Philip Seymour Hoffman as The Penguin in Part 3!!!

Or How about a Catwoman:

1.Angelina Jolie
2.Kate Beckinsale

agreed i think Catwoman should be next, shes the best female villan in the batman series in alot of peoples oppinion and we all love the romance between both batman and herself.
but could anyone really out do michelle fifer??

I Hardly doubt that anyone could out do Michelle Pfeiffer but I think that Kate Beckinsale could be almost as good.

Gina Gershon (sp?) might make a really good Catwoman too

maybe chris nolan has already dropped us a hint as to who the next villian may be. remember when bruce wayne asked lucious fox if the new batsuit would protect him against dogs? and fox replied, it should do fine against cats!

ooohhhh!!! i didn't think about that!!! Ya that make sense!!!

I agree with Kate Beckinsale! She's hot as Selene in Underworld 1 and 2. I say she should put on the black leather again!

i would rather kill myself jolie is a terrible actress except for Changeling and Beckinsale is an excellent actress just would be terrible as Catwoman (plus i'm fucking sick of seeing her in tights)

Why would u be sick of beckinsale in tights? I'd never get sick of that!

Why the hell wouldn't you make a third one? Everyone obviously will pay money to see it three times in theatres. Unless you guys stopped having a taste for money, then don't make one. And i can see why Chris wouldn't want another one to be made, but that shouldn't stop him, if another one would be made after 3 it wouldn't be till like 10 years from now. And no one else should play the role of Riddler other than the one who played his role in the dark knight (Mr. Rees). It would only make sense.

Folks, I won't make recommendations for characters, but in regards to Nolan's possible refusal- he has made two fantastic films, one of which was the last work of an actor with a massive following. If Nolan can lock up the deal he has guaranteed his notoriety for all time. Also, Warner Bros (unless I am mistaken) has the rights to Batman and would therefore have to not make another batman.
Also, chances for Mr Rees to play the main villian are utterly ludicrous. It would be thematically appropriate, but not financially sound.

Simply, emotion would keep Nolan from not making another film. Pride might keep him on track.

I would love the chance to audition for a role in the new batman movie. I like the joker character tell me if you think I have what it takes. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDUzPCGie_o&fe...

BREAKING NEWS!!!! this just comming in january 19th that edward norton is close to signing on to play the joker in the next batman film.

wow you are a fucktard

christopher nolan said he wouldnt use the penguin in his movies because the character is too far fetched

that would be so awesome and i think i actually read that somewhere.I just think everything's rumors still though.I'm counting on a new riddler appearance though i want to see someone better than Jim Carrey(terrible he has to try and make everything funny) and Hoffman would be excellent.I think whatever it is it will be excellent the first two have been excellent casts so far.

Yeah, like why make movies that rock and entertain people? Howzabout he makes a movie about a rag-tag group of [competitive sports] players and against all odds helps them to win the championship and learn a valuable lesson, yeah, thats the way to go.

But seriously, its gonna make a truckload of cash even if it sucks, which it wont, because they have the same star and director on board (and writer?). So there will definitely be a third, after that I think they will wanna move on. They keep making spiderpuss movies even tho they suck ass, ffs.

your stupid! if you get the same directors and producers it can be just as good, even though Heath Ledger passed away (RIP) acted the best i have ever seen. Definitely a trilogy

Nope. I think that you're (notice the correct grammar) stupid. He was obviously being sarcastic.

They have to do a Batman 3...and i really dont want to wait another 3 years for it...They will probably follow the whole holiday killer thing from the long halloween....eckhart claims he turns into two face and kills people like vigilante justice...basically what he does in the long halloween...what they should do is follow that story and add in something like the sequel to the long halloween...dark victory which would be awesome...

Maybe I'm in minority here, but I think they should stop while they're ahead. Seriously. I've been burned too many times by part threes, and this might be The Empire Strikes Back of Batman movies. If they make a part three, now that from what I understand all the pieces will be in place*, they should make it a one adventure Batman movie that doesn't strive to cover every portion of the Batman story in one film as they usually make them.

*meaning that at the end, Wayne Manor, Bat Cave, the Freaks, everyone will be in place to create an ongoing series.

