Comments on: Meow Mix: Rachel Weisz is the Latest Rumored for 'Batman 3'

By: klemy

klemy — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:17:10 +0000

I don't think we should should use the riddler, catwoman, or the penguin because they've already been used in previous batman movie. I think we should use someone new. The joker was an exception because he such an important character in the Batman mythos that you have to use him. Ras was new…we should use other new characters.

By: robert salle

robert salle — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 04:24:21 +0000

when 'batman begins' first came to the news, i prayed that somehow batman should fight the mob instead of ras al ghul. but nolan was able to connect both the mob mess & ras' intention as after all, ras was indeed a part of wayne's dark transformation to the bat. then i saw the film, i just thought that batman should've fought the mob more as wayne still trying to try out his transformation as this 'symbol' for gotham.

then came 'the dark knight' into the news. everybody thought the same thing when the joker was announced as your comment now on catwoman or penguin or riddler. it's not bad if you put riddler in the third installment. as i imagine riddler would be a smart a$$ psychotic-manipulative criminal as dark as nolan made the joker. but then again, same character as joker's dark existence. catwoman, can be the same as well. & the penguin can be the same as well.

either of the three villains, im sure nolan can turn any of these villains into a unique personality as the same way he convinced us that the joke will be different.

By: klemy

klemy — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:28:14 +0000

NO! No, Eddie Murphy as Riddler, no riddler period, no catwoman period, no robin period (shia lebouf…you crazy?)….still think hush and talia should be in the next batman movie…something new you know?

By: rattler76

rattler76 — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:42:31 +0000

Get a load of this: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article2048300.ece
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FUNNYMAN EDDIE MURPHY will play The Riddler in the next Batman movie, The Sun can reveal.
The Beverly Hills Cop star, 47, has been signed up by British director CHRISTOPHER NOLAN to reprise the role played by JIM CARREY in 1995’s Batman Forever.

The surprise move follows speculation linking Pirates of the Caribbean star JOHNNY DEPP to the part.

The film, set for a 2010 release, is being developed under the working title Gotham.

Execs have also signed up rising Transformers star SHIA LABEOUF, 22, to play Robin.

CHRISTIAN BALE will return as Bruce Wayne, while MICHAEL CAINE will again play Bruce’s assistant Alfred.

Meanwhile, Brit RACHEL WEISZ is said to be up for the Catwoman role.

Insiders also revealed to The Sun the flick will end on a cliffhanger over whether Batman survives a blast at Wayne Towers.

Nolan had been tight-lipped about the future of the Batman films after being rocked by the January death of HEATH LEDGER — tipped to receive a posthumous Oscar for his role as The Joker in Batman Returns.

A film insider said: “Chris wasn’t sure if he wanted to do another movie but as soon as he decided to, he got the wheels in motion.

“Eddie’s a fantastic addition. Everyone’s excited to see what he does as the Riddler.”
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Before you start to jump of buildings or riot, this rag (the Sun) is as reliable as Bill O'Reilly is objective and lovable.
I just thought it was funny to share.

By: EthanEverett

EthanEverett — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 06:25:32 +0000

@runswchainsaw2: I respect you, then. :]

By: runswchainsaw2

runswchainsaw2 — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 02:00:35 +0000

Argh! I'm a girl and I don't have ANY interest in Pattison being in 3! When I first heard about Heath Ledger being in TDK, I didn't say "Oh boy! A sexy villain! That's just what I want in Nolan's Gotham." No, I said "Good. He's a great actor. This will be interesting."

Bale's Batman, if you must know, is more than enough eye-candy for me. I want the best villain(s) possible if Nolan makes another film. I care about writing, character development, and what fits; not casting the latest "Hollywood hottie". Gag.

By: jeff

jeff — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:13:47 +0000

i think the crock has a real good chance of being one of your main characters off shoot animations and books have hinted it, bane wouls be awsome aswell

By: klemy

klemy — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:36:30 +0000

once again…hush and talia…does catherine zeta-jones make a good talia? robert pattinson sucks! i also think harley quinn should make a cameo…in arkham or something…Two of my friends agrees that Hush is good.

By: GregM

GregM — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:14:44 +0000

@EthanEverett: I love the thought of the Ventriloquist and Scarface in live action. Read My Lips is one of my favourite eps from the animated series.

By: RIPsquishy

RIPsquishy — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:03:40 +0000

maybe this was already said, but nolan himself stated that he had no intention of bringing an originally portrayed batman villain into the 3rd film if he ever decided to film it.
let's hope he sticks to what he says.

