Thread: Dark Knight Thread

Is there going to be a 3rd Batman movie? What villians will be in it?
When would the next movie be expected to come out in theaters? And, are they going to try to replace Heath Ledger with a new actor to carry on the Joker? Ledger's performance was outstanding, so I don't know how they are going to replace him. Any thoughts? What other villians do you think will be in the next movie-- Penguin? The Riddler? Catwoman?

Also, what ever happened to scarecrow and two face in the dark knight? Scarecrow was in the beginning, but never died. And then two face appeared to have died, but they never made it 100% clear.

Please feel free to share your thoughts.

Originally Posted by Magnificent Seven

Is there going to be a 3rd Batman movie? What villians will be in it?
When would the next movie be expected to come out in theaters? And, are they going to try to replace Heath Ledger with a new actor to carry on the Joker? Ledger's performance was outstanding, so I don't know how they are going to replace him. Any thoughts? What other villians do you think will be in the next movie-- Penguin? The Riddler? Catwoman?

Also, what ever happened to scarecrow and two face in the dark knight? Scarecrow was in the beginning, but never died. And then two face appeared to have died, but they never made it 100% clear.

Please feel free to share your thoughts.

I have heard them talk about the Riddler as the next villian. The death of Rachel opens up room for Catwoman in Batman's life though.

I can't imagine they bring back the Joker because of the death of Ledger and the superb job he did. He might be mentioned in the next movie, but I really doubt they bring the character back.

Probably 2-3 years would be my guess before the next movie.

I believe the producer or director confirmed that 2 face broke his neck and was dead.

However, I would like to see Joker, Riddler, Penguin, and Catwoman work together to play against Batman, Robin, and Batwoman. It would be interesting to see the whole characters in once. Never seen before and I really want to see it.

Just like back in 1960's or 1970's on tv show. They were all battling on the submarine and everyone were on the movie.

3rd Batman Movie? Don't we already have like five...

Originally Posted by Magnificent Seven

However, I would like to see Joker, Riddler, Penguin, and Catwoman work together to play against Batman, Robin, and Batwoman. It would be interesting to see the whole characters in once. Never seen before and I really want to see it.

Just like back in 1960's or 1970's on tv show. They were all battling on the submarine and everyone were on the movie.

I hope they don't. I want more of the Dark Knight. No room for Robin in there.

Stick to good plots, which usually means less characters. The plots, character developement is what makes the new Batman movies so good, IMO.

My son said he heard they would have the Riddler in the next one.I didnt even see Batman Begins but I did like the new one.Ledger did a good job.I was guessing probably 2 face will be a part of the next one.

The first series of Batman movies,my favorite was the 1st one with
Nicholson in the role as the Joker!

Originally Posted by Mike

I have heard them talk about the Riddler as the next villian. The death of Rachel opens up room for Catwoman in Batman's life though.

I can't imagine they bring back the Joker because of the death of Ledger and the superb job he did. He might be mentioned in the next movie, but I really doubt they bring the character back.

Probably 2-3 years would be my guess before the next movie.

I believe the producer or director confirmed that 2 face broke his neck and was dead.

I didnt read this before I made my post...so he is dead?

Originally Posted by MissouriBronc

3rd Batman Movie? Don't we already have like five...

Yup. Forget the whole old batman movies from 90's.

Originally Posted by KCLady

My son said he heard they would have the Riddler in the next one.I didnt even see Batman Begins but I did like the new one.Ledger did a good job.I was guessing probably 2 face will be a part of the next one.

The first series of Batman movies,my favorite was the 1st one with
Nicholson in the role as the Joker!

Ledger killed as Joker. I liked Nicholson, but Ledger owned it. Simply an amazing performance.

You have to see Batman Begins. It was a really good movie too.

In movies you never know. They spent a lot of time building Dent up (the white knight) compared to Bruce Wayne's Dark Knight. And his demise was rather abrupt. Maybe they bring him back...but for now I would only count on the Riddler for sure.

In fact, people are going so potty over The Dark Knight that they’ve started to pretend that they’ve already seen it just so they can move onto speculation over Batman 3. So we may as well do the same. It’s not like we’ve got anything better to do.

Batman screenwriters David Goyer and Jonah Nolan have responded to claims that the baddies in Batman 3 will be Catwoman and The Penguin by saying that the baddies in Batman 3 definitely won’t be Catwoman and The Penguin. They’ve got a whole raft of other villains to chose from, so why pick the two most obvious? Especially when nobody’s put Lola Lasagne in a Batman movie yet.

Believe what you read and you’ll hear that The Dark Knight is as good as The Godfather II, that The Dark Knight is so profound that your life will be changed forever by two and a half hours of watching a man in a silly rubber costume riding a bike, and that Heath Ledger’s performance as The Joker is so perfect that all Oscars past present and future should be posthumously given to Heath, melted down and made into a single giant Oscar that does the dance from 10 Things I Hate About You every hour on the hour.

Is The Dark Knight that good? Buggered if we know, but we’ve been suckered in by the hype as much as anyone else. So, to try and combat our feelings of market-manipulated vulnerability, let’s try and take control by starting up a bunch of hype about Batman 3.

Christian Bale is already keen to make another Batman movie and, so long as Christopher Nolan decides that he wants to, it’s pretty much a done deal already. Which begs the question - which of Batman’s villains will feature in Batman 3?

Obviously the two main choices are The Penguin and Catwoman. They’re just as iconic as The Joker and they’ve as yet been ignored by the Nolan Batman series. However, we have our reservations.

