'The Dark Knight' has performed so well at the box office that producers are already working on casting the next instalment of the Batman story, once again to be directed by Christopher Nolan. In a frankly inspired piece of casting it is rumoured that they will be approaching Johnny Depp to play the role of the Riddler and attempt to breathe life into a character hammed to death by Jim Carrey in the truly awful 'Batman Forever'.
Johnny's a lovely man so hopefully he won't prepare for the role in the same way as Heath Ledger did for the Joker (by seemingly going a bit dotty then dying). If this comes off it might be the first time the audience is cheering for the Riddler to give Batman a truly historic hammering.
Depp is no stranger to odd characters. He played Willy Wonka, Edward Scissorhands and used to knob Kate Moss, but there's another fine piece of casting in the wings. The Penguin (last played by Danny DeVito ג and looking more like a dead dinner lady than a super-villain) is going to be played by Philip Seymour Hoffman, so goes the rumour.
Who else in the world could bring the awkwardness, the air of menace and the gallons of sweat to the role better than Hoffman? All it needs now is Angelina Jolie as a naked Catwoman and I'll start camping outside the cinema now.
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I would love to see them do the Ventriloquist and the Penguin as I think the Riddler would be pretty difficult to pull off without seeming stupid as fuck.
Having a puppet shooting fools would also make me a very happy man indeed.
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Prefer a relative unknown or someone that isn't Hollywood royalty to play a Batman villain. Still have the painful memories of the Schumacher Bat flicks.
LOL this is the biggest bunch of bullshit ever....The Riddler and the Penguin are not even supposed to be in the next one..Now they might change it since Joker died but come on this is some fanboy horseshit..
i dont know what you guys are talking about. there are some batman graphic novels where the riddler character is intriguing and very dark as well. depp would be great, of course, but i doubt that will happen.
