Leonardo DiCaprio To Play The Riddler In Batman 3?

[Cheery Lunatic]

As much as I love Leonardo Dicaprio, he is not the role for the Riddler. Like, at all.

I prefer the more popular rumor of Joseph Gordon-Levitt. He seems to fit more (or at least physically).

If Megan Fox is the Catwoman I will cry. Nolan would never seriously consider her anyway. She's just a walking pair of tits.

 

[Woodsey]

Half of the people you listed as possibly being attached were denounced a fair while ago. Chris Nolan would never cast Megan Fox for fuck's sake.

As for DiCaprio, he's a superb actor but I couldn't really 'see' him in the role. Joseph Gordon-Levitt (also in Inception) I can see as The Riddler though.

 

[cornmancer]

"Megan Fox, Angelina Jolie, Cher and Kate Beckinsale have all been linked to the possible revival of feline femme fatale Catwoman, while Shia LaBeouf, Johnny Depp and Eddie Murphy are also rumoured to be attached to the picture."

God dammit this will suck

 

[rokkolpo]

i don't see this working.

i see hardly anything working after heath ledger raising the bar higher than the airplane i took this afternoon from Italy.

 

[brodie21]

Johny Deep should be Riddler.
I HAVE SPOKEN!

true, Depp would be the only guy that i would think of that can pull that sort of wonky insanity. i might even go so far as to say that he might make a good joker.

hey, is that a storm cloud?

 

[Applejack]

Can't the third Batman film just be a live-action adaption of The Dark Knight Returns?

We could replace Christian Bale, whom I personally think makes an awful Batman[footnote]His Bruce Wayne is good, but not great[/footnote] with someone else without having to handwave it, we could include a Robin[footnote]Even though Robin would be female[/footnote], and it would be a plausible continuation of the ending from The Dark Knight, only slightly changing the script so it will seem like Batman retired after the death of Harvey Dent.

Because I honestly don't think they can make the third Batman film top the second one without taking it to new places. Sure, it might fall on its ass and fail, but I really prefer this idea

Other than the reimagining of the Joker I thought the second movie was slow and disappointing. Dent should have had 3rd degree burns instead of missing his skin. Batman thought the city would lose morale if a lawyer's actions were discovered but it would be fine with Batman the murderer.
OT: I like Leo as Riddler especially considering what a great actor he's become. What scares me is the choices for catwoman.

 

[cornmancer]

Please do not let anyone mentioned in this post be associated with this film, (barring Leo - but he's not who I'd cast as the riddler at all).

-m

Pretty much this. Johnny Depp was good, but he hangs out with Burton too much and has fallen into bad habits. The rest have pretty much always sucked.
Still it's Nolan, and if anyone can make damn good movies, it's Nolan.

edit: Of course given Nolan's track record especially with the Ledger/Joker, and Leo never giving us a poor performance, I'm hopeful. Besides, Leo's roles have been getting a bit more crazy with each movie lately, perhaps this will be a new leaf for him.

Also, can I suggest Jackie Earle Haley play someone in this. Perhaps Zsasz or something, I don't care, I just want Jackie's brand of complete and utter psychosis.

 

[demoman_chaos]

Jim Carrey should be the Riddler, he is one of the best actors of all-time (very few could have a fight with themselves and make it seem believable), and did a good job as the Riddler before.

 

[Cherry Cola]

Can't the third Batman film just be a live-action adaption of The Dark Knight Returns?

We could replace Christian Bale, whom I personally think makes an awful Batman[footnote]His Bruce Wayne is good, but not great[/footnote] with someone else without having to handwave it, we could include a Robin[footnote]Even though Robin would be female[/footnote], and it would be a plausible continuation of the ending from The Dark Knight, only slightly changing the script so it will seem like Batman retired after the death of Harvey Dent.

Because I honestly don't think they can make the third Batman film top the second one without taking it to new places. Sure, it might fall on its ass and fail, but I really prefer this idea

Other than the reimagining of the Joker I thought the second movie was slow and disappointing. Dent should have had 3rd degree burns instead of missing his skin. Batman thought the city would lose morale if a lawyer's actions were discovered but it would be fine with Batman the murderer.
OT: I like Leo as Riddler especially considering what a great actor he's become. What scares me is the choices for catwoman.

Don't you then think my idea makes even more sense?

Batman completely failed to see the flaw of his plan, and society becomes worse with him gone instead of improving. Utterly crushed by the knowledge that he's failed his promise to his parents, as well as having become the enemy of the city instead of its savior, he breaks down and gives up.

 

[Buizel91]

Jim Carrey should be the Riddler, he is one of the best actors of all-time (very few could have a fight with themselves and make it seem believable), and did a good job as the Riddler before.

He has gotten older since then. I don't think Jim could pull it off now.

 

[Dapper Ninja]

Can't the third Batman film just be a live-action adaption of The Dark Knight Returns?

We could replace Christian Bale, whom I personally think makes an awful Batman with someone else without having to handwave it, we could include a Robin, and it would be a plausible continuation of the ending from The Dark Knight, only slightly changing the script so it will seem like Batman retired after the death of Harvey Dent.

Because I honestly don't think they can make the third Batman film top the second one without taking it to new places. Sure, it might fall on its ass and fail, but I really prefer this idea, and I would love to see Nolan take some risks with this.