I'm a fan of two movie series, I don't think threes work very well in these films. You could argue THREE ACT STRUCTURE, but I don't think the third act works with a separation from the second.

you're an idiot. This is based off of WRITTEN material. There are many places this can go, and they've written great stuff already. just STFU and/or DIAF

Just had to say that this is one of the stupiest opinion posts I've ever read on the web. Your grammar and syntax indicates you're not a stupid person, but this opinion and the points upon which it's based are just idiotic. Not continuing the story from where it left off at the end of The Dark Knight would be like not continuing the read of a gripping 600 page novel past page 400.

Dude, usually TWOs don't work (everyone always talks about how bad sequels always are); I think we can safely say that this movie has defied typical restraints.

so true Daniel so true

my side of it is they should do a third but it is very time consuming.its almost been 3 years since begins. not only that but tdk is going to be good, its very hard to question that, so nolan and bale are going to get some of their dream jobs and wont have time to waste waiting for the third to be announced.

an example of this is michael bay who did transformers , he has a few good jobs for him so it is sketchy he will be back for the 2nd

If the director decides to make a third film it may be a hit or not. 2007 was a year for trilogies. Pirates, Bourne, Spider-Man, Shrek, they were all succesful in the box office but i can't say the same for 2008. Not a lot of sequels are coming this year. Movies from books, video games, or somethin' have been made now. Even parodies have been made. TDK will be one of the first sequels this year. A tgird film sounds good to me though. A great title would be "Caped Crusader: Rise of the Riddler". Sounds dumb but then again, it's great to have a couple of crazy people here and there. Hopefully The Scarecrow will get enough screen time in TDK.

Gotham City might make a neat title.

The Dark Knight is gonna be awesome and they're definitely gonna make a third at some point. The movie is so hyped right now and I think it will deliver. I agree that the teaser trailer was great. In fact, it was one of the best ever. I loved the light breaking apart the bat symbol, that blue and black is a great color combo.

Unless the world start spinning in reverse and this film bombs of course there will be a part three. It's rare to get a film of this magnitude that is both critically and commercially successful.

Providing they don't go ape shit with multiple villians and sidekicks you can bet it'll be pretty good too.

Oh and Gotham City is an ace title.

hopefully we do see a third Bat-flick
and of course Mr.Nolan and Mr.Bale
ARE the Bat-Francise so, it would be very
smart of warner bros. to have a third movie
waiting in the wings!!!! finally we have a
comic book movie franchise us fans
can be proud of!!! (not taking away anything
from the SPIDERMAN movies but I think the
BATMAN movies: BMB and TDK set the standard
for comic movies!!!) I would like CLAYFACE
or BANE(played by JAVIER BARDEM) in the
third movie!!!!

i got no doubts for the third batman..im sure Chris nolan has a surprise 4 us in da ending..da same way he did 4 batman begins..
cuz warner bros. aint gona quit on a franchise such as batman so quickly.. N deyll do everythin in deir power to get chris n bale back 4 the third.

part 6, she must not count Batman and Robin.

@ Allynd

It's a "he" and I'm not so sure the guy can count period. Really off interview all around. ;)

two face's story arc will climax in part 3, the joker will escape and torture gordon by stripping him naked and putting him in a cage in the zoo and make him watch his "wife"(not his daughter) get crippled by the joker...the holiday killer is taking out the gotham elite and batman and harvey two face are trying to eliminate him, movie will introduce cat woman as bruces love interest...not sure what story they would use for her...but this is where i think they are going with the franchise....they seem to have skewed the details a bit in this one as the joker scars dent not maroni....so i would think we will see the joker beat down someone in the gordon family ala the killing joke (which nolan seems to love )....i also think that scarecrow will be the only villain to die in the dark knight...i bet the joker kills him within the first hour of the film...probably at their fear gas showdown...

If Nolan's at the helm, I really don't see how it can go wrong. The first was amazing, TDK is looking to be amazing; I say go for it. With that said, if they want to keep the 'realism' there are only a few villains to choose from; Phillip Seymour Hoffman would be sick, Glen lol

I'm waiting for "No Mans Land" to be written for the screen that has to become a movie or a trilogy.

I think there's going to be a 3 and many more. I've got family who are some of the most highly acclaimed writers in Hollywood and I've gotten hear many plenty of idea's that have been talked about how to move the franchise into the future.

