man after seeing batman begins last night i cant wait for this to come out.
only one of a handful of movies i actually anticipate.

http://imdb.com/title/tt0468569/
to be released in 2008.


its pretty obvious the villain will be the joker, although they never showed ninja man from begins dieing so he could come back as well, also they never killed scarecrow. Its looks like the cartoon where no villains actually die, they just keep getting recycled in and out of arkam.

[Edited on March 25, 2007 at 4:32 PM. Reason : spell checker]

3/25/2007 4:31:54 PM

but Heath Ledger as the Joker??? i dunno. at least Gary Oldman is still set to play Gordan

3/25/2007 3:39:56 PM

^^They also list Two-Face...don't know whether he actually plays a role in this one or if they'll just show his origin to set up the next movie.

Definitely looking forward to this, though.

3/25/2007 4:46:42 PM

fuck that, they have gary oldman in the movie, and they cast HEATH LEDGER as the joker??

[Edited on March 25, 2007 at 4:50 PM. Reason : oldman should be the joker]

3/25/2007 4:49:01 PM

i think heath ledger will suprise. They got B.B. spoton so i think they know what their doing.

3/25/2007 4:51:17 PM

^thats what I was thinking too - I'm sure the people making the movie chose Ledger for a reason, I bet he'll do well

3/25/2007 4:56:49 PM

i'm sure they do.

but oldman is the quintessential villain actor

[Edited on March 25, 2007 at 4:59 PM. Reason : fdsaj]

3/25/2007 4:58:36 PM

yeah, when i found out ledger was doing the joker, I was the only one of my friends who thought this could be a good thing. I can see this working out fine.

anyways, anyone else read that Christian Bale might have to be Batman in The Justice League movie due to a clause in his Batman contracts?

3/25/2007 5:08:48 PM

yeah oldman as the good guy is a bit weird, and ledger in any movie is bad, and i also dont like eackheart as dent although he may be able to pull it off, i just wish they got grittier actors to play those roles.

3/25/2007 5:11:21 PM

^^can you expand on this a little bit?

3/25/2007 10:51:26 PM

I could imagine it, a more serious looking joker.

But, did the Joker already have his accident, or are they starting something new?

3/25/2007 10:58:40 PM

Maybe they can get Mark Hammil(sp?) to coach him on the voice

3/25/2007 11:05:49 PM

delete this shit until you have a trailer

3/25/2007 11:10:19 PM

^^^^^?
here is the link to the info that i was referencing

http://joblo.com/batman-joins-league

3/26/2007 1:14:37 AM

^That sucks...pretty much kills the chance of the JLA movie featuring Tom Welling as Superman, as I just dont see those 2 being a good match (although I doubt Bale/Routh would be either).

And arent there enough female characters in the Batman universe that they could have had Maggie Gyllenhaal play a different person rather than recasting Rachel Dawes? Im fine with ditching Katie Holmes, but I hate recasting between movies.

[Edited on March 26, 2007 at 5:53 AM. Reason : -]

3/26/2007 5:50:43 AM

the joker in this movie will be completely different than the joker in the original batman movie...

they are portraying a young joker this time around...before any deformities to his face, etc...

some versions of the comic do not even have an "accident" like the original movie portrays

also, the 3rd movie will feature the joker going on trial, and that is where he scars harvey dent...and we get 2face

3/26/2007 6:34:45 AM

I actually like the thought of Ledger as Joker. Can't be Jack, but Ledger will at some youth, a different spin, and can make the character fit in these Batman go around.


III

3/26/2007 8:03:43 AM

still would have liked Paul Bettany as joker

3/26/2007 8:26:46 AM

regarding the Two-Face question, IMDB has this to say:

Quote :

"Batman and Gordon find alliance with a newly appointed DA Harvey Dent to stop a vicious killer"

The killer in question is The Joker, so I imagine that Harvey is just going to be a secondary character in this one, setting him up for future use.

3/26/2007 10:13:02 AM

Quote :

"And arent there enough female characters in the Batman universe that they could have had Maggie Gyllenhaal play a different person rather than recasting Rachel Dawes? Im fine with ditching Katie Holmes, but I hate recasting between movies."

SCIENTOLOGY FTW

3/26/2007 10:13:39 AM

Quote :

"still would have liked Paul Bettany as joker"

3/26/2007 10:43:27 AM

Quote :

""Batman and Gordon find alliance with a newly appointed DA Harvey Dent to stop a vicious killer""

Sounds like The Long Halloween, to me. Or at least, The Long Halloween with The Joker added.

