Batman: 3 - Further along than we thought?

sweet...I'd really love to see a third Nolan-batman film

The Reason "the Dark Knight" was such a good movie was because of the script and message behind the movie..besides the fact it was nearly a drama action based flick.

Bringing bane in would be good only if he is SMART like he should of been in the Batman and Robin movie. Bane is suppose to be a scientist who becomes addicted to venom powered drugg to pump his body up...and he is suppose to out smart batman. If they can get that down then it would be good.

But THE RIDDLER Idea is the BEST. Riddler takes over gotham city...Johnny Depp = Riddler. awesome.

Anyways, most people on this website are idiots, just like how the officials made bad calls during the damn superbowls.

Totally up for anything Nolan. "In Nolan I trust" :)

I agree w/ Aiiwolf. *except for the Super Bowl thing...cuz i didn't get to see it :(*

i agree,bodykount. i think a nolan version of bane would be extremely badass....we've seen the scare tactics, we've seen the mind games aspect, lets see a more physical war in the next film

got to disagree with the guy who said the riddler would beat the crap out of batman! he's not even a pure villian as he isn't evil! personally the third film should deffinatly have the pengiun and dead shot as the pengiun can turn people against batman and hire dead shot to do the dirrty work!

Kickass!!!!!

Thr riddler definately fits in with the route there going with these batman movies. A psychotic criminal is more likely to be in it than the more fictional villians like bane or killer croc.

Well first DEATHSTROKE is not a batman bad guy he a Robin bad guy so he out

2nd we need a comic book writer to write this movie because if the 3rd one involve the Mob then im walking out they didn't work in the first two movie why would they work in the 3rd one

As for you the bad guy is since Nolan is too stuipd to use the other character right he might do what he did with the Joker and really make him the Riddler and make the Riddler the Joker

I think the Riddler would be the most logical step forward. We've seen the terrorist angle used with Ra's, and then an anarchist angle with the Joker, I think they'll turn Edward Nigma into some kind of sociopathic serial killer (ala "Zodiac"), and have Batman running all over Gotham trying to use his detective skills to solve the crimes.
Two-Face would make for an excellent side story, place him inside the organized crime bracket, possibly overturning Salvatore Maroni as the head of the organized crime families in Gotham.
Anything they decide to do should turn out to be incredible! I'm in eager fanboy anticipation already!
;-)

Couldn't agree more. Besides, it's not like we've been witness to the campiness of the previous installments, Nolan seems to have it pretty much together.
(I'm having visions of Matthew Lesko from those horrible "Free Money To Change Your Life" commercials...)

Not a hope. Youl see Riddler, Catwoman..maybe Penguin. Personally i hope they recast Joker and ressurect Two Face..although i seriously doubt they will.

I do though also hope they ressurect Two Face aswell Rosh!!!

To LEEE777: As cool as it would be to see two-face again...i doubt we will because nolan said he's dead (although he might change his mind in light of not having the Joker to use--as he was originally going to use the Joker in the 3rd film). I think Carey's turn as Riddler was horrible and 9of10 Batman fans would agree. Most folks that liked it were just Jim Carey fans. If they get someone like Johhny Depp (which i hope they do) to play the Riddler, he'd be awesome and do it right (along with good writing) and would bring in lots of people as he is a big name. The key is that he's a great actor though. ANYWAY...i think a realistic enough villian to use as a secondary villian (like scarecrow in Begins) would be Firefly.

Depp can outact Carrey any day of the week and twice on superbowl sunday. Carrey "overacts" and coincidentaly makes a mockery of every performance. But he's "funny", you gotta give credit where credit is due, you can't take away "funny" from the guy but as for Riddler, the last thing he needed was "funny". Depp would finally do the character justice.

Okay, since i don't like to repeat myself i will repost everything i have said on the other article that has to do with the exact same concept which is Batman 3.

"Actually, i don't want to see a bruised and beaten up batman skimping and getting discovered and having to fight all the time, getting his back broken and bitch slapped all over the place in the next chapter. This would be his third movie and he should have more experience and act like the ninja he really is. He's a shadow and i want him to be silent and frightful! I want people to be even more scared of batman than ever before in this movie and i want them to exploit his detective side as MidKnight35 mentionned. He is the world's greatest detective and so far he's been acting like a rooky. I want him to be established as undisputed in combat so that Riddler can try the other route to defeat him...wits. Of course pawns will be there to provide action for the masses but as for the main villain, i believe Brain would be better than Brawn. THEN after the third movie making him practically untouchable in hand to hand, Bane could be a nice addition as well as Lady Shiva to surprise us. To take away our "safety blanket" we took for granted having him getting his back broken. And he'll need a love interest of course which should be Andrea Beaumont. Her familly could be killed off in the fourth movie to bring us the amazing "Mask of the Phantasm" as a fifth storyline. Having her be the mask and of course have the Joker return with Harley Quinn."

and...