By: EthanEverett

EthanEverett — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:51:18 +0000

Since when do girls visit this site?

Oh my gosh, stop frickin' suggesting Roberto Pattinson as The Riddler. Disgusting thought. Now we all know Christopher Nolan is smarter than to bring a wuss druggie-lookalike actor into his masterful world of Batman, but still.. to constantly hear "Oh I think they should hire Rob Pattison. We need a sexy villian". How incredibly stupid. Shut the hell up and get out of this site. We're not talking about "New Moon" here.. we're talking about a QUALITY film. Go back to your Twilight message boards.

I hate to get angry on these boards but god… since when did girls even like Batman before Heath Ledger joined the 2nd one and became the next Jack Skellington? It's annoying and bandwagon-esque. And now to suggest Pattinson.. ugh.. just shut up.

Anyway..
mix an unfamilar villian with a classic villian and you've got a good film.

How about Scarface the doll? Think of how creepy that could be.
And Hush too. Let's get an assassin in the mix.

By: Quake82

Quake82 — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:43:01 +0000

@Brad: It's a damn shame. I recently reread Frank Miller's graphic novel, "The Dark Knight" and I must say, I would welcome an R-rated Batman; I mean, how can you have a film be too-dark when it's about someone called the DARK KNIGHT. Oh well.

By: GJ

GJ — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:28:33 +0000

Listen, the penguin and the riddler would be too feeble of characters to playthe main villian in batman 3 due to the greatness of the dark knigh. This film will need a character no one knows about but will rock batman and bruce wayne to the core. since batman has been exiled, catwoman would need to play a heroin-esque role while penguin would be the knight club owner that plays refuge to the new main villain, which should be the "black mask" who is a character similar to the bruce wayne and batman and is comparable to the role of brock in the spiderman series. the riddler would be a secondary character like penguin but he would be coleman reese and could attack batman from that angle.

By: klemy

klemy — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:24:49 +0000

just throwing this out…randomly…you guy probably will majorly disagree…but i think to bring something new to Batman film series, we should put in Hush as the main baddy and Talia Al Ghul as the minor one/girlfriend (since Rachel kind of got blown up)…once again…just throwing it out…

By: randy

randy — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:10:39 +0000

k sorry to say this but shut up about robert pattison … you dont want all the little twilight tweeneys in the theatre screaming when he pops up on the screen. This batman 3 if its ever made, has very very high expectations to be like the dark knight and using Robert pattison would make it worse to tell u the truth.

By: drew

drew — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:20:45 +0000

angelina jolie has NEVER stated she would like to be catwoman in any batman sequel. it is all talk by outside people, who use angelina's name, who want publicity for their websites, blogs etc. she is too big for the batman franchise, she should BE BATMAN instead of bale, if anything.

By: Dt Shindler

Dt Shindler — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:25:12 +0000

DAVID: First, I have to begin by saying that _I_ find it hard to wrap my head around messages — be they typed on a computer screen or written on parchment paper with quill and ink — which forgo the use of punctuation, capitalization and, well…quite a few extra words it seems (judging from that first sentence of yours in the paragraph above). I know things are done differently here in cyberspace, but give us old-timers a break and…use some punctuation for the ocassional sentence break. Reading such posts is like trying to decode the Rosetta Stone. iSheesh!
Second, audiences today are a bit more savvy as regards SF, fantasy and all the permeations inbetween. The Lazarus Pit would be easy to understand, even for grandpa jones…or under Brad Brevet (whoever gets to the theater first when Batman 3, aka The Bat, the Demon and the Brat [Talia] opens at nearby theaters).

By: Brad Brevet

Brad Brevet — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:31:38 +0000

@Quake82: Quake, I would say Dark Knight was pretty damn close to an R-rated film... Obviously, I am sure the contract says it has to be PG-13 so, no, no R-rated Batmans even though it would be cool to see.

By: david

david — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:48:13 +0000

i think doing the Lazarus Pit idea would work either, just because this series is done better then most comic movies people seem to rationalize things to much and dont understand that it is still based on comics, i dont think a general audience could rap their heads around it.

By: david

david — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:43:45 +0000

does everyone think that batman only has 3 or 4 villians?

i agree with some people who said black mask i think his story would be good from the recent batman comics, or deadshot would also be interesting.

if they were going to make a few more films the "no mans land arc" where gotham is hit with a earthquake virus etc and must rebuild from the ground up while numerous villians fight to gain ground as well as batman fighting to get ground and the police too. this premise would make a better tv series though due to the length.

