New 'Batman' movie shooting next year, Gary Oldman says
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Awesome!!! Although poor Gary will probably get a tongue-lashing for spilling the beans.
Let the speculation begin now. Who will e involved? Who’s the villain? and most importantly, or they gonna dare to re-cast The Joker?
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Tha ony way they can recast the the late great JOKER is they….wait they can’t Heth will and always be the great JOKER
Tha ony way they can recast the late great JOKER is they….wait they can’t Heth will and always be the great JOKER
Well since Joker is going back to the asylum.. i dont think they really need worry about recasting him.. im sure the story will turn back to recapturing all the loons that were freed, as well as new villians from the comic book.
Jack Nicholson will always be the best Joker
i know for a fact catwoman is in but who is playing her
megan fox is signed up for catwoman
From what i hear its not gonna be catwoman but it will be the Riddler and maybe Harley Quinn to replace the Joker don’t know who will play them i think Scout Taylor Compton from Halloween 1 and 2 would be interesting as Harley Quinn
I saw the poster, I see a guy with a question mark cane on imdb.. riddler my friends..
Yes, it’s going to be the joker. I heard it’s going to be played by….Eddy Murphy. I know, right???? I also heard shia labeouf will play Robin!
oops i meant to say the Riddler not the joker lol
has everyone forgot the penguin? not the coolest villan but a villan not the less.
i heard johnny depp was going to play the riddler…
daniel day lewis would play a SICK riddler.
They will not re-cast the joker. i absolutly love this movie and if they try to put the joker back in to the new one i will lose all interest in this new spark to and oldy but goodie
Has anyone ever given the thought to Johnny Depp playing the riddler?
I don’t believe how that could be true. I’m pretty sure Nolan already has his hands full with ‘Inception’ (Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard, Cillian Murphy, Ellen page) and the last thing I read was that they didn’t even have a script for the third installment or that Nolan would even be back…
No Nolan, No Batman, or at least no batman with christian bale
This is GREAT news…. but only if Nolan is coming back as director AND co-writer, as usual. It’d be pretty tight for Nolan, what with Inception shooting right now, but he did it last time right after finishing The Prestige… and we got The Dark Knight. So I’m very hopeful!
wow. i guess putting out the same false rumors is what EW does now. I mean is this US Weekly?
No Sript.No Director.And Last I checked, no batman.
Adam,
I would think they will not recast the Joker this soon. I can see maybe the 4th or 5th movie bringing him back becasue most physical differences can be explained by an extended stay in Arkum, but right now is too soon to replace Legder.
I would expect to possibly see the Riddler or maybe even the Penguin in the next flick.
I believe it will be the penguin as well. Thats what I’ve heard
They will not include the penguin in a batman movie with nolan as director, he says the character is not realistic enough.
I think the penguins realistic enough just say he was a flipper baby deformed at birth
look i kno to many movies and yes dark knight was top 5 all time favorites mostly because of heath ledger. i dont think they should replace him he completely took that role and aced it. now for thise who say noone could look like ledger just look at jeff hardy from the wwe now he weres face paint and acts every week he would be the only choice for a replacement joker. now the riddler needs to be outrageous cause jim carrey was the funny ridler we need a twisted ridler…
They’re not recasting the joker. They wouldn’t. They probably have a new villain.
they’re never gonna recast the joker, at least not in this batman series. Nolan did want to have the joker appear in the 3rd movie but of course he’s not going to replace Ledger.
I wonder if this is really true or if it’s another fake out similar to when Michael Caine was saying he heard the Riddler and the Penguin were going to be the villains. Hopefully it’s true and hopefully they will come up with a great script that won’t disappoint.
The Riddler would be a great choice I think. They could make him much darker than the horrible “Batman Forever” version.
Nolan already had visions of bringing Ledger back as the Joker before Ledger’s death. Nolan had opted out of directiing the third in this recent series because his vision could not come into fruition. Bale did not want to do the third Batman so soon, but he is required by contract. I can not imagine that the third movie will be as good as the first two without the direction of Nolan.
Nolan has said himself there is no immediate plans for him to return to the franchise right now. People close to him said that the Ledgar death got to him and with him wanting joker in the 3rd film and with him dying it probably puts a damper on what he wanted to do with the film. I would much rather they take time and if they make another one to really nail a great movie down. It would have to be great to come even close to TDK.
I so hope that this is true and that Nolan is attached.
I really don’t think it’s true. The director said that there wouldn’t be another one since third movies receive bad reception.
