We're all pretty well aware of the rumors that started circulating around Christmas,
The Dark Knight was getting a sequel set to come out in 2010 with Eddie Murphy as The Riddler and Shia Lebeouf as Robin. Since this news was being reported by the British equivalent of the
National Enquirer, most of us internet dwellers knew it to be false, but americans ATE IT UP.
Now I think most people are pretty well aware of these being simple terrible rumors with no truth to them. But now there are more talks about the, inevitable, sequel. The internet got wind a few days ago of
Batman Begins and
The Dark Knight Exectuive Producer Michael Uslan saying he'd signed on to executive produce
The Dark Knight's sequel. He claims they're preparing for a 2011 release date, and when asked about the villains and love interest said "If I told you, I'd have to kill you."
My Analysis: Yes he probably did sign on to produce the film, but that talk of villains and love interest is just telling people what they want to hear. Him coming out and saying this while we have no word of wether Christopher Nolan is on board or not PROVES that WB will make the sequel with or without him, if you think they won't you really don't understand how these studios work.
Nolan has gone on to say, some of them while
Batman Begins was in production, that there is a set of rules he has about his Batman films. 1. They'll be heavily rooted into reality. Meaning they'll try to feel as realistic as possible, and none of the villains that are 'supernatual' will make appearances. 2. Robin WILL NEVER appear in one of his films. Nolan's words are that Batman is just getting started out, he doesn't need a sidekick to help him fight crime. 3. He doesn't know if he wants to do a sequel to
The Dark Knight.
Fans of
The Dark Knight, that have no true understanding of the source material, continue to say if there is a sequel the Joker should not be recast, out of respect to the late Heath Ledger.
You can't do that.Heath Ledger is not as important to The Joker, as The Joker is to Batman. If you paid attention when you watched
The Dark Knight to the interogation scene you would know that. Re-casting the Joker MUST be done. The character is TOO important. It would be like making
Return of the Jedi without Darth Vader, or
Pirates of the Carribean 3 without Barbosa, or
Aliens without any Aiens!
People will talk all they want about who they think should be cast as the villains in the film. I've heard Phillip Seymour Hoffman as the Penguin (Good idea), Johnny Depp as The Riddler (bad idea), David Tennet as The Riddler (Good Idea), Kristen Bell as Harley Quinn (Meh Idea), Angelina Jolie as Catwoman (She's far too
busty for that suit though), and even that Daniel Day-Lewis should pick up the Joker (Great idea).
We'll not know for a while whats really going to happen, all we know is that wether you want to or not. There is a 99% chance of a sequel to what a lot of people think is the best movie ever made of all time ever.