If anyone could make it happen in this day and age, it would be Christopher Nolan.

Ugh, I hated The Dark Knight Returns. Although that was mostly due to the horrible writing, art, and pacing, so Nolan might be able to fix it. Still, I doubt it'd work.

 

[Buizel91]

Can't the third Batman film just be a live-action adaption of The Dark Knight Returns?

We could replace Christian Bale, whom I personally think makes an awful Batman[footnote]His Bruce Wayne is good, but not great[/footnote] with someone else without having to handwave it, we could include a Robin[footnote]Even though Robin would be female[/footnote], and it would be a plausible continuation of the ending from The Dark Knight, only slightly changing the script so it will seem like Batman retired after the death of Harvey Dent.

Because I honestly don't think they can make the third Batman film top the second one without taking it to new places. Sure, it might fall on its ass and fail, but I really prefer this idea

Other than the reimagining of the Joker I thought the second movie was slow and disappointing. Dent should have had 3rd degree burns instead of missing his skin. Batman thought the city would lose morale if a lawyer's actions were discovered but it would be fine with Batman the murderer.
OT: I like Leo as Riddler especially considering what a great actor he's become. What scares me is the choices for catwoman.

Don't you then think my idea makes even more sense?

Batman completely failed to see the flaw of his plan, and society becomes worse with him gone instead of improving. Utterly crushed by the knowledge that he's failed his promise to his parents, as well as having become the enemy of the city instead of its savior, he breaks down and gives up.

He isn't gone, it's just the police are chasing him now, as said at the end...he is an Outlaw.

 

[Cody211282]

Do they have to make a third one?

 

[Boba Frag]

Please do not let anyone mentioned in this post be associated with this film, (barring Leo - but he's not who I'd cast as the riddler at all).

-m

I concur!! Heartily!!

Although Di Caprio may not be a bad idea... but then again... you don't want too many big, fat A-list names cluttering up the movie.

Cher?? Were they high when they came up with this rumour?

Good thing Christopher Nolan isn't a moron and will likely cast someone unlikely, but excellent.

 

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

In my fantasies I see Daniel Day Lewis playing a Batman villain. But I know he is outspoken about never being in super-hero films.

The Riddler picks range from interesting to worrying, but the catwoman picks are atrocious.

I don't think these rumours are true, save for the links to actors from inception...they seem plausible.

 

[Cherry Cola]

Can't the third Batman film just be a live-action adaption of The Dark Knight Returns?

We could replace Christian Bale, whom I personally think makes an awful Batman[footnote]His Bruce Wayne is good, but not great[/footnote] with someone else without having to handwave it, we could include a Robin[footnote]Even though Robin would be female[/footnote], and it would be a plausible continuation of the ending from The Dark Knight, only slightly changing the script so it will seem like Batman retired after the death of Harvey Dent.

Because I honestly don't think they can make the third Batman film top the second one without taking it to new places. Sure, it might fall on its ass and fail, but I really prefer this idea

Other than the reimagining of the Joker I thought the second movie was slow and disappointing. Dent should have had 3rd degree burns instead of missing his skin. Batman thought the city would lose morale if a lawyer's actions were discovered but it would be fine with Batman the murderer.
OT: I like Leo as Riddler especially considering what a great actor he's become. What scares me is the choices for catwoman.

Don't you then think my idea makes even more sense?

Batman completely failed to see the flaw of his plan, and society becomes worse with him gone instead of improving. Utterly crushed by the knowledge that he's failed his promise to his parents, as well as having become the enemy of the city instead of its savior, he breaks down and gives up.

He isn't gone, it's just the police are chasing him now, as said at the end...he is an Outlaw.

He isn't gone yet. That's what I want the third one to go into. Batman disappearing because now he's nothing more than a murderer in the eyes of the city, and Harvey Dent is the motivation they need to get out of the dark.

Then he realizes too late that the motivation from Harvey Dent was only temporary, and the city quickly falls into darkness again. Cue the break down I talked about earlier.

 

[PacRatFilms]

How about Joseph Gordon Levitt? He'd make a great riddler.

 

[Dags90]

I'd prefer to see Clayface in a movie soon[footnote]In fact, screw Batman, I want a Clayface movie[/footnote]. I think Leo can pull off a dark but subtly crazy Riddler, he was pretty dark and crazy in Total Eclipse and that was ages ago. I'm also officially starting a "Clayface is the next Batman villain" rumor.

 

[RJ Dalton]

The riddler is nuts, but dignified nuts. Knowing how he's played crazy in the past, I have a really hard time seeing Leo in the role, without having to re-envision how the riddler operates. He could do it, and I have have faith in Nolan, but he wouldn't be my pick.

Everyone else mentioned in the OP though, needs to fuck right off.

-m

For me, the Batman TAS Riddler will always be the real Riddler. I've never liked any of his other portrayals. But I could see ways of making the Riddler work.
I could also see the Penguin working, but Nolan was really against that from the start. Poor Penguin, nobody appreciates him. Catwoman could also work if they played her right, but I agree with what's been said before that any of the people the articles have mentioned being associated with the part all badly need to die. For Nolan's style, though, those are the only three villains I could see working.