There have been insane and scary buzz rumors about the next Batman movie, including Cher playing Catwoman, Johnny Depp give us a new interpretation of the Riddler and suggestions turned into speculation about Hoffman playing the penguin (which he denied just days ago, which shouldn’t surprise anyone considering the weakness of these claims and rumors).
One rumor’s source has been confirmed though, and that is that Johnny Depp and Phil Hoffman were in fact suggested to play their rumored parts. Stuff.co.nz has “confirmed” that both actors will appear in Batman 3, but the actual claim is just that they were wanted for the job.
Michael Caine, who plays Alfred in the Nolan-Batmen said to MTV: “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 Ledger as The Joker? 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, ‘Shit, they’ve done it again’.”
“Shit they’ve done it again” sounds like an odd exclamation for Cain to utter, but ok.
Work is expected to begin on the next movie, starring Christian Bale as Batman, some time next year.
A downer for Nolan fans however, as he says he ain interested in making another Batman:
Ain’t It Cool News: Eckhart: I think Heath was the one that was going to come back. And since he can’t… (Pauses) You know, Chris hasn’t said that he’s going to make another one.
[Interviewer]: True. He’s been on vacation. I spoke to David Goyer at Comic Con, and he said there have been no discussions.
Eckhart: (Smiling) He never said he’s going to make another one. I’m sure they drove the Brinks truck up to his house and dumped money on his lawn. But I think Chris wants to go out and make other movies, too. And he should. He’s an independent filmmaker at heart. He’s got a lot of ideas.
Depp and Hoffman have both said they haven’t been contacted about being in a sequel. Hoffman has been clear he isn’t interested even if they do eventually actually want to offer. Caine is just having a laugh making fun of all the wild premature rumors. He’s playful like that. Nolan and his writing partner have indicated they are more interested in the less known villains if there is some day a sequel.
they should get gerad buttler to play back mask to team up with the riddler amd probably a hint of cat woman…leave penguin for the next one…
Johnny Depp is sexy, hot, beautiful, a great man, a good father and the best actor ever…….I’ve seen all his movies and it’s great in all. i hope to meet him someday. I’m really in love with him