By: Quake82

Quake82 — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:56:53 +0000

@Brad: Let me say this, whatever Chris Nolan decides to do (if indeed he decides to come back) I'm sure in the end it will be the right choice. I was never a big fan of Scarecrow; however, Batman Begins turned out to be the best Batman since Tim Burton's 1989 flick. Here's hoping for a final Nolan-Bale film that lives up to its magnificent predecessors.

Also, I would like to know your thoughts on an R-rated Batman flick? Do you think Nolan would ever make his Batman that gritty? (Love the idea of Riddler – I'm just afraid it would skew too close to Joker)

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:06:04 +0000

I agree with the last paragraph written on this article. I don't want there to be any past villains used in this. I like the crime epic feel that Christopher Nolan gave The Dark Knight, and I was hoping he'd continue in that path. He should also use a villain that has never been done before, it'd be a lot more interesting than campy villains like the Penguin. I don't think I even really want to see the Riddler again. And I've never seen any real point in having Catwoman, all she does is try and set up shop with Batman throughout the movie. But worst of all, if Angelina Jolie was ever in any of these movies, I'd probably refuse to watch it. I can't stand her.

By: Brad Brevet

Brad Brevet — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:02:58 +0000

@Quake82: I agree Quake, there isn't necessarily a reason why they couldn't once again go back and grab a villain we have seen, but I would prefer they didn't. The ideas many have had for a serial killer style Riddler would be fantastic, but we are getting into R-rated territory there and also what people are interested in sounds a lot like what The Joker did in Dark Knight as Jay Beezy points out. There are definitely a myriad of ways of doing it, but you guys know more than me since I don't read comics.

By: Quake82

Quake82 — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:58:05 +0000

Talia al Ghul sounds like a very unique villian and it could nicely tie into the first film (Batman Begins) and complete Nolan's trilogy.

However, I must admit, I see no reason why Nolan and company can't dip back into the classic Batman canon for a decent villian. Back in 2007, many people complained about Heath Ledger following in Jack Nicholson's footsteps as The Clown Prince. As a credit to the vision of Chris, I believe that, regardless of which villian he chooses, it will be done effectively.

Given the phenomenal performance of Heath Ledger, I do not believe we will see The Joker in a Christopher Nolan-directed Batman flick. Rest in Peace, Heath.

By: Jay Beezy

Jay Beezy — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:49:47 +0000

I was also thinking Talia al Ghul as the a slash semi love interest, as she was in the comic, and she could carry on the Ra's al Ghul plotline someone else mentioned above. Rachel Weisz sounds good for that but I was thinking someone not as established as her, like Lena Headey. Also, I was also thinking the Riddler could be a good villain if they established him not being a Joker knockoff a la Jim Carrey version but more so someone intellectually equal to Bruce Wayne/Batman, if not superior. Guy Pearce would be a good fit for that. Plus, he's worked with Nolan before.

By: aerinpegadrak

aerinpegadrak — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:37:19 +0000

Talia al Ghul. She's a total badass, would have a score to settle, and has never been seen on screen before. Not sure who you'd cast for her, but that's who I'd vote for the next villain.

By: perelli

perelli — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:57:27 +0000

Pattinson would be cool as the young Roman Sionis (Black Mask).

By: Dt Shindler

Dt Shindler — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:54:58 +0000

While any talk of a sequel to "The Dark Knight" is just that until the director is signed on and a script is in the works etc., and while I agree with the host of this site about the silliness of using the campier "villains" from the Batman roster of bad guys (riddler, penguin, etc.), I have to admit that Rachel Weiz or Angelina Jolie in a catwoman suit would have me shelling out for a ticket.

As for a nemesis in any third film that is made in the new series, it should be Ra's Al Ghul, of course. Because Liam Neeson played him so well, because he can be tied into terrorism (which — other than our screwing up the environment and/or a stray meteor — is the scariest thing out there), and because in the classic comics written by Denny O'Neil and drawn by Neal Adams, there was a device called the Lazarus Pit which Ra's Al Ghul was put into whenever he was near death or nearly destroyed — it sort of rejuvenated him via mysterious but scientific means (and since this is a series of films involving a guy who dresses like a bat, the possibility that his nemesis from the first film could have survived the train wreck is plausible). THAT would be an interesting film, especially since it would bring the story full circle and make a nice wrap-up for a trilogy.

By: skip

skip — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:53:54 +0000

I'm open to Pattinson in Batman – not as the Joker – no way – but actually a role like the black mask would be ok or Riddler.

By: ckybltz

ckybltz — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:52:09 +0000

@tania:

Overhyped rubbish….kind of reminds me of a little film called Twilight….weird