^That's awesome, I never noticed that. I am very excited about this one, as Nolan has definitely far exceeded my expectations in each film. Will he ever go down the path of introducing Dick Grayson/Robin in this film or if there is a 4th?

11/1/2010 10:13:07 PM

He's stated the the third film will be the last and that he will never introduce Robin. Christian Bale has stated that he'll drop out if Robin shows up.

Personally I like that they're wrapping it up as a trilogy instead of leaving it wide open to shitty sequels with a new cast/director every time.

Quote :

"i would not be at all upset if Two-Face was the main antagonist this time around. They both share a common thread and a shared loss that Two-Face completely blames on Batman. It won't take the entire first act of the film to convey why he's the antagonist and thus can use that time to bring this story of Batman full circle as Christopher Nolan has always said."

My only complaint about the last one is that they didn't just wrap it up sooner and instead introduced and killed off a second villain at the finale, though the pay off may have been turning Batman into a public enemy who must be hunted in the third.

11/1/2010 10:24:55 PM

Quote :

"I think they could pull it off alot better than Uma did."

but damn she looked good in that green outfit

11/1/2010 11:07:33 PM

HOW TO MAKE ROBIN WORK:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3o9UmVd7kc

11/2/2010 2:52:05 AM

If you had just posted a bunch of gay porn it somehow would have been less gay than that.

11/2/2010 3:09:10 AM

Okay.

11/2/2010 3:14:40 AM

I wonder if they'd go the route of bringing in some other demented guy to play the misguided hero that tries to cleanse Gotham of the threat of the Batman. Anarky maybe? He said no Robin, does that extend to no Nightwing? Not as a sidekick, but as a separate self-made hero to fill the role that Batman had before he went bad.

[Edited on November 3, 2010 at 8:08 AM. Reason : -]

11/3/2010 7:54:58 AM

you have to remember...this is the general public that will want to see this movie.

not many people have read the comics and know who any of these people yall are mentioning are. I certainly dont.

therefore he will go with someone people recognize...ala two face and joker.

the general public=$$ and money talks.

11/3/2010 9:50:31 AM

Quote :

"not many people have read the comics and know who any of these people yall are mentioning are. I certainly dont. therefore he will go with someone people recognize...ala two face and joker."

I disagree...although Sandman was in Batman Begins, the main villain was Raz Al Ghul, which is about as obscure a character as they come for the mainstream movie watcher. But, no matter who it is, if Tom Hardy is playing the part, it'll be great.

11/3/2010 9:54:02 AM

ala....Scarecrow and Ra'as Al Ghul? People will see it because its Batman.

11/3/2010 9:55:07 AM

You know how you make Robin work? You don't change a damn thing about him. Bruce Wayne attends the circus and sees a family of acrobats fall to their deaths due to a gangster's tampering, leaving their youngest son alone. Wayne volunteers to become the boy's ward. He sees the boy's need for revenge, recognizes what was in himself at that age, and invites him to turn his dark need for revenge into something more just.

Bright colors, jokes, ass-kicking. I don't see why these things are a problem. Why do people thing Robin needs to be "fixed"? There's a reason the character was popular in the first place. The sensational character find of 1940! Fuck your concerns about child endangerment and plausibility—it's motherfucking Batman and Robin.

11/3/2010 9:55:50 AM

The general public will come out in masses to see w/e the fuck Christopher Nolan wants to put on the big screen.

11/3/2010 9:57:11 AM

11/3/2010 12:28:55 PM

Am I wrong in remembering that I saw a nametag in the hospital that read "Harleen Quinzell" in The Dark Knight?

11/3/2010 12:55:51 PM

look it up, someone probably made an angelfire website dedicated to the scene

11/3/2010 1:12:06 PM

Quote :

"Does Harley Quinn appear in this film? Rumors of Harleen Quinzell, aka Harley Quinn, appearing towards the end of the film floated about the Internet. One site falsely claimed she was to appear along with a list of Arkham inmates consisting of various members of Batman's Rogues Gallery. There is a doctor in the hospital with a very similar name to Harleen Quinzell on her name tag, however, which might be a nod to Harley Quinn for future installments."

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468569/faq#.2.1.7

11/3/2010 1:17:04 PM

Goddammit. That was supposed to be a link, not an image.

http://www.iwatchstuff.com/2010/11/todays_batman_rumor_theron_far.php

11/3/2010 1:17:29 PM

I don't really care as long as they get someone hot on screen this time

11/3/2010 1:22:42 PM

I think of Sarah. The rest is easy.

11/3/2010 1:25:51 PM

I will forever believe that Joker was not supposed to die at the end of the Dark Knight, and Harley Quinn was supposed to join him in the third movie. At this point I feel like continuing the Joker would be an insult to Ledger.

That being said, if Dr. Quiznel really did have a cameo in the film she can move into his roll instead of being an accomplice. The Joker's death could provoke her; somewhat like Norman/Harry Osborn. Her obsession of Joker should be enough to propagate such a transformation.

Also, she seems to always be portrayed as a blonde, at least when you see her hair. There are some blonde females in the link provided by Mr. Joshua.

11/3/2010 1:51:16 PM

the joker didn't die in the dark knight..

11/3/2010 1:57:08 PM

^ to be honest I forgot what happened to him. I remember now that he was left hanging to have police come and get him. I guess as a knee jerk reaction I assumed that he just died, because well Ledger is

The rest of my post remains. Bringing him back is fucking stupid, end of story.

11/3/2010 2:06:00 PM

Maybe they can film his death at the very beginning of the movie. Like the police are cutting him down and one decides to kick him over the ledge.

