Sam Worthington should be cast as the next Batman but as long as he is asked by Watchmen director Zack Snyder to wear Val Kilmer's batsuit from 1995 and Zac Efron should wear Chris O' Donnel's robinsuit from 1995. The opening credits of Batman 3 (2011) should have the Warner Bros variant logo
from Batman Forever with the byline: A Time Warner Entertainment Company
which has to completely turn deep blue and transform into the bat with a light blue ellipse around it which will have the words from the opening credits: Warner Bros Presents In Association With Legendary Pictures and Syncopy A Christopher Nolan Production A Zack Snyder Film Sam Worthington Aaron Eckhart Zac Efron Johnny Depp Hilary Duff Phillip Seymour Hoffman Angelina Jolie The Dark Knight Forever Michael Caine Gary Oldman Morgan Freeman Special Makeup and Effects by Ben Stiller Production Designer John Dykstra Director Of Photography Don Burgess CSA Casting by Christopher Nolan Jonathan Nolan and Paul Rudd Costumes Designed by James Acheson and Lindy Hemming Written by David S Goyer Story And Screenplay by Steven Speilberg and Quentin Tarantino Co-written by Quentin Tarantino Michael Uslan and Guy Ritchie Produced by Sean Penn Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan Directed by Zack Snyder. The opening credits of Batman 4 will be much like that except that it wont have Sam Worthington's name on it but Ben Affleck Isla Fisher Jason Statham Lauren Conrad Kelly Brooke and Vinnie Jones will have their names on it.

Just saw Terminator Salvation. Sam Worthington looks A LOT like Lance Armstrong. Same facial bone structure, same hairline. It's scary. He's just not as gaunt as Lance.

Hilarious

There's always gotta be somebody who disagrees just for the sake of it.

That would be a very dumb thing to do. I like Christian Bale as Batman and if they had to recast, I guess Worthington could pull it off.

Thank you. Did I miss any? =/

Absolutely.

Bale should have been recast the first time he did the Batvoice. Too bad this isn't true.

That's nonsense. Bale, voice and all, is by far the best Batman to grace the big screen. Don't tell me you think Michael Keaton was better...

So Heath Ledger messed up The Joker?

solid poll

^stupidest thing i've heard all day. BALE might have found: out the secret to eternity/tuck everlasting.

And that stupidest responce I have heard all day. Bale isnt going to play Batman all the time. As much as like The Batman he play's,he isnt going to stick around forever. Like James Bond actors

Australians mess up everything huh. Being Britain's prison. Pronouncing R's. Just another mistake. (I have Australian friends. I do not wish to tarnish, throw slander at, write libel about, or blemish the record of Australia.) ;/

Australians mess up everything huh. Being Britain's prison. Pronouncing R's. Just another mistake. (I have Australian friends. I do not wish to tarnish, throw slander at, write libel about, or blemish the record of Australia.) ; /

I hope this doesn't happen but if it does I don't think it's a bad choice at all.

However, I'd far rather see Worthington as Green Lantern.

I dont care if Bale doesnt come back. He has already left his mark, he redefined Batman very postively and well.Anyone who is the next Batman,may not be better.But can possibly be just as good. WB know their lesson and wont mess it up by picking a rubbish actor.Sam so far seem's worthy to be Batman at any opportuneity.whether be replacing Bale,following in his footsteps or staring in The Justice League movie.

Sam Worthington better work on his gruff voice...

The next motherfucker calls this a prequel franchise gets punched in the scrote.

"anyone who believes that Warner Bros would mess with any of the main ingredients in their successful comic book franchise is on crack." - Yeah, that would never happen, oh wait, did somebody say Joel Schumacher?

That profile shot of Sam looks like it could be Lance Armstrong, anyone else see that?

im starting to hate the freaking internet rumors about Batman. more and more stuff about rumors about the new Batman film will get people to hate the character. this rumor is only based on Sam Worthington starring next to Batman himself Christian Bale. plus this is an Australian newspaper that want to support their own Australian actor. im only waiting for WB, Chris Nolan, Christian Bale to say whats happening next with Batman movies not some stuipd newspaper.

Bale isnt going to be Batman all is life dudes.Sam Worthington as the next Batman.

that is the dumbest thing i have ever heard in my life

it's an Australian news source...you can't trust any rumor type news from them because they'll make things up just to sell papers and to get sourced online for their ridiculous stories...it comes down to self promotion

Time Warner announced a while ago that the Batman movies all of them no matter who is directing would be set in different periods of Batmans life. Thats when they said the stuff about the 7 or more films being made.
Christian plays Batman in his late twenties.Worthington could play Batman in his mid thirties and in the last Batman movie,Clint Eastwood or someone.

bales in his late 30s maybe early 40s

Sam Worthington as Batman isnt worse than having Cher as Catwoman or Eddie Murphy as Riddler is it?

