and is demoralized. Afterwards Foley opens up his uniform from his floorboards.
- After Batman defeats Bane. Bane confesses that his devotion to Ra's al Guhl stems from the League of Shadows rescuing him from the pit. A flashback scene then shows Ra's al Guhl training Bane, who he has provided with a crude prototype mask to numb his pain.
- A scene of Talia al Ghul openly taking charge of the League of Shadows to form a convoy to detonate the neutron bomb. She then floods the reactor core and, as in this movie, Fox tries to escape, though even the finished scenes of Fox in the movie occur earlier in the script version.
- A longer argument between Blake and the Army blockade on Gotham Bridge. Blake argues with the commanding officer, trying to convince him that Batman has returned, and battle has broken out in the city streets. In the script, after Batman harnesses the bomb to The Bat, he's never seen again, The Bat simply flies out to sea, and the bomb detonates. The scene of Fox and the technicians examining the autopilot of The Bat then follows, with Fox realizing that Batman had ejected before the bomb detonated, and that Bruce Wayne must have survived the explosion. Bruce is last seen with Selina Kyle by Alfred at the cafe."
