VIDEO: Bane, Big Ben Spotted as The Dark Knight Rises Invades Heinz Field

Another Monday, another bevy of spoilers from the Pittsburgh set of The Dark Knight Rises. (Welcome to event moviemaking in 2011, everyone!) On Saturday afternoon, the Christopher Nolan-directed film took over Heinz Field for a shoot involving Tom Hardy, 10,000 extras, Pittsburgh Steelers players Ben Roethlisberger, Hines Ward and former Steelers coach Bill Cowher. Click through for some very spoiler-y video.

Per the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the scene in question featured Bane (Hardy) using explosives and henchmen to take over a game between the Gotham Rogues (the fictional Steelers, in this case) and the Rapid City Monuments just after kickoff. Bane then brings a hostage out to the field, makes a threatening announcement to the assembled citizens of Gotham and does... something. What happens at the end of the scene is not immediately clear, perhaps (just wildly speculating here) because Nolan knew this would leak out and didn't want the climax to get spoiled along with everything else. For what it's worth, the Post-Gazette does report that the scene in question is a "flashback." Do with that information what you will.

The biggest actual reveal from the Heinz Field shoot on Saturday? Hardy's Bane voice, which sounds completely preposterous out of context -- like some Scooby-Doo villain on helium. Also, is The Dark Knight Rises going to feature more day-set scenes than both Batman Begins and The Dark Knight put together? Judging from the last two weeks of Pittsburgh spy pics, apparently so. Watch the Post -Gazette news video, and the spoiler-y fan-shot Bane video below.

· Game day for Batman filming at Heinz Field [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]

· WARNING! This video contains major spoilers! DUH! [Tumblr/I Can't Even Stand It]