(My dear readers, you have permission to treat this rumor as hostile.)
Not two days after wild rumors started circulating that Angelina Jolie was looking to play Catwoman in Christopher Nolan’s third chapter of the Batman Begins series, comes an even wilder rumor from out of the UK that Warner Bros. execs have begun eying top-notch actors Johny Depp and Oscar-winner Philip Seymour Hoffman for the roles of The Riddler and The Penguin in the next Bat-flick
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DON’T DRINK THE KOOL-AID JUST YET. For every new rumor of which villains will be featured in the next Batman film, comes another statement from Dark Knight scribes Jonathan Nolan and David S. Goyer, saying that they are trying NOT to take the obvious route of throwing the second-most iconic villains from Batman’s rogue gallery into the next film. However, as Spider-Man 3 taught us all, when a franchise reaches a certain $tature, the studio’s wishes quickly begin to trump any creative desires. Don’t be surprised to see The Riddler, The Penguin, or both, show up in the final draft of the script.
However, we won’t really know anything until a script for BB3 is actually done. But that hasn’t stopped fan debates from raging 24/7. Personally, I don’t think Goyer and Nolan should be working too hard to try to pull out obscure villains and/or plotlines for the next installment. If Heath Ledger’s performance in The Dark Knight taught us anything, it’s that an actor at the top of his or her game is able to take what is iconic and totally redefine it. (And fanboys, really, is that not the essence of all the best comic books: re-definition of the status quo?)
Which villains do you think should make into BB3?
Source: Comic Book Movie
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Firefly or Killer Moth as the bad guys. Batman will kick some bug butt!
In my personal opinion, if they bring in The Riddler why not have the orginial Riddler play him? Why not have Jim Carrey be The Riddler if he is brought into the next film?
Because Jim Carrey was horrible in the Batman Forever and that would be in most peoples minds if they saw him in the next film. He was horrible and really isn’t that dramatic or serious Carrey Does Cheap laughs real well like Holding up sex toys or making odd noises or fart jokes. His best films are long gone and he hasn’t had a good one in a long time.
Jim Carrey wasn’t the original Riddler; he was just the most recent one.
Did anyone else see a connection between the Riddler and Stan Lee in Batman Forever? Let’s look at it: E.Nigma works for a Wayne Enterprises, presents some intriguing ideas to the company, gets rejected and goes off to create his own company where he puts those ideas to reality, and his company ends up being rumored to out-perform Wayne Enterprises. Meanwhile, back in the real world, Stan Lee worked for DC Comics, presented some creative ideas for new comic books, these get rejected and he goes off to create his own comic book company (Marvel) where he brings these comic book ideas into reality, and Marvel has arguably out-performed DC ever since! It’s no wonder that DC decided to cast Jim Carrey for the part, they wanted to make their version of Stan Lee appear as crazy as possible!
Hm…interesting parallel, Ryan!
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