Theories presist on the Internet and in the Hollywood press that since Gyenthal signed on for two movies she somehow survived and will become Catwoman in the third picture.
TheMutt92 said:Any one else heard of this? Personally I think it's BS. I mean, I think she was signed on for two films when they were planning on having Dent become Two-Face in the third film.
Shortie said:Quinn in a movie without Joker would be stupid.
Aaron Eckhart didn't even let me finish my question about the controversy that has been rippling through the Batfan community the last couple of months, about whether or not Harvey Dent might be back for Batman 3. It's completely official: Two Face is dead.
He admitted that he had asked Christopher Nolan the same thing when making the film, and the response was the same: "I asked Chris if there was a chance of coming back. 'No way,' he said. 'He's toast.'"
In an interview with MTV News, Michael Caine seemed to confirm rumors that the next installment of the ?Batman? film franchise will feature two very well-known names playing the roles of The Riddler and the Bumbershoot Bandit, The Penguin. ?They?ve already got them in mind,? said Caine, when asked who he?d like to see take up arms against the Caped Crusader. ?It?s Johnny Depp as The Riddler. And The Penguin is Philip Seymour Hoffman. I read it in the paper.?
?I was with [a Warner Bros.] executive and I said, ?Are we going to make another one?? They said yeah. I said, ?How the hell are we going to top Heath? And he says ?I?ll tell you how you top Heath ? Johnny Depp as The Riddler and Philip Seymour Hoffman as The Penguin.? I said, ?S?t, they?ve done it again!??
Yesterday, we reported that ?Dark Knight? castmember Michael Caine claimed that as far as he knew, the villains for the next ?Batman? film had been cast with Johnny Depp landing the role of The Riddler, and Philip Seymour Hoffman playing The Penguin. Today at the Toronto Film Festival, we went right to the source and asked Hoffman directly if he indeed had been cast as The Penguin.
?No one has talked to me about it ever ? never,? replied Hoffman. ?It happened, like, five years ago, too. It was a rumor back then and it?s still a rumor. [laughs] It?s just in the press. It?s funny.?
Well, the usually reliable Production Weekly, which (according to its front page) provides the entertainment industry with a comprehensive breakdown of projects in pre-production, preparation, and active development for film and television., has now listed a BATMAN 3 as going into pre-production early next year - with Nolan directing Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, and Gary Oldman.
David Goyer recently spoke to MTV to address these rumors. And what did he have to say about the rumor that Johnny Depp, or David Tennant, will play the Riddler? Or that Philip Seymour Hoffman will be the Penguin?
?It?s all B.S.,? he said. ?ALL of it.?
Goyer continued, saying ?Chris and I haven?t even talked about it. He quite understandably is taking a long, long vacation and wants to purge himself.? Now while Goyer and Nolan haven?t officially bandied ideas about yet, they have loosely discussed themes and ideas. ?We have mused here and there [but] I mean Chris is pretty much a one movie at a time kind of guy,? Goyer said. ?I wish I could tell you more. There really isn?t anything to tell.?
So, this means that, for the present, there is nothing to announce about a third Batman film from Nolan and company. No villains are set. No casting has been set. Nolan hasn?t even officially signed on for the third movie yet. Will there be a third movie? Almost certainly, but as of now, nothing has been set in stone.
I wish they would, looking at those...The Man said:Some folks simply will not wait...