Thinks that I've heard at one point about the Batman franchise is that Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot is someone who won't be seen for sometime but is the mastermind pulling the strings in the 3rd film. The idea is that he's more of a dirty businessman but he's not the one thats directly going to get his hands dirty. My guess from what I heard and obviously if they still go in that direction is that he he won't be seen at all or nothing more than cameo such as someone thats on a News Report or something like that or it could be that it's just his name that comes to light after Batman discovers the real truth of whats really going on. Another thing about the Penguin that was mentioned that I remember is that the name Penguin isn't going to be a name that would be used very often because they see it as a name that the media labels him and that were we will hear it but thats about it because to his fellow villains he's the businessman/crime lord Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot.

Another thing heard at the time is that they were ecstatic about getting Heath Ledger because they saw him as the Joker having many battles with Batman over the years and that after the Dark Knight that they were thinking of having a Joker film. The idea that was thrown around was that it would be a semi-origin film but that would also take place in the time of and right after the Dark Knight. Obviously it would be from the POV from the Joker and that ideally Batman would have a part in it to show the events of the Dark Knight through the Jokers POV. The joker wouldn't play a big role at all, surely mentioned and maybe a cameo but thats about it.

The extreme basic outline idea that was being thrown around of how to connect the 2nd film to the 3rd is that Bruce Wayne/Batman is fighting on both fronts as both Bruce Wayne and his alter ego Batman and that he's starting to slip up some because the lifestyle is taking it's toll. Two-Face would be the main villain Batman is dealing with but there would be others lesser known villains under the control of Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot that would be causing problems for Batman but that the effect of is won't play itself out until the future. On the other front Bruce Wayne would be dealing with Black Mask.

How I heard them talk about the Penguin / Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot is that he comes off as Keyser Söze type and/or the The Don and while he's the man the major player in it all he's not the guy in the headlines and I think if they go in the direction that they were talking about going in that the Penguin character will play a major plot but not so much in the actual act of it all.

I'm pretty certain Nolan will do one more to complete this set he's created. Along with Bale.

After that? if DC and WB decide to milk it, I won't bother. Mainly because I don't see any other director doing the character justice like Nolan did. I'd be happy with DC doing continuous animated add-on's like the upcoming japanese animated shorts do out soon.

Mark you're silly.

in nolan we trust. i'm down for whichever decision he makes, and i dont mind waiting years between films. you guys who bitch about waiting will be the first to bitch about what a shitty film it is if they rush one out. not everything has to be out RIGHT NOW. hoffman is cool, i always liked the bob hoskins idea for penguin, but i think nolan said no-way.

i really hope to see a third, but only if nolan directs. none of that produced by him but directed by another. it just wont be the same. if he leaves, they gotta restructure.

Nolan said a few times before that if a character like the Penguin made it into the films, it wouldn't be the freakshow circus character like in the Burton or comics. He would be some sort of famed mafioso gun-runner or something of the likes, his nickname will remain. I'd love to see Nolans take on the Penguin, The Croc, or even a character like Catwoman.

Nolan can take all the time he wants. The break after BB seems to have done him some good (I loved The Prestige too) and i'm really glad WB and DC are giving him all the time he wants. Good art needs to breathe.

Yeah. Angelina Jolie as catwoman

nah... catwoman is not the style.

I agree with Captain Awesome-
As long as Nolan is involved with Bale- i can't see them letting anyone mess it up. I believe they would walk away first, after making Batman credible again, it would be a tragedy if it went off the rails again.
But sadly the 'Hollywood machine' loves to bleed ideas dry! so i'm sure another director will be employed until it is killed as with the first run of films.
Bale won't be involved unless Nolan directing- he is a damn fine actor and has credibility, even if they offer BIG money- i still think he'd walk away.
Hoffman- yes, think that would work.
Scarecrow should get more screentime- underused- and never really liked Two Face villan- maybe Tommy Lee Jones pathetic version put me off him!
TDK is going to kick ass- no doubts.

When do actors not say this when asked about sequels? His answer is about as rote as you can get.

Yeah - I've always felt that Warner were revising the Batman franchise for a long haul! To make some great movies and a whole lot of cash! The fact that they have achieved this has to compel a third movie and the merits of the first two movies will surely make Nolan very protective of the third movie!

What with Two Face's story to continue and a new bad guy - I dream of Paddy Considine as Parasite!

I just have this lingering thought of... what happens with Joker?

If he is gonna be so great in TDK then we will want more- could this ruin part 3?

I wait to see...

How about:

Batman 3: Joel Schumacher Has Nothing To Do With This Film

I like that title.

I would like to see a third movie that would redeem my favorite Batman villain, the Riddler. BF was terrible.