O really Andrew I’m pretty sure that the third lord of the rings didn’t get a bad reception.
the third lord of the rings movie didn’t get bad reception because its taken directly from a book. with batman, all they have to go off of is a comic book—so many possibilites. a novel has solid facts that need to be dealt with.
i hope it’s true as well!! i wonder who’ll play the joker, though. i love christian bale, but i agree with leeann, it might not be an amazing film without christopher nolan as the director, but i’m willing to give the new director a chance if it happens, and if nolan really isn’t directing. but i hope gary oldman is right and ew does more investigating!
ooooohhhh!!!!!
As long as they don’t have another Joker in it. God that’d be a big NONO to get someone else to play the Joker. They should bring in Catwoman (the way she was like in Darwyn Cooke’s version.) Then possibly having the non love interest as the Riddler or Penguin as both have been known to work with Catwoman.
i think johnny depp would play a good joker if they recast in the next movie. or even the riddler
The Dark Knight is the #2 box office film of all time. Batman 3 will get made. It’s just a question of when and by whom.
EW should investigate, yes, but if Gary Oldman says it, why some people think it’s not true? I think he’s a very reliable source. For any reason Nolan still is not confirming it, but I expect he will do it soon.
If they do put the Joker into the 3rd movie they should at least get someone who looks slightly like Ledgers or maybe just make the Joker completely 3D, technology has advanced far enough to do that, right? And Warner Brothers does own the image of Heath Ledgers as the Joker, correct? Christopher Nolan better be attached to this movie!
There are plenty of bad guys in the Batman franchise. They shouldn’t bring the Joker back for Bat3. Ledger was perfection & you can’t (and shouldn’t) mess with perfection.
I think Nolan will return, he’s just keeping his options open at the moment, there are so many more stories to tell outside of the joker. The reason so many 3rd movies are received badly is because they are truly bad or just lazy. Nolan would take more precaution and time and think the story through really thoroughly. And each actor has his part down pat. The joker could be shrouded in darkness in a cell in arkham and get someone who resembles leger’s stature and voice patterns. As for two-face, I think he’s still alive even though people tell me that he’s definitely dead. I never saw him in a casket. The cops were covering up his murders and hiding him at arkham, that’s my theory. Natalie Portman would make an amazing Catwoman, just think about that one a little bit, it works in a Christopher Nolan type of way. She can play dark and troubled like in V for Vendetta. Bring back danny devitto for the penguin, he looks the same as he did in batman returns. Same goes for Jim Carrey.
The villains should be Catwoman & Deadshot! That would make a for a bad ass movie.
Batastic, I think you just suggested the only thing that could be worse than recasting the Joker. CGI? Really?
Nolan will be back; Bale will be back; and there will be a decent script. No worries people.
I want Nolan back as much as anyone but the Bottom line is- Warner Bros won’t wait forever. I hope this is true.
Can you believe we have past the 20th Anniversary of Tim Burtons Batman
My TRIBUTE- http://blog.entertainmenttodayandbeyond.com/2009/06/22/batman-1989-20-year-anniversary/
Well seeing as the tim burton batman films from 1989 are Warner, and Warner obviously having rights to make films with Batman in them, I don’t think Warner care for time. Thing is the actors won’t get any younger will they?
He also said they were making a Dark Knight game, so my skeptometer is pretty high.
In regards to the next villain, I think they should incorporate Harley Quinn. She was the Joker’s love interest, and seeing as we can’t exactly bring Heath Ledger back from the grave, I think she is the next character in line to be portrayed in film. As an actress, I would suggest…probably Helena Bonham Carter. She’s obviously got the who twisted dark humor down. Two-face could be included, but maybe only a short scene. He had his movie. Done
Summer of 2011 is going to be amazing. Batman and Harry Potter!
in response to your comment EM two face did have his movie but so has the joker, Mr. Freeze, The Scarecrow, and Raz Algul. and considering that The Dark Knight was an intro into the character of Two-Face they should go more in depth into his character than one scene. Good game though nice try. As for the Joker yes Heath Ledger died but guess what. Jack Nicholson was the Joker once and they found someone else. I’m sure they can do it again. Once again…good game thanks for comin out.
Damn 2011 is going to be quite the insane summer if all the movies all happen/dont get pushed back. Spider man IV, Pirates 4, Hangover 2, Thor, Green Lantern, Captain America, Cars II, Harry Potter Deathly Hallows II, Men in Black 3, Star Trek II, Kung Fu Panda 2, the next Bond film, Get Smart 2, Hobbit, Indiana Jones, Bourne Conspiracy, and Mission Impossible 4. Jeez this would be a crazy amount of films to see in a 3 year span, but all in one year?1?! I can not wait!
Hey Nick – Maybe they’ll make one original movie in 2011.
I think jim carey should be the riddler again. he was funny last time but i think he could be really twisted this time. just look at the number 23