For example, The Penguin is usually seen as a comedy character, and Christopher Nolan would rather cut his balls off than have a moment of light relief in one of his Batman films. And as for Catwoman… given what Nolan has done to The Joker, we’re not sure that we’re ready to have our life-long Catwoman fetish ruined by a scar-covered mess with matted hair and a freaky make-up job.

Luckily, Batman writers David Goyer and Jonah Nolan agree with us, although their reasoning has slightly less to do with the preservation of a slightly unnatural sexual fantasy than ours. Totalfilm reports:

“In the first movie we use Ra’s Al Ghul and The Scarecrow, who had not been in the movies before, and had not been in the sixties TV show before. And there are dozens if not hundreds of other characters that fit that bill. Everyone says its gotta be The Penguin or Catwoman… well I completely disagree.”

Of course, there are hundreds of various Batman villains that could be used in Batman 3, so we’ll just have to sit and wait to see which ones get used.

Needless to say, we’ll never be happy until Schwarzenegger reprises his role as Mr Freeze, because if there’s one thing that Christopher Nolan is shit at, it’s the ice-based pun.

What would you rather have - a critically-acclaimed immersive crime drama or a great big European guy painted blue shouting things like “You’re not sending me to the cooler!”? Mr Freeze wins every time. It’s not even a contest.

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Batman 3: Angelina Jolie Should Be Catwoman, Says Catwoman.

The Dark Knight hype-tizzy is over, right? After the deaths and the arrests and the plaudits, that’s the end now, right?

Michael Caine hasn’t smacked a gypsy on the head with a shovel? Morgan Freeman hasn’t accidentally fallen down a lift shaft? Good, then that really is the end of interminable Dark Knight hype. So let’s start hyping up Batman 3 instead, then.

Although nobody knows for sure who the Batman 3 villain will be, Catwoman is emerging as a fan favourite, for some completely unknown reason. And Angelina Jolie seems to be the frontrunner to play her. That’s not just berserk internet lust talking - definitive 1960s Catwoman Julie Newmar seems to think she’d be a good fit, too. Still, if that falls through there’s always Kerry Katona. Or death. Let’s go with death.

With The Dark Knight storming past all kinds of box office records at the moment, it’s become clear that topping it will be an insanely difficult job for Christopher Nolan. Surely the only way to make Batman 3 longer or more depressing than The Dark Knight would be to make it about a leukemia patient choking on his own vomit in slow motion for six solid hours.

So perhaps Christopher Nolan should try a different tack for the follow-up. Maybe he could make Batman 3 happier, by having The Joker return as an actual joker who dances round giving balloon animals to children and making everyone jolly. And there’s always the Bat-Nipples. Never forget the Bat-Nipples.

Of course, Christopher Nolan’s easiest escape route would be to shove Catwoman into Batman 3 and hope that there are enough creepy men around to go and see it for no other reason than because they’re perverts. After all, if people have been going crazy because The Dark Knight has giant IMAX footage of a bank robbery, imagine how crazy they’ll go if Batman 3 has giant IMAX footage of Catwoman’s vulva outlined through a rubber catsuit.

Yes yes, we know that there are reports suggesting that Catwoman won’t be in Batman 3, but we’re not so sure. Especially now that Angelina Jolie is reportedly interested in the role.

Julie Newmar - the greatest Catwoman ever according to everyone who isn’t an idiot - has come forward as saying that Angelina Jolie would be the best choice to play Catwoman in Batman 3, and she’s even gone as far as to suggest that Angelina is already lobbying for the part. According to the New York Daily News:

“Angelina would own the part. My industry friends tell me [she] has made inquiries about the role… I can understand how it would pique her interest. Catwoman is Batman’s one true love. She’s tremendously popular with women because she’s both a heroine and a villainess.”

That’s great. True, all we’ve got to go on is the blithely-spoken word of a 74-year-old who hasn’t been Catwoman for 40 years, but a little thing like that won’t stop us getting excited. Especially since Christopher Nolan’s fondness for real-life explanations for the Batman world would mean that Angelina Jolie would probably have to play a Catwoman with some kind of serious psychological condition. Mental illness is sexy!

However, we’re only prepared to accept Angelina Jolie as Catwoman in Batman 3 so long as our new hero, French police spokeswoman Olivia Poupot, can also be cast as Commissioner Gordon’s brilliantly dismissive European sidekick. She’s already fairly incredible at being bored by Angelina Jolie, you see.

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Originally Posted by Mike

Ledger killed as Joker. I liked Nicholson, but Ledger owned it. Simply an amazing performance.

You have to see Batman Begins. It was a really good movie too.

In movies you never know. They spent a lot of time building Dent up (the white knight) compared to Bruce Wayne's Dark Knight. And his demise was rather abrupt. Maybe they bring him back...but for now I would only count on the Riddler for sure.

I agree about Ledger.The way the movie was written vs the first one with
Jack N was alot different as the DK had alot more action in it.I need to rent the first one.The DK is definately one I will be buying when its released on
DVD.

I agree that Jolie would be an excellent choice for Cat Woman.
Anybody see the one with Hallie Barry? I didn't!

Angelina Jolie would be perfect fit for catwoman. Johnny Depp could be a Joker.

Originally Posted by Magnificent Seven

Angelina Jolie would be perfect fit for catwoman. Johnny Depp could be a Joker.

yea Depp could definately pull that one off! He was good in the
Secret Window!