"Ra's tested his phisical limits, Joker tested his values and his sanity but no one has tested Batman's intelect and Riddler would be perfect for it. THEN you can bring in Bane and Shiva to overcome him. Black mask is cool but all he has are henchmen. So he could be incorporated in the next two movies to establish his reign. But in the third movie, HE HAS TO BE BATMAN! And the BATMAN we know ain't no one's bitch! The whole point of Bane breaking Batman's back is the same concept as Doomsday killing Superman. It's to show that we shouldn't take anything for granted, to destroy our established security. And so far, Batman hasn't given us anything to take for granted. He must go beyond human limits in the next chapter. To become something bigger so that his fall in the follow up will hurt the most!"

Here's how riddler should be as i have posted on the other article:

"The image of what Riddler should be just came to mind. If you watch the monumental crap fest which was "Once upon a squat in Mexihole", you can notice Depp's performance as a cold blooded, conscienceless yet calm and proffessionnal killer. That's what i'd like Riddler to be but smarter and absolutely obsessed with riddles meaning he couldn't have a conversation with someone without giving them one. "

I agree completely... with everything I said. lol

The brilliance of The Riddler is that he can take advantage of Batman's current situation better than any other villain. He can leave all the clues he wants to in order to prove that he's committing crimes and it won't matter; the police can't support Batman right now. That would be pure torture for a great detective like Batman. To add insult to injury The Riddler could use his own detective skills to gain the respect and trust of the G.C.P.D.

Since the Penguin and the Riddler have had an uneasy friendship in the comics I would still like to see Paul Giamatti as the money-laundering, club owner version of the Penguin, but with limited influence on the overall plot. And without any overdone prosthetics or make-up.

One thing that neither the Riddler or the Penguin do well is convincingly lead a gang of tough henchmen. It wouldn't be a Batman movie without henchmen. He has to have a strong phyiscal threat as well as a cerebral challenge. I'd like to see Talia Al Ghul (with ninjas to do her bidding) operating under another name (like her father) until she reveals not only her true identity but also her unexpected affection for Batman. Maybe she even offers to forego revenge for her father's death if Batman will join her. This could set up a great dilemma for Batman. He could either continue to risk his life defending a city that doesn't trust him or join forces with a beautiful woman who understands him better than any other woman now that Rachel Dawes is dead.

Please, no riddler. No bastard child of the joker, please. And Batman's "i am gotham's bitch" philosophy in B2 was gratuitous. Although, if Batman didn't have this aspect of himself in B2, his character would have been even more shallow and eclipsed by the joker. Give me a cleavland steamer gotham! (gravely voice)
Oh, as far as villian i agree with thehawk. Combine it with the venom story where batman gets addicted to roids and youve got a great story! Roided out batman STILL gets his bask broke by Bane.

you guys are weird I want action

Actually, ventriloquist would be a great opening villain but not a main villain. Steve Buscemi would be great for that role and he could totally pull off the split personnality.

Clayface is another great villain but a bit unrealistic for the Nolanverse. However, if they did decide to incorporate him somehow, Terry O'Quinn would be the best actor for that part!

bodykount80, i want action too but that doesn't mean that Batman should be slapped around like a little nancy! Action is gratuitous and doesn't require much though to be brought in a storyline. So no matter who the main villain will be, action is sure to rear it's head!

I like the realism of these movies, so I think any villian that you couldn't see in the real world needs to stay ou tof these movies, Clayface, Croc, Mr. Freeze, the Penquin, Bane (Although I really like that Character, etc....And just to say, "Thank God they killed Rachel Dawes. That 2 timing slut! haha. Actually I more glad they killed her off because I couldn't stand looking at Maggie Gyllenhall, am I the only one who thinks it looks like half of her face is dead? just hanging there without the muscles attached to her bone structure. Worst part of the Dark KNight other than killing Two-Face at the end, the character deserved more story then he got after becoming Two-Face.

I like the intelect way to go in the 3rd movie with the Riddler I'm not 100% sold on Johny Depp, lately it seems to me that he has started becoming a little 1 dimesional as an actor, he does play deranged well but the Riddler s more intelect then deranged, I really don't have anyone in mind for the role but I trust the casting director to pick the right person, they did a good job thus far, minus the casting of Maggie.