Or would that be too classless

11/3/2010 4:48:40 PM

Quote :

"look it up, someone probably made an angelfire website dedicated to the scene"

I lol'd

11/3/2010 4:52:18 PM

1) there's no need for him to be dead to have harley quinn in it - just have her as a deranged fan.
2) i don't think they'd have harley quinn in the movie for the sole reason that she's just another joker, and they've already had the anarchist clown in one movie.

11/3/2010 5:33:04 PM

Quote :

"Maybe they can film his death at the very beginning of the movie. Like the police are cutting him down and one decides to kick him over the ledge"

Or they could show the police kicking in a door to an apartment he's staying at and find him dead from an OD

11/3/2010 6:04:43 PM

You could give one of the Olsen twins a role in that story.

11/3/2010 6:47:09 PM

^^&^ AHAHAHAHAHAHA

Anyway, im kinda thinking harley quinn is the main villain. Getting revenge for the joker.

11/3/2010 7:18:03 PM

More news about the ladies:
http://www.iwatchstuff.com/2010/11/todays_batman_rumor_christophe.php

11/12/2010 11:45:12 AM

These two are in a dead heat for me.

11/12/2010 1:32:02 PM

please god, no more Rachel Weisz

11/12/2010 1:36:29 PM

Quote :

"The latest rumor is that Tom Hardy, who we know has been cast in the film, will be playing Dr. Hugo Strange, a possibility that has been discussed in the comments of almost every single one of our Batman posts. In the comics, Strange is a genius, mad scientist who becomes obsessed with Batman, learns his secret identity and ends up dressing up like him. Those are all links that certainly fit into Nolan’s universe, but until the director comes out and gives us an answer, it’s nothing more than speculation from an anonymous source. Read more about it, and a rumor about a Batman TV show, after the break. "

http://www.slashfilm.com/rumors-tom-hardy-play-dr-hugo-strange-the-dark-knight-rises-tv-show-coming/#more-92761

11/18/2010 4:29:03 PM

^At first, I thought it was talking about:


...but then I quickly remembered that he was a Marvel character.

11/18/2010 4:33:29 PM

It does make sense that Strange would be the villain. He has a clear connection to Scarecrow, and the hallucinogen back story is already in place.


According to wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Strange

Quote :

"Believing that his theory that Bruce Wayne is Batman has been disproved, and that he may have actually killed Batman, Strange had a mental breakdown and is taken to Arkham Asylum. Following that, Strange reappears as the head of a gang of super-criminals attempting to take control of Gotham's East Side, then controlled by Catwoman. Catwoman joins Strange's gang, then allows its members to "find out" that she intends to betray them, faking her death when they attempt to eliminate her. Although she defeats and imprisons most of the gang, and even convinces Strange to leave the East Side alone, Strange still mocks her by pointing out that he had faked his own death far more often than she had."

Considering this, it would of make sense that Catwoman will be the mystery female roll. She is the only female that is tied to Strange's history per Wikipedia.

11/18/2010 4:53:56 PM

Quote :

"I feel very glad that I’m doing another Batman film. I think it would have been daunting to sit down and write an original script after Inception. I love working within the realm and rules of our Batman world. It’s kind of nice to have someplace to go that I’m super-excited about. I must say that I’m glad — I’m very, very glad — to be embarking on the last chapter of our Batman saga without any sense of obligation or duty to the studio. They did very well with Inception. So I’m able to go into finishing our story in a very enthusiastic way. "

-Christopher Nolan

12/2/2010 2:02:05 PM

imdb lists tom hardy has Hugo Strange, but still shows rumored.

12/15/2010 10:58:05 AM

Is Hugo Strange the villain they show in this trailer from the upcoming Arkham City game?
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12/15/2010 2:11:52 PM

yes

12/15/2010 2:24:54 PM

yeah, part of my thoughts on why i thought it would be Hugo Strange back on page one, is that it seems to kinda be in line with the type of villains Nolan seems to be writing... there's something almost 1970s dennis o'neil/marshall rogers- type Batman going on in the films

to me, at least

12/15/2010 7:00:19 PM

Most obvious villain for Nolan

12/18/2010 12:37:10 PM

Anne Hathaway is Selina Kyle, Tom Hardy is Bane

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/19/roles-of-anne-hathaway-and-tom-hardy-revealed-in-dark-knight-rises/

1/19/2011 1:04:29 PM

meh

1/19/2011 1:19:39 PM

I could get behind both of those actors....especially if Nolan portrays Bane as he's supposed to be. When not on venom he's crazy intelligent and sophisticated.

1/19/2011 1:25:28 PM

Yeah I could definitely get behind Anne Hathaway too

1/19/2011 1:29:18 PM

Maybe it's just the way that Michelle Pfieffer portrayed her, but isn't Anne Hathaway seems a little too young to portray Catwoman.

1/19/2011 1:37:23 PM

Maybe it's just the way that Halle Barry portrayed her, but isn't Anne Hathaway seems a little too white to portray Catwoman.

1/19/2011 1:48:18 PM

Anne Hathaway will likely be as similar to Pfeiffer as Heath Ledger was to Nicholson.

1/19/2011 1:55:15 PM

Anne Hathaway as Catwoman is the best fucking thing I have heard in a long time. She can actually act. She is gorgeous to boot.

Everyone was pretty much, wtf, when heath ledger was cast as Joker. We all know how that turned out.

Also Bane

Officially pumped for this.



[Edited on January 19, 2011 at 2:02 PM. Reason : ]

1/19/2011 1:58:48 PM

Pissed they didn't get Ben Foster to play Zsasz

1/19/2011 2:01:52 PM

I think Nolan has Bane break his back.

Nolan has always said this is the end of his Batman story. How awesome would it be to end this with Bruce Wayne paralyzed in a wheel chair. It makes perfect sense why Bane is the final villain now.

1/19/2011 2:11:55 PM