I think he would do a fantastic job,he can go all Dark with his new Terminator role. So once Batman 4 is announced.WB know where too look for their new Batman,Sam Worthington.

Christian Slater or Alessandro Nivola as The Riddler
Olivia Wilde as Catwoman

Batman 4,I would definately want too see Worthington play Batman. Bale and Nolan are doing on 3 movies.

Zack Synder should direct Batman 4 and Sam Worthington plays The Dark Knight.

Never gonna happen.. and as long as we're casting, I'll throw John Malkovich in there are as the Riddler.

Seriously.

Ignore this. It'll never happen.

I'm looking forward to hearing Nolan's official casting choices! Until then I'm going to endlessly hear my idiot friends tell me Philip Seymour Hoffman is the Penguin and Johnny Depp is the Riddler.

Maybe these rumors are in talks, but until there's evidence I'm calling my friends idiots since they obviously know more about the third Batman film then I do. They're great actors, but please not in those characters.

On a brighter note: I'm looking forward to Inception! mmm!

I heard they are resurrecting Sam Peckinpah to direct the next Batman movie. Christian Bale is obviously on board.

What is this Bizzaro Batman? Eddie Murphy will play The Riddler and Sam Worthington will don the cowl as Batman. Written and directed by Mark Millar.

it's not the first time I can't give you the stories...but they've been responsible for a lot of false rumors...I sometimes check out the papers from there and it's a majority of tabloid style reporting...it's either false rumors or finding dirty on celebrities and politicians...the British/American media is influenced by Rupert Murdoch who started and feeds the tabloid news gathering

This might as well be labeled "Rumor Killer", otherwise it's a rumor-spreader, Bale is locked already should Nolan direct, and at pre-negotiated rates, upped due to the b.o. of TDK.

There is no way WB will replace him for 3 with anyone else as long as he is alive. He is part of the formula (even Marvel wouldn't do it to their lead), a fixed cost, in an internationally-recognized tentpole franchise. Not after TDK.

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A Fantastic Four reboot would be more tolerable then this.

I guess we'll all just ignore the fact that Christian Bale signed a 3-picture deal at the beginning. Minor detail, but let's print every rumor anyway. It's simple logic; WB isn't fucking with the Bale/Nolan combo after TDK grossed a billion friggin dollars.

and in other casting news Uwe Boll is to replace Christopher Nolan in the series as well

If it is a stupid rumor, and we all know it is, why publish it and continue to spread it on your site?

Why do websites even give rumors that originate from The Herald Sun the time of day?/?? Its obviously BS...yea Chris Nolan is going to recast Bale for the conclusion of his triology...i mean C'mon...why cant they just ignore something this silly.

WB wont be recasting Batman until Nolan has finished his association w/ the character. nothing against Sam Worthington, i think hes pretty awesome, but Bale has done a fantastic job in the role. he has been nothing short of extraoridinary as Batman. why would WB recast him out of the blue like that? other than to cause trouble and recieve tons of backlash from the fanboys, there is no logical reason to them doing that

i have seen Worthingtons name mentioned for Green Lantern alot recently though. that would be really cool, but rumor is that he cant take the part due to scheduling conflicts w/ the Clash of the Titans remake

Worthington would never play Batman...Aussie media is basically nothing but a group of tabloids...he's more of the action type actor I'm sure he'd end up playing another superhero but he'd never replace Bale....

Give em a break mate. This is one of the first incorrect pieces of news from the Australian media that has made it on /Film compared to endless ones from the American and British media.

it's not the first time I can't give you the stories...but they've been responsible for a lot of false rumors...I sometimes check out the papers from there and it's a majority of tabloid style reporting...it's either false rumors or finding dirt on celebrities and politicians...the British/American media is influenced by Rupert Murdoch who started and feeds the tabloid method of news gathering....not relying on solid sources but rather speculation

looks like the result of a slow news day. start up shit.

This summer...Cher is Catwoman.

That was their wording, not mine. :)

I submitted this just for the mere fact that it was circulating on Digg lol...What a horrible rumor.

First of all, Sam Worthington doesn't even have the notoriety to play a Bruce Wayne type of role yet and second just because Christian Bale had a..."senior moment" doesn't mean that he's going to be shunned by Hollywood. Bravo Herald Sun for lowering yourself down to the level of The National Enquirer...