3/26/2007 11:38:15 AM

Paul would hav also been a good choice. But he might just make the joker a bit over the top. IMO Ledger woud have more of a dark cynacim (sp?) than Paul. However, Paul could prob deliver comedy better...depends on how they want to play the Joker out.


III

3/26/2007 11:40:31 AM

i think the joker will be a more serious character without all the flash and comedy we are used to seeing. i can't wait.

3/26/2007 11:42:29 AM

as long as he's a decently acted homocidal lunatic with an infectious laugh then i don't care who plays him...

[Edited on March 26, 2007 at 12:09 PM. Reason : they could use Cesar Romero's reanimated corpse for all it matters]

3/26/2007 12:08:10 PM

i always thought jude law would have made a good joker

3/26/2007 12:12:52 PM

i would flood the planet if they cast jude law as the joker.

3/26/2007 1:14:11 PM

mark hammil + Batman: Dead End style makeup = best Joker ever

[Edited on March 26, 2007 at 1:47 PM. Reason : i wonder if they'll start him off as the Red Hood]

3/26/2007 1:46:38 PM

I don't see him being a good joker either, but if they're doing the young joker, it might work. Jude Law would be awesome too, but no one will top Jack. I'm excited about the rest of the cast though.

3/26/2007 1:52:06 PM

Heath Ledger ... The Joker


FAIL

3/26/2007 1:53:38 PM

check these out if you havent seen them, pretty awesome

Batman: DEAD END
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Hjp0I_okX0w

World's Finest
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SRLEAEqoKsg

3/26/2007 2:01:55 PM

^anyone seen these yet?

3/27/2007 12:36:10 PM

yes, a lot of people have seen those, Grayson is pretty good too: http://youtube.com/watch?v=keowsZVnWjA

3/27/2007 12:45:04 PM

Quote :

"also, the 3rd movie will feature the joker going on trial, and that is where he scars harvey dent...and we get 2face"

-at the end of Dark Knight is when Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckart) is deformed by Joker

3/27/2007 2:55:20 PM

The batman / alien / predator one is the best film ever. They should totally make that into a movie.

3/27/2007 3:20:09 PM

since when is the joker the one to disfigure him??

3/27/2007 3:59:23 PM

yeah i thought it was some mob boss (or did the 3rd movie just make that shit up)

3/27/2007 4:09:56 PM

Word is they are casting Sal Maroni, James Gandolfini and Alan Dale being names tossed around in rumors, so Joker is not tossing the acid. However, Lachey Hulme and Crispin Glover were named as strong possibilities for Joker, but both were quickly dismissed with the out-of-left-field announcement of Heath Ledger; so don't expect either Gandolfini or Dale (the Dale rumor had supposedly already been dismissed).

A few pages from the first draft of the script leaked a few weeks ago, but they have been deleted from the page on which I originally found them. From what I read, this movie is going to be dark as hell.

3/27/2007 4:39:08 PM

^yea my bad, i meant to say a mob boss, possibly Alan Dale (the old guy that croaked on the OC) but probably not now...

http://www.batman-on-film.com/batmovienews.html

[Edited on March 27, 2007 at 4:52 PM. Reason : ]

3/27/2007 4:52:00 PM

Quote :

"i always thought jude law would have made a good joker "

imo jude law doesnt make anything but a good sissy boy..however he does it perfectly which is why he gets plenty of roles

3/27/2007 4:57:39 PM

It comes out on my birthday.

In addition, Aaron Eckhart as Two Face? I don't remember him having a small continent for a chin in the comic.

[Edited on March 27, 2007 at 6:00 PM. Reason : merf]

3/27/2007 5:55:36 PM

^^^^So TDK is suppose to be Really Dark or the next movie...


III

3/27/2007 7:00:30 PM

it got into my mind that that chick from tank girl would make a kickass real-life version of Harley Quinn

though she is probably old by now

4/15/2007 6:00:21 PM

lori petty

4/15/2007 6:16:51 PM

so did crazy Tom Cruise say Katie Holmes couldn't be in this?

4/15/2007 6:19:50 PM

I'm Batman

4/15/2007 6:21:36 PM

4/15/2007 6:24:26 PM

Quote :

"When asked, "Why Heath Ledger as the Joker?" Christopher Nolan said, "Because he's fearless.""

aha

awesome

4/15/2007 6:25:17 PM

Maggie Gyllenhaal >> Katie Holmes

4/15/2007 6:26:25 PM

i agree, send katie holmes back to dawsons creek

4/15/2007 6:34:09 PM