Comments on: So Batman’s made a shitload of money

By: p. riddy

p. riddy — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:32:14 +0000

So how old is the rumor that Daniel Day-Lewis is playing the Joker in the third movie?

So old that I shouldn’t bother posting it here?

By: Connor

Connor — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:46:42 +0000

One bit of industry news about #3:
Eckart and Gyllenhaal are both signed on for two pics.
My guess is that they might steal a page or two from The Long Halloween graphic novel and have Two-Face resurfacing to assassinate mobsters (eric roberts is apparently on board for two pics too). Given the end of TDK, it makes sense that Two-Face might do this to draw Batman out.

Also, my wild guess is that they are going to make Rachel Dawes the new Catwoman. I really can’t imagine why else they need a big name for a character that is constantly terrorized by men throughout the first two films.

Other fantasies I’m entertaining:
- with Ledger’s Joker captured, they have the opportunity to skirt Joker re-casting in lieu of introducing Harley Quinn, a doctor who falls in love with him at Arkham Asylum and does his bidding on the outside. And I think Jolie would make a better Quinn than Catwoman (sorry, I’m a Julie Newmar devotee)
- The Hangman could be another great continuation of the Batman-hunted image that ends TDK… in the comics, The Hangman kills cops and is eventually revealed to be a relative of Falcone’s (Wilkinson in Batman Begins)
- Farmer Ted as The Cluemaster. Cluemaster was a TV personality (game-show host) who turned to crime… his storyline dovetails nicely with “Matches” Malone, the alias Batman uses when he went into hiding and infiltrated the mob. Also, Cluemaster’s daughter did a short stint as Robin.

By: Bilal

Bilal — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:39:42 +0000

I agree that Catwoman is the obvious choice…since Bats has essentially been forced into the choice that he can’t ever really be Bruce Wayne–that that normal life is closed off to him forever–then Catwoman represents the best opportunity to explore what would happen if he just never stopped being Batman.

Also, two films without letting Batman get any weird costume sex? No wonder he’s so stressed out.

By: Fred Mowery

Fred Mowery — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:57:48 +0000

Now that you put it that way, yeah- I’d be fine with either choice. Still, the Joker ain’t dead. You could make him a supporting character – like Hannibal Lecter. THAT WOULD BE AWESOME – Copyright! Copyright! Its all mine!

By: Adam Witt

Adam Witt — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:42:38 +0000

I’d be curious to see Nolan’s take on the Riddler. It seems to me that the killer in Red Dragon is basically the same type of guy creating a trail for the cops to follow. The Riddler could be pretty scary. Catwoman seems obvious, Batman’s now a criminal, so they would probably want to explore that dividing line between hero/villain. License to Print Money = Angelina Jolie as the Catwoman.

By: Fred Mowery

Fred Mowery — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:34:04 +0000

** SPOILERS SO STEPHE WON’T YELL AT ME **

No Riddler. No Penguin. No Catwoman. The storyline is there – Batman Vs. the Police. Hire another actor to play the Joker, or maybe Harvey wasn’t killed in the end with that lame fall? I think you could do the entire movie on Dent getting out of Arkham, and basically undoing the lie Gordon and Batman are keeping in place that he is dead. Dent could then plot to get back at the Joker somehow – the whole time Batman has to restore his rep.

By: Joel

Joel — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:00:09 +0000

Johnny Depp as The Riddler! Done and Done.

By: Bilal

Bilal — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:35:30 +0000

Good thing he’s making money. Those wonderful toys aren’t going to pay for themselves, you know.

And if the third Batman flick has anything even remotely as weird and head-trippy as Jack Sparrow’s Sartrean afterlife from Pirates 3, then I’m sold already.

By: Fred Mowery

Fred Mowery — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:22:00 +0000

Pretty sure we’ll get another one now. But will it be like Spidey 3/Pirates 3?