A few years ago Nolan was quoted as saying that he thought it didn’t need a remake because it was perfect as it was…… He also said his uncle had been in the original TV show, but not what that uncle did.

It wasn’t Singer’s fault he left X3. That was ALL Fox. To put it simply Fox was dragging their feet. Hell, even Matthew Vaughn (Singer’s replacement) left the project over the simple fact that what Fox wanted was utter shite. So what’s the best they could get who would do what they wanted and have no creative input? Well, the rest is history. Fox forced Singers hand to go elsewhere with another comic-book property.

Paul Bettany as Riddler?I like it!Actually,thinking about it a little bit more,that’s the best choice I’ve heard anyone say to play Riddler so far,and I would really like to see that over the usual fanboy response,”Jonny Depp would be a cool Riddler”.I think that Bettany’s Riddler would be awesome with Nolan’s direction.

Not too sure about Sienna Miller as Talia,though I think the story would be served better if Talia were in it rather than Catwoman.If only Jennifer Garner hadn’t done Electra then she would be good for it,but i think that If she did play Talia,it would seem to much like a reprisal of Electra.If I were to cast Talia,I would go with a lesser known actress.I think Alexa Davalos from The Chronicles Of Riddick would be my personal choice.

I’m surprised that no one has ever said Jake Gyllenhall as a replacement Joker.Though I think that if Joker were to be in it,they should do him like they did Val Kilmer as Elvis in True Romance;in the background,out of focus,and heard but never clearly seen.

Fox didn’t decide to go with a different director, they had no choice when Singer decided to do Superman Returns instead. True, it would have been better for ALL parties had Singer stuck with X-Men and kept Ratner away from it, but hindsight is 20-20. Of course Fox could have decided to get a better director than Ratner (could anyone have been worse?), but they wanted to make the film quick to make the quick buck.

Nolan needs to stay with this particular Bat-Trilogy. He’s made arguably 2 of the best Batman AND superhero films to date, and to see his vision bastardized by the studio would be appalling. Let Nolan do Batman 3 on his own terms, in his own time and it’ll be a great film. Then shelve Bats for a decade or so before letting someone else try their vision of it.

I didn’t either but the producer of the film is quoted as saying “he dropped out” so…

The only way I could ever see Warner Bros making the film without him is if he keeps putting it off for years and years. The reason?

Warner knows that the fans love Nolan. Warner knows that the success of the Dark Knight had as much to do with Nolan as it did with Batman. They also know that if they want Batman 3 to be as (or more) successful as TDK, it NEEDS to be directed by Nolan and he NEEDS full creative control.

Take the X-Men trilogy. X1 was great, X2 was better, but come X3, Fox decided to replace the director (whom the fans loved) and what they got was a poor film the fans hated.

Then comes the Spiderman trilogy. S1 was great, S2 was better, but come S3, Sony decides to force the director’s hand, and what they got was a poor film the fans hated.

If Warners are smart, they’ll learn from the mistakes of those big studios, and make a film that that the fans will actually love. They’ll get a TON more money that way.

I can’t be the only one who’d prefer a Batman movie with Nolan but not Bale, over a Batman movie with Bale but not Nolan, right?